Looking Beyond The Superutilizer Umbrella

New data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has me thinking about population health management strategies again. The news? The proportion of the U.S. population with multiple chronic conditions (MCC) is on the increase. The just-released report shows that in 2014, 25.7% of adults were diagnosed with MCCs. These adults were managing two or more of ten health conditions: hypertension, cancer, stroke, coronary heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, hepatitis, current asthma, weak or failing kidneys, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (see <a href="https://www.openminds.com/market-intelligence/news/2014-25-7-adults-diagnosed-multiple-chronic . . .