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Chronic Disease Management

The chronic disease management market encompasses consumers with chronic, complex conditions such as chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and heart disease. The challenges faced in this market are often compounded by the need for social services and supports. For provider organizations and health systems managing consumers with chronic conditions, a significant challenge that remains is addressing the rising cost of care for this population. As a result, payers are focusing on reducing the spend by increasing integrated models of care coordination across medical, behavioural, pharmacy, and social support systems. These new market forces are creating strategic opportunities for provider organizations that are serving this population.


Effective whole person care requires data sharing. It has taken awhile, but federal policy makers at the Office of Policy of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) are looking to revamp electronic health records systems to be friendlier towards behavioral health needs. That was the focus of the remarks of Thomas Novak, Senior Advisor on State and Medicaid Policy for the Office of Policy in the Office… Read