This Week's Challenge: With Medicare poised to cover end-of-life counseling under next years proposed physician payment fee schedule, healthcare organizations will need to prepare to have these meaningful, yet complicated discussions with their patients. Here we look at the top barriers to effective care for patients with advanced illness from a case study on Aetnas Compassionate Care Program, a case management program aimed at those with advanced illness.
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Case Management for Advanced Illness: Best Practices in End-of-Life Care, examines Aetna's Compassionate Care program, a case management approach for the advanced illness population. The payor's initiative breaks down barriers commonly encountered in this highly sensitive stage of the health continuum while positively impacting both healthcare utilization and spend.
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