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The Next Generation of Disease Management: 2009 and Beyond
The Next Generation of Disease Management 2009 and Beyond Author:Al Lewis, Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International Inc, Jill Brown, Managing Editor, Atlantic Information Services Learn where the Disease Management industry is headed over the next three to five years in The Next Generation of Disease Management: 2009 and Beyond, a new resource from Atlantic Information Services. With chronic-care programs already well-established in most health plans, Disease Management is becoming more targeted, more integrated wi... more »th other programs including wellness and lifestyle coaching, and more focused on the bottom line. The Next Generation of Disease Management contains insight from 12 industry experts into the basics, including: -Planning for successful implementation -Deciding whether to build or buy programs -Integrating care coordination -Motivating enrollees to change behaviors -Leveraging technology -Using predictive modeling -Measuring results -Targeting specific groups, such as large commercial employers and Medicare Advantage members. The Next Generation of Disease Management contains answers to questions such as: -Will predictive models move from identifying which patients are likely to be high cost, to determining which of several intervention strategies may be most effective? -Will DM programs embrace smart technology to monitor everything from patients vital signs and heart rhythms to what kind of food and exercise choices they make? -Will the build versus buy debate disappear as most programs become hybrids of the two models? -Will DM programs in the future focus efforts on entire populations, rather than only the chronically ill? Table of ContentsForeword - David B. Nash, MD, MBA, dean and Dr. Raymond C and Doris N Grandon professor of health policy, Jefferson School of Health Policy and Population Health Chapter 1: Disease Management of the Future and its Role in the Health Plan of the Future - Al Lewis, executive director, The Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International, Inc Chapter 2: Disease Management: To Build or Buy? - David W Plocher, MD, chief medical officer and senior vice president of health management, informatics and pharmacy, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Chapter 3: Population Health Improvement: From Strategy to Delivering on the Promise - Rose Maljanian, senior vice president of product innovation, Magellan Health Services, Inc Chapter 4: High-Impact Paradigms for Changing Behaviors to Enhance Health, Productivity and Well-Being - James O Prochaska, PhD, director, Cancer Prevention Research Center and professor of clinical and health psychology, University of Rhode Island; and Janice M Prochaska, PhD, president and chief executive officer, Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc Chapter 5: Collaboration in Disease Management - Barry S Lachman, MD, MPH, medical director, Parkland Community Health Plan Chapter 6: Information Technology in Disease Management - Steven S Eisenberg, MD, senior vice president and chief science officer, LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc Chapter 7: Harnessing the Power of Predictive Analytics for Disease Management - Swati Abbott, president, MEDai, Inc Chapter 8: Emerging Insights About Measuring Disease Management Outcomes - Al Lewis, executive director, The Disease Management Purchasing Consortium International, Inc Chapter 9: The Employer's Perspective on the Future State of Disease Management - Karen O Marlo, MPP, director of benchmarking and analysis, National Business Group on Health Chapter 10: How to Start an Internal Medicare Disease Management Program - ScotBreidbart, MD and Lorraine McDonald, RN Chapter 11: What Disease Management Executives Need to Know About Risk-Adjusted Medicare Reimbursement - Michael Quilty, CEO, Matrix Medical Net« less