Market Intelligence Reports | October 27, 2016
Key Features Of Medicaid Behavioral Health Episodes Of Care
Generically, the term episode of care (EOC) means a bundled reimbursement for all health care services delivered in response to a particular health issue or for a package of treatment services that can be defined by diagnosis, time, or locale. For example, episodes of care are often used for perinatal care or a knee replacement. How an episode is defined, whether it is retrospective or prospective, and the gain sharing model vary depending on the model designee.
Adoption of EOC has been slower in the behavioral health field compared to the physical health field because of the difficult nature of . . .