Disease Management:
HEALTH PANEL SINGING NEW TUNE ON CARE MANAGEMENT
Published on Wed Nov 06, 2013
At hearings last year, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chair Nancy Johnson (R-CT) said it was her clear understanding that the rules of fee-for-service Medicare would never permit that program to incorporate disease management for people with multiple chronic ills. DM could be instituted only by private plans, Johnson said. But a statement from Johnson announcing a Feb. 19 [...]