Care Management

Sep 11 2015

According to a Markets & Markets report the population health management market will be worth over $40 billion in annual revenue by 2018. I have no idea what anyone means by that term and 99% of the people who use it don't know what they mean by it either, but $40 billion is certainly a lot more than the amount of cost savings produced by PHM.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/population-health-management-market-263411936.html

Aug 24 2015

The Cost of Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

More myth-busting this week, with today's focus on an analysis from the Institute for Clinical & Economic Review finding that integrating behavioral health into primary care is costly, but probably…

Jul 13 2015

Scaling the heights of fishy journalism, the Washington Post reveals that fish oil supplements are a $1.2 billion industry with no scientific evidence of benefits. This story isn't fin-ished yet.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/claims-that-fish-oil-boosts-health-linger-despite-science-saying-the-opposite/2015/07/08/db7567d2-1848-11e5-bd7f-4611a60dd8e5_story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20486241&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_1Ea0qA25cWKPqVfJWbH_wNi0r3qCzP0jSLzft2ZvKxlM-TMoROcalz6CsvtcNi1_Zql8ah0_zbUQ29HvimSWUqGeerQ&_hsmi=20486241

Jun 12 2015

Chronic Care Management Programs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

An article in the American Journal of Managed Care contains results of a survey of health plan care management programs.

May 22 2015

A Frost & Sullivan report says the care coordination software market will grow 28% annually through 2020.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/care-coordination-it-market-poised-for-rapid-growth-3-things-to-know.html

May 21 2015

Comprehensive Primary Care Impacts Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Research published in the Annals of Family Medicine finds that for Medicare beneficiaries, being seen by a primary care doctor offering more comprehensive services lowers cost.

Feb 19 2015

The Cost of Hypertension Guideline Compliance

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Research in the New England Journal of Medicine looks at whether the most recent guidelines in blood pressure control would lead to cost savings.

Jan 27 2015

UHG on New Primary Care Models

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

A report from the UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization focuses on new primary care models.

Dec 04 2014

A Successful Smoking Cessation Intervention

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Research on an intervention to help hospitalized patients stop smoking finds it improves quit rates.

Dec 01 2014

Glycemic Control Guidelines for Patients with Diabetes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Controlling the glycolated hemoglobin level of patients with diabetes can help create a lower risk of death.

Oct 17 2014

Refinement of Evidence Base for Glucose Control

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that intensive glucose control for patients with diabetes does not improve certain outcomes.

Sep 08 2014

Markets and Markets forecasts that the care management market will be worth $7.3 billion in 2018.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/care-management-solutions-market-19482811.html

Sep 04 2014

The current issue of JAMA has several studies on weight loss, finding that bariatric procedures generally are effective, vagal nerve blockade isn't, and any low fat, low carbohydrate diet seems to help.

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/issue.aspx

Sep 04 2014

A new Chillmark report finds that population health management vendors are not yet offering products that providers and plans are happy with.

http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/everyone-wants-piece-pop-health

Aug 27 2014

Home-based Primary Care for the Elderly

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

A program to provide home-based primary care for Medicare recipients resulted in lower spending, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.