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An analysis of federal government data released during Cover the Uninsured Week in May indicates that at least 20 million working Americans dont have health insurance coverage.
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Virginia officials and child health advocates over the next few months will try to sign up more than 6,000 additional children to state-supported child health insurance programs.
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The 2004 Making the Grade on Womens Health: A National and State-by-State Report issued by the National Womens Law Center and the Oregon Health & Science University says states are making some progress in improving health care for women, but often are taking two steps forward and one step back, so they dont make sufficient progress.
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The most recent analyses by the National Conference of State Legislatures and the National Governors Association/National
Association of State Budget Officers indicate improvement in states fiscal situations and cautious optimism that the economic downturn is ending.
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When Steve Dawson, PT, was first approached with the idea of teletherapy four years ago, he had to laugh. Providing therapy services over a videophone to a patient in a remote location went against the very grain of his profession.
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In a quest to meet the growing need for disease management programs to demonstrate their effectiveness, a group of industry stakeholders has come up with a set of processes that can be used to show the outcomes of disease management.
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A sophisticated technology system helps the 2,400 case managers at Intracorp coordinate the care of nearly 2 million people each year and helps the company track outcomes information.
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Its not unusual for a care manager in Horizon NJ, Healths Care Coordination Unit (CCU) to get a thank-you note or a telephone call from a member or their relative enrolled in the managed care organizations program for publicly insured members with special needs.
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As employers contract with multiple vendors to get best-in-class health care services, an employee may have a medical plan managed by a managed care organization, disease management programs handled by a number of specialty vendors, and a pharmacy plan managed by another company. Thats one of the reasons why CIGNA HealthCare began its Health Advisor Program in January as a way to assist employees and their families in navigating the health care system.
