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From the editor Dear Healthcare Intelligence Network Client,
It takes a village to help those suffering from depression. Even a barber shop. According to a new study from the RAND Corporation, when community-based support groups such as churches, substance abuse counselors, and yes, even barber shops, offered support to lower-income people suffering from depression, the patients’ mental health improved, their level of physical activity increased, and their hospitalizations decreased. Researchers targeted lower-income neighborhoods because help is frequently unavailable or hard to find. Many suffering from depression also go undiagnosed; called the “silent monster,” it affects almost one out of five people from all cultural groups at some point in their lives. You can find more details in our story. It takes a value-based benefits plan, and a disease management program, to help diabetics better control their health. According to a new study from Truven Health Analytics™ and the Florida Health Care Coalition, patients enrolled in value-based benefit design in conjunction with a disease management program showed higher adherence to both brand and generic oral medications and a higher uptake of insulin over the three-year study period. The study, Value-Based Design and Prescription Drug Utilization Patterns Among Diabetes Patients, which appears in the May/June issue of The American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits, examined the three-year effect of value-based design and disease management programs on diabetes patients. Value-based insurance design is a medical benefit plan design that reduces patient out-of-patient costs for treatments that are known to be effective, and increases out-of-pocket prices for lower value services. It takes a combination of factors, including financial hardship and disability or old age to meet the criteria that defines dual eligibles, a population that nears 9 million in the United States. You can find these facts and more in our new HINfographic, Defining the Dually Eligible: 16 Things to Know for Population Health Management, which illustrates a wealth of metrics on the dual eligibles population. Managing this population successfully is key to keeping healthcare costs low; and the HINfographic lists six keys to successful management of duals, including medication management and patient education. Lastly, we’d like to ask you to take some time to fill out our third e-survey on Telehealth. A clear majority of healthcare organizations are using telehealth in clinical and non-clinical settings, according to preliminary results from survey. Your response will be kept strictly confidential and will only be used in the aggregate. You may complete the survey online here. Your colleague in the business of healthcare,Cheryl Miller Editor, Healthcare Business Weekly Update Please send comments, questions and replies to [email protected].
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1.) Study Links Pairing of Value-Based Benefits and Disease Management to Better Results, Controlled Costs
2.) Disease Management and Wellness in the Post-Reform Era
3.) Defining the Dually Eligible: 16 Things to Know for Population Health Management
4.) Population Health Management for Dual Eligibles: Blueprint for Care Coordination
5.) Healthcare Business White Paper: Health & Wellness Incentives in 2012 — Rewarding Risk Assessment, Lifestyle Changes
6.) Lower Income Depressed Patients Benefit from Community Support: Study
7.) New Chart: What's the ROI from Medical Home Programs?
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8.) Depression Management Benchmarks: Trends in Integration of Behavioral and Physical Health
9.) ACO’s Health IT, Care Coordination Improve Care, Lower Costs for Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries Aetna and Bon Secours Health System (BSHSI) have launched a new accountable care agreement that will use technology and care coordination services from Aetna subsidiary Healthagen to help coordinate healthcare for Medicare beneficiaries. Get the full story. >>Return to this week's industry news
10.) Guide to Accountable Care Organizations
11.) Case Loads for Case Managers
12.) Case Management Answer Book Vol. I: FAQs on Risk Reduction, Care Coordination and Co-Location
13.) HINfographic on Defining the Dually Eligible: 16 Things to Know for Population Health Management
14.) Medicare Pioneer ACO: Case Study on Atrius Health’s Focus on the Triple Aim
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