Care Management Assessment and Planning (Care MAP) Tool

Care MAP Tool: A Business Case Modeling Tool for Complex Care Management

The Care Management Assessment and Planning (Care MAP) Tool is a business case modeling tool developed with the goal of guiding clinics through the considerations involved in designing a sustainable complex care management (CCM) program. The tool provides a structure for assessing multiple parts of CCM programs, including patient and visit volumes, staffing models, expenses, revenues, impact, and value. It focuses on complex care management supports for high risk patients (patients in the top 5-20% of complex needs), for which current care management revenues are limited.

Care MAP was created by the Institute for High Quality Care (IHQC) with the generous support of Cedars-Sinai. IHQC also thanks Chapman Consulting, CoMagine Health, and several Los Angeles area community health center focus-group participants for their input, expertise and guidance on the Care MAP tool.

While the tool could be leveraged by a variety of healthcare roles, it was intentionally developed to help program managers, quality teams, and/or clinic leaders consider some of the factors and variables that would contribute to the overall business case for complex care management.

Care MAP Components

The Care MAP Tool is an Excel workbook file that includes six different worksheets to guide the user through defining key business case components, inlcuding:

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  1.  Understanding Your Patient Population
  2. Projecting Encounter Volumes & Staffing Needs
  3. Program Expenses
  4. Program Revenues
  5. Program Impact & Value
  6. Executive Summary & Value Proposition Reflections

In addition to the downloadable  Care MAP tool, IHQC has created two video modules to help acclimate and guide users through template.  A resource library is also available with curated tools, references, and case scenarios to allow users to dive deeper into each business case component. The video modules, resource library, and FAQ can be all accessed via the the toolbar links on the left.


Care MAP Tool – Download

To download the Care MAP Tool, please read and agree to the terms below:

Disclaimer: The Care MAP tool is only intended as a general framework to support considerations around complex care management in a clinic setting. The tool is not intended for final staffing, clinical, administrative, operational and/or financial decision making. Information obtained from this tool is not and should not be taken as legal or financial advice and is not a substitute for consulting a qualified professional. Neither the Institute for High Quality Care (IHQC) nor IHQC’s fiscal sponsor Community Initiatives accepts responsibility for any loss that may arise from your reliance on this tool.

By using the Care MAP tool, I acknowledge I have read and agree to the disclaimer. If the tool is downloaded and shared for any reason, I agree that all individuals given access to the tool have reviewed and agreed to the disclaimer language before using the tool for any purpose.



About the Care MAP Tool

Acknowledgements

This tool was developed thanks to the generous support of Cedars-Sinai.

We would like to extend additional appreciation to  Chapman Consulting,   Comagine Health, and several Los Angeles area community health center focus-group participants for their input, expertise and guidance on the Care MAP tool.

Questions and Feedback

If you have any questions about the Care MAP Tool, or have ideas and suggestions for future refinements, please contact us at IHQC (info@IHQC.org).

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