For decades, chronic disease management in Medicare has been hampered by a fee-for-service payment system that rewards volume and activity rather than true clinical improvement. This model created ...
CMS is developing the ACCESS Model, a new national program that will pay Medicare Part B–enrolled organizations based on chronic-condition outcomes, care coordination and social-needs integration, ...
Bernard Ross, CEO of Sky Medical Technology, outlines how the NHS can ease pressures in chronic wound care management.
TOCA Health will be releasing its new software platform, TOCA AI, this upcoming year. Artificial intelligence (AI) will play ...
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 ...
The authors sought to understand the differential impact of payer-led community-based care management approaches on stakeholder-oriented outcomes for publicly insured adults with multiple chronic ...
Today, more than half of the U.S. population lives with at least one chronic condition, and nearly 30% have multiple chronic conditions. These chronic conditions—which include heart disease, ...
A long and deeply-reported feature story in The Washington Post on Tuesday put a spotlight on the stark effect that an epidemic of chronic illness is taking on too many millions of Americans. "Forty ...
Because of its often slowly progressive nature, dementia is often included among chronic disease management programs. Yet, for many reasons, its management demands different approaches. With the rise ...
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.
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sai writes about healthcare, innovation and technology. Amazon Health announced today its latest push to improve care for chronic ...
Mental health is often viewed as its own category when thinking about patient care; however, mental health and physical health are intricately linked. And as a practicing endocrinologist, I see ...