Chronic care is health care that addresses long-term or preexisting illnesses. Simply put, those are diseases or conditions that last a year or more and require ongoing medical care or limit the ...

This systematic review found that studies of case management interventions have adequate quality and, in many cases, show cost-effective or even cost-saving results. Results: A total of 29 studies ...

An HIV diagnosis can be life-changing. Living with the virus means you have a lot to juggle to take care of your health: doctor’s appointments, prescription refills, tests, and medical bills. You may ...

Beginning this year, CMS is paying hospitals a bonus or extracting a penalty depending on the quality of care they deliver. Hospitals administrators know that the difference between getting more and ...

Case management, with its standards of practice of patient advocacy and resource stewardship and its role as a liaison between patients, payors and the healthcare team, is in a unique position to ...

As the U.S. population ages and chronic diseases across all age groups continue to rise dramatically, so does the demand for case management professionals. With registered nurses comprising ...

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Change Healthcare (Nasdaq: CHNG) today announced that Cerner Corporation (Nasdaq: CERN), a global healthcare technology company, has integrated Change Healthcare’s ...

Patients, labor advocates and other opponents of hospital closures and mental health care caseworker cuts rally outside the State House on Feb. 25. PHOTO I COURTESY OF CHRIS LISINSKI/SHNS About 170 ...