title: Unique approach offers guidance to patients with low-prevalence/ high-cost conditions.
abstract: A unique intervention delivers behavioral health support to patients with less prevalent, but high-cost conditions. Not nearly as many patients suffer from Crohn's disease or rheumatoid arthritis as diabetes, but Newark, NJ-based Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield believes it can nonetheless improve care for these types of patients-and recoup an ROI--by providing them with an intervention that emphasizes psychosocial support.
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000191:economics* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States