title: Disease management program saves $850 PMPM for CHF seniors enrolled in Medicare risk.
abstract: Chf disease management saves medicare plan $850 pmpm: Humana Inc. has improved the care and outcomes of 1,900 seniors with congestive heart failure--plus slashed utilization and saved millions. Here are the details on how the program works and why monitoring CHF patients by phone is so important.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003284:Contract Services; D017046:Cost Savings; D017281:Cost of Illness; D019468:Disease Management; D016527:Drug Costs; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States