Get Your Patients Engaged in Managing Their Chronic Diseases
[Author: STEPHEN KEELER | VP, Payer & Provider Sales] $700 is a lot of money to put back in your patients’ pockets, but it's easily done. That’s the average amount saved when patients take part in self-management programs where they learn how to tackle their chronic diseases head on. What patients need is peer...
Be Proactive about Keeping High-Cost, High-Risk Patients Out of the ER
[Author: STEPHEN KEELER | VP, Payer & Provider Sales] Diabetes treatment cost the United States $244 billion in 2012. According to an NPR report, the cost jumps to $322 billion when you factor in lost productivity because of illness and disability. This is just one of the chronic diseases people live with across the...