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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Pioneers First Specialty Intensive Medical Home Program
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois announces the first specialty intensive medical home program in the state, with the Illinois Gastroenterology Group, the state's largest independent gastroenterology practice, effective September 1, 2014.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) announces the first specialty intensive medical home (IMH) program in the state, with the Illinois Gastroenterology Group (IGG), the state's largest independent gastroenterology practice, effective September 1, 2014.
IMHs focus on improving patient access, care coordination and illness management, especially among those individuals needing treatment for chronic illnesses. In the BCBSIL/IGG Specialty IMH, these are the highest risk, multi-chronic patients with Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease that causes a high incidence of complications.
IGG has already developed its own care management tool, Project Sonar, to enhance communications with its IMH patients with Crohn's Disease.
"Studies have shown that the rate of these complications decreases with improved patient communication," says IGG physician Lawrence Kosinski, MD, MBA.
Read the press release: http://bit.ly/1p9LzDV
CMS' 340B Repayment Proposal May Harm Vulnerable Hospitals, Reward Those With Higher Revenues
April 26th 2024The 340B hospitals not receiving an offsetting lump-sum payment from CMS following 2018-2022 cuts later ruled unlawful are disproportionately rural, publicly owned, and nonacademic, according to a new study.
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Examining Low-Value Cancer Care Trends Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 25th 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with the authors of a study published in the April 2024 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® about their findings on the rates of low-value cancer care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Empowering Community Health Through Wellness and Faith
April 23rd 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In the third episode, Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, discusses approaching community health holistically through spiritual and community engagement.
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Kaiser Permanente was hit by a data breach in mid-April, impacting 13.4 million health plan members; GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) sued Pfizer and BioNTech for allegedly infringing on its messenger RNA technology patents in the companies’ COVID-19 vaccines; the CDC announced the first-known HIV cases transmitted via cosmetic injections.
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