Describe case management. What is targeted case management?​

Answers may vary. Case management entails work that interfaces between a client and his or her environment. As a method, case management has moved to the forefront of direct social work practice in recognition of the fact that people with unmet needs are often unable to negotiate the complex and often uncoordinated health and human services delivery systems.​
Targeted case management, an amendment to the Budget Reduction Act of 2005, was added as a provision of Medicaid case management services. Under this provision, certain beneficiary groups, such as clients with an identified chronic health or mental health problem or developmental disabilities and minors in foster care, are considered to be primary recipients of targeted case management services. Also included in the Medicaid provisions are individuals or groups who reside in a particular geographic region and clients whose needs have been identified by the health and human services organization in their respective states (Binder, 2008). In the current human services state and federal reimbursement environment, case management is integral to services in health and mental health settings, long-term care facilities, homeless shelters, schools, adult and juvenile probation situations, and child welfare.