Simplified, one-on-one asthma education cuts Medicaid utilization up to 71%.

Abstract

Medicaid asthma program slashes utilization, costs: After seeing hospital costs for asthma patients running as high as $500,000 a month, Hartford (CT) Hospital launched its own asthma education program for Medicaid members that's cut ER visits in half and hospital admissions by more than two-thirds. Learn why this person-to-person program works.