HMOs aggressively developing disease management programs; cost reductions reported.
A new report documents the percentage of HMOs experiencing cost reductions, by type of health services, after implementing disease management initiatives--and the numbers are encouraging.
D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy; D017046:Cost Savings; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D004470:Economics, Medical; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States