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Managed Care
April 2006
Maureen Glabman |
'Take My Word for It': The Enduring Dispute Over Measuring DM's Economic Value While disease management is now mainstream, it can still be difficult to judge a program's worth. Health plans faced with renewing these contracts have a lot to think about.   |
Managed Care
November 2000
John Carroll |
Health Plans Demand Proof That DM Saves Them Money Can disease management vendors really show a strong return on a health plan's investment, or are the data just too malleable to be useful? |
Managed Care
September 2005 |
There's Now a Correct Method For Defining ROI in Disease Management Health care consultant Al Lewis, the godfather of disease management, talks about how the industry went wrong, and is now going right, in describing its own value to health plans, public employers, and the government. |
Managed Care
August 2005
Maureen Glabman |
12 DM Trends You Should Know About The government joins health plans, providers, employers, and pharmaceutical companies in seeking to establish disease management's value |
Managed Care
March 2002
John Carroll |
DM Vendors Start To Address Costs Created by Comorbidities Some vendors are moving from offering just a few programs to embracing systems that try to deal with all the complicated overlaps... |
Managed Care
November 2004
Frank Diamond |
DM's Cost-Effectiveness Doubted in CBO Report Congress's financial review agency says that not enough evidence exists to prove that disease management saves money. Many beg to differ. |
Managed Care
June 2006 |
Opinions on DM Outcomes Can Be Swayed An exercise in "point-counterpoint" at a recent disease management meeting showed dramatic swings in views. This shows the managed care industry that there is a great need for civil, structured discussion and honest and respectful public debate of the important issues facing DM. |
Managed Care
September 2000
John Carroll |
Mergers, Acquisitions Afoot In Disease Management Industry Within a few years, there may be only 30 DM companies left, says one expert. HMO customers want vendors to handle more than one condition... |
Managed Care
May 2006
Martin Sipkoff |
Health Plans Are Ill-Prepared for Looming Diabetes Epidemic The problem is outpacing insurers' resources and perhaps even their commitment. Can the chronic care model help? |
Managed Care
December 2001 |
Disease Management Outsourcing As DM shifts its focus to outcomes-based care, the EVP of American Healthways suggests that larger health plans consider outsourcing care of chronic patients. |
Managed Care
February 2004
John Carroll |
DM Standards Off and Crawling When American Healthways posted a collaborative methodology on its Web site, not everyone in the industry applauded. |
Managed Care
June 2003
Alison Johnson |
Measuring DM's Net Effect Is Harder Than You Might Think Disease management is God's gift to managed care. Or is it? Here is a discussion of areas that make evaluating a DM program a complex, if not ineffable, proposition. |
BusinessWeek
October 22, 2009
Arlene Weintraub |
Tough Love, Lower Health Costs A UnitedHealthcare plan offers incentives to employees who strictly control their diabetes. |
Managed Care
June 2002
John Carroll |
DM and Medicare: A Marriage Made in Heaven? With a budget of about $230 billion for 40 million patients, many with chronic ailments, is it any wonder that disease management and Medicare are courting? |
Managed Care
September 2004
John Carroll |
Pfizer: DM Did Not Fizzle In Florida Medicaid Ruckus Medicaid officials close the books on a program the pharmaceutical giant contends that soon-to-be-released data will verify its disease management program's effectiveness. |
Nursing Management
January 2012
Lawrence et al. |
Type 2 Diabetes: Growing to Epic Proportions Affecting all age groups and all aspects of a person's life, diabetes is a major public health issue worldwide, requiring lifelong behavioral and lifestyle changes and support. |
Managed Care
January 2001
John Carroll |
Florida Leads the Way in Attempting Disease Management for Medicaid Officials across the country are watching to see whether the Sunshine State's innovation can save money... |
Managed Care
March 2005
Frank Diamond |
Kaiser's Asthma Outcomes Will Take Your Breath Away The company's Mid-Atlantic States Region has seen impressive savings since launching a disease management program for asthma. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Ugly Side Effects Won't Derail This Drug Side effects don't matter much when there are no other treatment options, as in Cushing's disease. |
Managed Care
May 2004
Frank Diamond |
Care Coordination Strikes Right Chord Care coordination -- which, for the purposes of this article, means optimal management of people with multiple chronic diseases to improve outcomes and cut costs -- just suddenly seems a lot more doable. The thing that may make care coordination work this time, is technology. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
August 1, 2011
Jennifer Ringler |
The Adherence Fight: A TKO? Why does the match against medicines compliance always seem to end in an easy knockout? |
Managed Care
May 2001
John Carroll |
Two Accrediting Organizations Prepare To Issue DM Standards It's probable that one will become the dominant judge: NCQA or URAC. After it happens, will vendors undergo less scrutiny by individual plans? |
BusinessWeek
February 4, 2010
Terhune & Weintraub |
Take Your Meds, Exercise -- and Spend Billions Washington wants to pump big money into so-called disease management, though there's scant evidence that it works. |
Managed Care
October 2004
John Carroll |
DM Industry Jumps for Joy Over Medicare's Leap of Faith The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services has implemented 10 pilot programs that may very well be viewed as a make-or-break test for disease management. |
Managed Care
September 2005
John Carroll |
DM Industry Confident It Can Hit Medicare Goals Though there are challenges to serving the elderly, the movers and shakers of disease management say that they should be able to cut costs in pilot populations by 5%. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2014
Ben Comer |
Take as Directed: From Force to Finesse in Promoting Adherence Healthcare players tout patient education and engagement as the keys to better drug adherence rates. Patients agree, as long as that translates to convenient and affordable access to therapy. |
BusinessWeek
November 12, 2009
Catherine Arnst |
10 Ways to Cut Health-Care Costs Right Now Employers and hospitals don't have to wait for Congress to address inefficiencies and waste. |
Managed Care
November 1999
Arthur L. Baldwin III |
Financial and Risk Considerations for Successful Disease Management Programs Results for disease management programs have not been as positive as hoped because of clinical issues, lack of access to capital, and administrative issues.... |
Pharmaceutical Executive
January 1, 2013
Al Topin |
The Doctor-Patient Disconnect Doctor-patient conversations aren't always what we think; this basic interaction represents both a problem and an opportunity for today's drug marketers, says the author. |
CIO
July 15, 2002
Mohanbir Sawhney |
Damn the ROI, Full Speed Ahead "Show me the money" may not be the right demand for e-business projects. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
November 1, 2012
Sue Barrowcliffe |
Real World Insights Commercial teams as well as patients can benefit from managed access programs, which are designed to provide access to medicines outside of the clinical and commercial setting, for patients who have no other available treatment options. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
Ryan McBride |
Vertex's Telaprevir Clears Hurdle, Could Halve Treatment Times for Hepatitis C Study results are positive. |
Managed Care
November 1999
Al Lewis |
Irresistible Force Called DM Facing Some Immovable Objects Disease Management |
Managed Care
July 2001
Charles Downey |
Disease Management Uses Web To Net Savings More vendors are turning to the Internet to expand the reach of programs. Cutting-edge technology helps patients help themselves... |
Search Engine Watch
December 31, 2010
Dean Stephens |
Health Gets Social in 2010 The role of social media in search results is influencing how health organizations attract and treat patients. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
October 1, 2010 |
Optimizing TV Advertising Placements & Results Brand managers choosing to advertise an anti-depressant on "Criminal Minds" may not be making the best choice. New methodologies reveal "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" along with "The Bachelor" to be shows favored by depressives. |
