title: Disease assessment tool helps MCOs target DM resources.
abstract: Before embarking on disease management strategies, managed care plans and providers must determine where best to concentrate resources. Value Rx, a pharmacy benefit company that offers a variety of services including disease management assistance to its managed care customers, has developed an innovative assessment tool that takes a multitude of factors into account in identifying where to place disease management efforts.
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015897:Comorbidity; D019468:Disease Management; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D017050:Episode of Care; D005249:Fees and Charges; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008910:Minnesota; D012720:Severity of Illness Index