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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!
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