What conditions count for Medicare Chronic Care Management (CCM?)
What conditions count for Medicare Chronic Care Management (CCM)? Many physicians — especially specialists — have questions about which chronic conditions are eligible for between-visit care under Medicare’s Chronic Care Management (CCM) program and what criteria patients must meet to be eligible. The confusion is understandable: CMS provides examples of common chronic conditions — but […]
Stop doing between-visit work for free
Stop doing between-visit work for free DARSHAN BACHHAWAT • PUBLISHED 2024/03/26 Are your physicians burnt out? In February 2024, athenahealth released the results of their third annual Physician Sentiment Survey, conducted by Harris Poll. The findings were both disturbing and (sadly) expected: 93% of physicians surveyed feel burnt out on a regular basis 15 hours/week […]
Population-scale care management is impossible – or is it?
Population-scale care management is impossible — or is it? DARSHAN BACHHAWAT • PUBLISHED 2024/02/22 Last week, I wrote about benchmarking a Chronic Care Management (CCM) program. Because Medicare’s CCM program is severely underpenetrated – only 3% of applicable providers are participating – many medical groups have never had the opportunity to see a scalable, financially […]
How to benchmark your Chronic Care Management (CCM) program
How to Benchmark Your Chronic Care Management (CCM) Program DARSHAN BACHHAWAT • PUBLISHED 2024/02/16 Less than 3% of providers participate in Medicare’s Chronic Care Management (CCM) program — even though Medicare increased reimbursement by 54% in 2022. CCM compensates providers for all the between-visit care they currently provide for free to their patients with multiple […]
Neurologists have practice management on the brain (sorry, we had to)
Top Trends from Neuronet Summit 2024 Jamal Elkhaldy & Phil Martini • PUBLISHED 2024/02/06 Coming out of the NeuroNet Summit 2024 last week, one thing is clear: neurology leaders are actively seeking solutions to the industry-wide challenges putting their practices at risk. Workforce instability is driving AI adoption Medical groups across all specialties are struggling […]
Are these 3 barriers keeping you from delivering better between-visit care?
Chronic Care Management can help medical groups deliver better care while creating a durable and profitable revenue stream – here’s how to overcome the most common barriers.