AETNA Reports Psychiatric Program Saves Clients $33 Million
OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Aetna Life & Casualty reported producing over $33 million in savings for its clients in 1987 through its individual case management (ICM) program for psychiatric claims in a report in the May 23 issue of National Underwriter. The savings involved 750 inpatient hospitalization cases, or $44,000 per case. Of this savings, 42% ($14,183,185) involved 295 cases stemming from affective psychosis. Another 12% ($5,366,322) came from 124 cases with functional, non- psychotic disorders. The remainder of the cases providing client savings had diagnoses of . . .