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.

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 ...

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 ...

APCM vs. CCM: what every primary care practice needs to know before switching; rates, rules, revenue impact, and who ...

CMS’s 2025 Advanced Primary Care Management program pays monthly per-patient fees for care already delivered, yet most ...

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 ...