With healthcare costs rapidly rising, many stakeholders—including payers, providers, pharma, wellness companies and employers—are looking for ways to better manage the health and chronic conditions of ...

It’s little secret that chronic conditions are a heavy burden on the healthcare system. Diabetes, heart disease, obesity and others can stick with a patient for decades, often leading to increased ...

Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare: Do disease management programs really work? Disease management programs, which often involve phone-based relationships ...

Because of its often slowly progressive nature, dementia is often included among chronic disease management programs. Yet, for many reasons, its management demands different approaches. With the rise ...

Brian MacDonald, PharmD, senior director of specialty clinical strategy and innovation at Magellan Rx Management, explains how enhanced utilization management programs are implemented and can lead to ...

New technologies for health monitoring and improvement at home are taking off, and are expected to see massive growth in the coming decade. An analysis from Precedence Research predicts that the home ...

It’s tough to take issue with the idea of workplace wellness programs, but a new book — through analytics and data — does just that. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act authorized funds for ...

In 2008, Barack Obama promised to reform health care. One of his many health care promises included a pledge to require health insurers to use disease management programs to lower costs. Health plans ...

Florida officials have renewed an innovative disease management experiment offered through the state’s Medicaid program by four of the country’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturers. The two-year ...

This post was co-authored by Sherry Grace and Robyn Gallagher. Chronic diseases are common in women and men as they age, but women have poorer quality of life. Women are also more likely to be ...