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From The Managed Care Information Center
Although disease management programs have become a staple of many healthcare plans, proving their worth financially is a goal not yet reached.
The reason is simple. There is no universally accepted set of outcome metrics and standard methodologies for evaluating the worth of any particular program.
But that may soon change as DM providers focus on a standard, industry-wide definition of disease management.
A new executive briefing "Defining the Value of Disease Management: How Health Plans Are Aiming For Improved Outcomes, Healthier Members And Cost Savings," has been prepared by the editorial staff at the Managed Care Information Center. We have been tracking the growth of the disease management industry since its inception. Since those early days, the range of DM programs has grown dramatically.
This special report includes information on DM program fundamentals, such as establishing a program management team, patient registry, treatment guidelines, patient education, patient monitoring, treatment interventions, outcomes measurement, program reports and screening programs.
Plus, there's also advice on how to assess a disease management company before signing a contract.
The 68-page report includes the following sections:
- Quantifying The Value Of Disease Management In Managed Care;
- Key Elements For An Effective DM Program;
- How Health Plans Are Aiming To Improve Outcomes, Improve Members Risk Status And Achieve Savings;
- Disease Management - The Industry;
- Validating The Care Management From DM;
- Disease Management Online.
The report looks at the milestones the DM industry has reached and examines the different ways in which DM is measured -"soft dollars" vs. "hard dollars."
Order this new report today. Get the results of an exclusive survey conducted by the MCIC assessing whether DM is living up to its promise for managed care - validating the economic savings, measuring DM outcomes in terms of savings.
Discover how some health plans are opting to include DM programs addressing rare diseases, that are more complicated and call for more management.
There's also the Arizona Medicare + Choice Plan launched a pilot DM program targeting patients with congestive heart failure and osteoarthritis. And, a New York health plan's innovative DM program serving patients suffering from congestive heart failure achieved an 83 percent decrease in hospital admissions.
Get details on another pilot program that reduced the length of stay and readmissions to a neonatal intensive care unit. The program was designed to reduce overall length of stays, improve the quality and effectiveness of care, improve parental satisfaction and decrease readmissions.
This special report provides a "cover the bases" look at what's working in DM, the factors that go into accurately measuring the ROI of DM, and the developments leading to accreditation of DM programs by the leading agencies. Capture the range of issues that go into today's approaches to measuring the value of DM, outcomes and ROI. Order your copy of this executive briefing today.
Defining the Value of Disease Management: How Health Plans Are Aiming For Improved Outcomes, Healthier Members And Cost Savings is available in print or as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file delivered via email. Save time and money when you order the PDF version of this report. The PDF will be sent within 24 business hours of placing your order and you save $6.95 on shipping and handling fees. Click here to order the PDF version today!
