A personalized care plan can improve the quality of care provided for individuals with certain chronic conditions, but only if implemented properly.
Despite a 2015 mandate from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services enforcing the creation of patient-centered care plans as part of an ongoing effort to improve chronic care management services, the definition of “care planning” remains hazy, according to a viewpointpublished in the current issue of JAMA. That presents a problem, since a poorly defined mandate sets the stage for an ineffective administrative burden.
