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Disease management value continues to grow.

Publication: Managed Healthcare Executive
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Reports of disease management's death have been greatly exaggerated. While it is true that actuarial calculations of medical savings from disease management have been controversial, there is enough underlying value to DM that it will not only sustain itself, but also continue to grow as the true value of the concept emerges.

The decibel level of the debate over return on investment from standalone programs has obscured the emerging sources of value--synergies with other payer functions--which are being created and nurtured in relative obscurity.

One such source of value is the PBM synergy. As Healthways and Medco have shown, for example, the time lapse for initial contact with a member once diagnosed falls to almost zero if prescription information...

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