disease management
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> A new study by researchers at USC Keck Medical School finds patients taken to Tier II trauma centers are 20 percent more likely to die than those taken to Tier I centers. Article
> Tests revealed that a mysterious respiratory ailment which killed nearly 20 people this week in Toronto is Legionnaire's Disease. …
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> American seniors are warming to Medicare Part D, according to research by the Kaiser Family Foundation. KFF said 22 percent of seniors interviewed in its August poll say they plan to enroll, up from 9 percent in its last poll. Story
> Massachusetts officials say they will probe the sale of cosmetics by physicians due to the …
... Read more...SPOTLIGHT: CMS grants more high-cost DM projects
Medicare has granted 6 more demonstration projects to see if disease management can be effective in high-cost populations. This time the recipients are medical groups as opposed to health plans. It's called Care Management for High Cost Beneficiaries. Winners include medical groups in the Pacific Northwest working with Health Hero Network and the AMGA; groups in New York, Boston, and Texas; and Care Level Management, a physician home visiting program in California, Texas, and Florida. Release
