Comments on: The PowerPoint — DM Megatrends 2008 http://e-CareManagement.com/the-powerpoint-dm-megatrends/ Chronic Disease Management • Technology • Strategy • Issues and Trends Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:05:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vince Kuraitis http://e-CareManagement.com/the-powerpoint-dm-megatrends/comment-page-1/#comment-6243 Vince Kuraitis Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:00:14 +0000 http://e-caremanagement.com/the-powerpoint-dm-megatrends/#comment-6243 Asako, Managing medications is a key component of chronic care management. Long-term, Medicare’s MTM (Medication Management Therapy program — http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PrescriptionDrugCovContra/Downloads/MTMFactSheet.pdf ) has potential to become a powerful component of a broader, more integrated chronic disease management program; today it’s kinda hanging by itself. Jaan, I suspect we’ll see a lot of experimentation about the best way to integrate systematic care coordination into medical practice. One of the lessons of the Medicare Health Support project is that DM companies need to be more integrated with local physicians; I think this goes both ways — physicians will learn that they need a lot of integrated technology to be successful at coordinating care, and they currently do not have that technology available. Thus, they will need to work with DM companies and other vendors in creative, collaborative ways. Stay tuned. Asako, Managing medications is a key component of chronic care management. Long-term, Medicare’s MTM (Medication Management Therapy program — http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PrescriptionDrugCovContra/Downloads/MTMFactSheet.pdf ) has potential to become a powerful component of a broader, more integrated chronic disease management program; today it’s kinda hanging by itself.

Jaan, I suspect we’ll see a lot of experimentation about the best way to integrate systematic care coordination into medical practice. One of the lessons of the Medicare Health Support project is that DM companies need to be more integrated with local physicians; I think this goes both ways — physicians will learn that they need a lot of integrated technology to be successful at coordinating care, and they currently do not have that technology available. Thus, they will need to work with DM companies and other vendors in creative, collaborative ways. Stay tuned.

]]> By: Jaan Sidorov http://e-CareManagement.com/the-powerpoint-dm-megatrends/comment-page-1/#comment-6205 Jaan Sidorov Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:32:39 +0000 http://e-caremanagement.com/the-powerpoint-dm-megatrends/#comment-6205 As usual, very insightful Vince. I agree with the prediction that insurers on one side and physicians on the other are seeing opportunities in the population-based care "space." I wonder about their "scalability" - are health insurers or physicians really prepared to invest in the kinds of systems it takes to do this right? The answer may be no, but for two different reasons. Insurers are all about... well, "insurance" and invariably ask again and again if they belong in the "treatment" space, while a lot of docs may not be able to match or manage the saturation "carpet bombing" telephonic outreach for all the chronically ill patients assigned to their practice. As usual, very insightful Vince. I agree with the prediction that insurers on one side and physicians on the other are seeing opportunities in the population-based care “space.” I wonder about their “scalability” – are health insurers or physicians really prepared to invest in the kinds of systems it takes to do this right? The answer may be no, but for two different reasons. Insurers are all about… well, “insurance” and invariably ask again and again if they belong in the “treatment” space, while a lot of docs may not be able to match or manage the saturation “carpet bombing” telephonic outreach for all the chronically ill patients assigned to their practice.

]]> By: Asako Tsumagari http://e-CareManagement.com/the-powerpoint-dm-megatrends/comment-page-1/#comment-6203 Asako Tsumagari Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:50:00 +0000 http://e-caremanagement.com/the-powerpoint-dm-megatrends/#comment-6203 Thank you aways for a very informative content. You did not mention on MTM, how will MTM fit into overall DM Megatrends, or not? I appreciate your insight. Thank you aways for a very informative content. You did not mention on MTM, how will MTM fit into overall DM Megatrends, or not? I appreciate your insight.

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