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Cartesian Solutions, Inc.™

Cartesian Solutions, Inc.™ is a consulting company dedicated to lowering total health-related spending by improving clinical outcomes for patients with high service use and cost, i.e. those with health complexity, and by making mental condition care a part of total health, i.e. integrated health care. Cartesian Solutions experts assist health care purchasers, health plans, clinical delivery systems, and care management vendors implement fiscally sustainable integrated physical and mental condition service delivery and support programs for their enrollees, clients, and patients.

In this time of health reform, Cartesian Solutions, Inc.™ also assists clients implement integrated care management programs in collaboration with the Case Management Society of America. This service includes: 1) employer- and government agency-based, health plan-based, and clinic and hospital-based care management personnel training, using integrated case management methodology (see the Integrated Case Management Manual below) and 2) administrative realignment of physical and mental condition business practices and work flows to ones that foster health expense reduction through integrated general medical and mental condtion service support, especially for patients or enrollees with health complexity.

Cartesian Solutions, Inc.™ Services

Health Expense Reduction through Complexity-Based Integrated Physical and Mental Condition Programs:

♦ PURCHASERS: Make Cost Saving Health Service Product Purchases: Employers & Government Agencies

Employers: Lowering Costs Through Integrated Medical and Disability Contracts and Care Delivery Practices that Improve Employee Health
Government Agencies: Maximizing Health Care Resource Use by Integrating Medical and Mental Condition Services for Enrollees with Health Complexity

♦ HEALTH PLANS: Reduce Total Claims and Administrative Costs by Consolidating Physical and Mental Condition Products

Health Plans Carving-Out Mental Health Benefits: Reduce Total Claims and Administrative Costs by Insourcing and Integrating Mental Condition Benefits with Medical Benefits
Health Plans Carving-In Mental Health Benefits: Reduce Claims and Administrative Costs by Adjudicating "Owned" Mental Condition Benefits with Medical Benefits
Health Plans with Mixed Contracting for Mental Health: Reduce Claims and Administrative Costs by Providing Consistent Integrated Mental & Medical Condition Products
Behavioral Health Companies Preparing for Integration: Create Value by Incorporating Behavioral Health Service Integration into Medical Business Practices

♦ CARE DELIVERY SYSTEMS: Retain Profitability by Coupling Delivery Reform with Payment Reform

Accountable Care Organizations: Reduce Total Cost of Care by Introducing Value-Added Mental Condition Services in Accountable Care Organizations
Hospitals and Clinics: Use Complexity-Based Integrated Physical and Mental Condition Services to Enhance Care Delivery System Profitability in a Parity Environment
Patient-Centered Medical Homes: Apply Quality Enhancing and Cost Saving Models of Onsite Mental Condition Treatment in Patient-Centered Medical Homes and Multispecialty Medical Group Practices

Integrated Care Management Program Training and Organizational Realignment:

♦ INTEGRATED CARE MANAGEMENT: Lower Health Costs and Improve Health Outcomes in Complex Patients through Integrated Care Management

♦ INTEGRATED CASE MANAGEMENT TRAINING: Learn to Assist Complex Patients Regain Physical and Mental Health

♦ ORGANIZATIONAL REALIGNMENT: Create a Care Management Environment that Maximizes Client and Program Success

Seminars and Keynotes

Cartesian Solutions, Inc.™ Publications

Books

	Integrated Health Care – the rest of the story ("Healing Body AND Mind"), 2007
	Integrated Case Management Manual: Assisting Complex Patients Regain Physical and Mental Health, 2010

Frequently Asked Questions

Cartesian Solutions, Inc.™
3004 Foxpoint Rd. - Burnsville, MN 55337
Phone: 952-426-1626 - Fax: 952-426-1200
E-mail: integration@cartesiansolutions.com