2015's Chronic Care Management program rewards doctors for managing patients' health outside office visits, but adoption remains limited.
Medicare's initiative to improve chronic care is attracting businesses but not many doctors, despite ⅔ of enrollees having multiple health issues. Since 2015, the Chronic Care Management program rewards doctors for managing patients' health outside office visits, reducing emergency visits and hospital stays. Early research supports this service's effectiveness, but adoption remains limited, possibly due to doctors' concerns about workload and reimbursement.
April 17, 2024
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