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 ...

The chronic disease management market is experiencing a significant transformation, driven by the rapid adoption of digital ...

If there’s one word that sums up the Medicare Advantage (MA) revolution over the past decade, it’s “consumerism.” The quest to put the patient in the center of their own care has influenced everything ...

The Senate passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday night to improve care coordination for patients with multiple chronic conditions. The bill, the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to ...

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 ...

According to data from AARP, over two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries have cancer, diabetes, heart disease, renal disease, lung illness or some other chronic condition. Medical care costs for these ...

A chronic condition is a physical or mental health condition that lasts more than one year and causes functional restrictions or requires ongoing monitoring or treatment. Chronic diseases are among ...

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 ...

If you’ve ever lived with pain that just won’t quit, you’re not alone. But what’s the difference between pain that you might experience for a few days and chronic pain? Pain is classified as chronic ...

Most Medicare enrollees have two or more chronic conditions, making them eligible for a program that rewards physicians for doing more to manage... Carrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every ...