Chronic care management (CCM) refers to a Medicare care plan that can help direct a person’s healthcare. It lists information about the individual’s health and also explains the care they require.

The federal government must do a better job of folding aging services providers into healthcare solutions as it seeks to reduce administrative burdens, limit unnecessary hospitalizations and improve ...

CMS began reimbursing providers who actively manage care delivery for Medicare patients with two or more chronic conditions through the Chronic Care Management Program Jan. 1. According to a survey ...

Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, who asks how she’s doing and if she needs prescription refills. The assistant counsels her on dealing ...

Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, who asks how she’s doing and if she needs prescription refills. The assistant counsels her on dealing ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

The makers of the cloud-based MediTouch EHR, HealthFusion, announced the launch of a chronic care management module in response to CMS' Chronic Care Management changes. CMS' Chronic Care Management ...

TempDev, a leading NextGen® Enterprise consulting and solutions provider, today announces the launch of its Chronic Care Management (CCM) 2.0 Template Suite. The program is an enhanced solution ...

At the beginning of 2015, CMS began reimbursing physicians for the care they provide to a particular group of their Medicare patients remotely and between visits. This new billing code, called Chronic ...

Text Callout : Key Takeaways: Does Medicare Cover Chronic Pain Management? If you've ever lived with pain that just won’t quit, you’re not alone. According to a Centers for Disease Control and ...

Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors' medical assistant, who asks how she's doing and if she needs prescription refills. The assistant counsels her on dealing ...