Chronic care management (CCM) refers to a Medicare care plan that can help direct a person’s healthcare. It lists information about the individual’s health and also explains the care they require.

Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors' medical assistant, who asks how she's doing and if she needs prescription refills. The assistant counsels her on dealing ...

Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, who asks how she’s doing and if she needs prescription refills. The assistant counsels her on dealing ...

If there’s one word that sums up the Medicare Advantage (MA) revolution over the past decade, it’s “consumerism.” The quest to put the patient in the center of their own care has influenced everything ...

The Senate passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday night to improve care coordination for patients with multiple chronic conditions. The bill, the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to ...

If you've ever lived with pain that just won't quit, you're not alone. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, 24.3% of adults experienced chronic pain in 2023, and 8.3% ...

Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, who asks how she’s doing and if she needs prescription refills. The assistant counsels her on dealing ...