Dr. Don Storey and I spoke at the at The Forum 09 conference in San Diego earlier this week. The DMAA publication “The Continuum” had an excellent writeup of our enthusiastically received presentation.
Here’s a copy of our PowerPoint slides…
HITECH Health IT Legislation: Opportunities for the DMAA Community
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and here’s DMAA’s writeup:
Helping physicians and hospitals meet the “meaningful [...]
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by John E. Riedel
Study breaks new ground in calculating the "normal impairment factor."
We know that poor health accounts for a considerable amount of productivity loss-anywhere from 1 ½ to 3 times direct medical costs. The potential for disease prevention and disease management programs to reduce productivity loss has, for obvious reasons, caught the [...]
by Thomas Wilson, PhD, DrPH and Vince Kuraitis
What’s the right metaphor for Medicare Health Support (MHS), CMS’ major experiment with disease management for Medicare beneficiaries? We prefer to look it as a bridge failure that presents an opportunity to improve future engineering and design.
We’ve now had the time to read, reread, and reread again the very [...]
The message is clear from Washington – “Comparative Effectiveness” has been proposed as the foundation for coverage decisions in Medicare. As the feds lead – this will more than likely "trickle down" to the commercial sector.
The Population Health Impact Institute (PHII) has convened national experts to develop a practical, comparative-based system to help purchasers and [...]
In a little less than three weeks, DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance will open its 10th annual meeting , in Hollywood, Fla. – a notable milestone for an organization that has evolved with its membership over the past decade.
I’ll be there, presenting with Dr. Victor Villagra on the "March toward Data [...]
This third and final post in the series addresses questions about the future of the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCHM):
What’s problematic about using the RUC methodology with the PCMH?
What’s the optimal level for a PCMH care management fee?
Should primary care leaders pull the RUC out? How?
What’s Problematic About Using the RUC Methodology with the PCMH?
There are [...]
Welcome!
Since this is my first time hosting the Health Wonk Review, I really didn’t know what to expect. I have to say that I’ve learned a lot while poring over the insight and wisdom of my fellow bloggers. Fortunately, this week’s entries fell into neat categories:
In-Store Clinics
Physicians
Problems — U.S. & World Health Systems
Solutions — U.S. & [...]
Thomas Wilson, PhD, DrPH and Vince Kuraitis, JD, MBA
The conventional wisdom in the disease management (DM) community has been that the Medicare Health Support (MHS) project would provide the evidence to resolve two issues:
First, MHS would once-and-for-all resolve the issue of “does DM have ROI? (return on investment).” It was thought that the randomized control [...]
I know that I’m sounding like a broken record.
The first “official” results from the Medicare Health Support (MHS) disease management (DM) pilot projects were published last week. While the results are preliminary, there is virtually no evidence of any early success. Here are three key findings from the executive summary of the report:
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