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The Cats are Herding!
We’ve all heard the saying that getting doctors to agree is like herding cats.
Well, it’s happening.
Four physician organizations representing 330,000 doctors issued a press release voicing their support for Joint Principles of a Patient-Centered Medical Home. The four groups are the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
So?
Japan: On the Treadmill, Buddy
In the U.S. we’ve debated for years whether health care should be a right. Why aren’t we also having a debate about whether maintaining health is a responsibility?
Should maintaining our health also be viewed as a moral responsibility? …or take this even further — a legal responsibility?
If this sounds far fetched, consider recent legislation passed in Japan. Writing in an editorial in the International Journal of Integrated Care, Etsuji Okamoto of […]
Commentary – Lifemasters Pulls the Plug on Oklahoma Medicare Health Support Project
Christobel Selecky, Executive Chairman of Lifemasters, announced yesterday that Lifemasters was ending participation in its Oklahoma Medicare Health Support (MHS) project. The announcement was made to an audience at the Care Continuum Congress held in Washington, D.C.
The Next Big Thing – Hospital at Home
I hereby predict the Next Big Thing is hospital at home (HAH).
How do I know this? My primary source is my wife, Jill. Both of our children — now age 18 and 21 — were born by C-section during the golden era of indemnity insurance. I remember Jill practically begging her doctor to get the insurance company to authorize a few extra days in the hospital so that she could rest and recover.
I asked her how she would handle that […]
Will Physicians Collaborate or Compete with DM Companies?
Doctors, before you get mad, let me acknowledge that the word “compete” isn’t in most physicians’ vocabularies. Doctors relate much more to a culture rooted in service and professionalism rather than business competition.
The medical home concept being advanced by primary care physicians could wind up competing with disease management (DM) companies. Ironically, this occurs at a time when most DM companies are picking up the pace of improving relationships and communications with doctors.
While the medical home model isn’t new, it […]
Resolving the ROI Debate – A Call for Transparency
Editorial
What if your car buying experience went something like this?
Car manufacturer A says: “Our car does 0 to 50 in 5.3 seconds and our crash test showed that occupants had a 98.3% chance of survival”
Car manufacturer B says: “Our car does 0 to 80 in 9.8 seconds and our crash test showed that occupants had a 97.4% chance of not sustaining serious injuries”
How could you possibly compare these claims? You couldn’t. Yet, this is what its like to buy disease […]
Resources and Commentaries – Medicare’s Chronic Care Improvement RFP
It’s the event of the year — if not the decade — for U.S. organizations involved in disease management or chronic care. On April 23 the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a request for proposal (RFP) inviting organizations to bid on Chronic Care Improvement pilot projects under Section 721 of the Medicare Modernization Act.
While the RFP has generally been viewed very positively, there are many potential pitfalls, particularly for organizations that do not have significant experience at […]
Audioconference an Update on Medicare’s Chronic Care Improvement Program
Please participate in Tuesday’s audioconference on the new Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Program! fyi, you can review my PowerPoint presentation Strategies for Winning a Contract: The CMS Chronic Care Improvement Phase I RFP.
Best of health,
Vince Kuraitis
Principal
Better Health Technologies, LLC
Press Release:
CMS Provides Update on the New Medicare Chronic Care Improvement Program in National Disease Management Audioconference
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (Eastern)
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (Central)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (Mountain)
10:00 am – 11:30 am (Pacific)
Press Release
Contact: Paul […]
The View Down the Road – Baby Boomers Will Benefit From “Healthcare Unbound” Technologies
Forrester Research recently coined the term “Healthcare Unbound” to encompass the technology-enabled shift toward self-care, mobile care, and home care. The Center for Aging Services Technologies recently facilitated a demo day for members of Congress and showed examples of “Healthcare Unbound” technologies beginning to enter the marketplace.
Skeptics might point out that “If you look in the rearview mirror at the road we’ve traveled over in the past few years, consumer technologies haven’t had much on impact on health care.”
….and they […]
E-CareManagement News
Disease Management News Reprint
Expect Greater Use of eHealth in DM in 2004
7 Key Trends Focus on Integration of Technologies,
Convergence of Devices
1) Cost Management Will Continue to Be the Primary Driver of DM Technology Adoption
2) Predictive Modeling Technologies Will Focus on “Impactability”
3) Information and Communication Technologies Will Enable DM Assembling as a Viable Business Strategy
4) Consumer Electronics Giants Will Bring DM into the Living Room
5) Remote Patient Monitoring and Wireless Technologies Will Enable “Healthcare Unbound”
6) Personalization Technologies Will Allow Patients to […]