UKCM

Hi I have just joined the forum. I am a case manager in the UK and interested to know how it differs from the post in the US. How do you get your referrals? Do health insurance plans cover your intervention? What is your day like? Is there any measure of how effective your intervention is/has been? Are you able to prescribe for your patients? Any information would be really interesting. As you may be aware the UK system is public and the CM there is aiming to reduce hospital admissions by managing the patient in their own home. We case find using data of disease/ no. of admissions to hospital that predicts likelihood of re-admission and offer services (free) to the patient. We are able to independently prescribe from the national formulary but work closely with the general physician. Look forward to any posts and feel free to ask me more!