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Role and Benefits of CCM and RPM in Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic Kidney Disease is a common and severe chronic illness that is affecting millions of people globally. It is identified by the gradual loss of kidney function over time, which causes problems like high blood pressure, anemia, electrolytes, and abnormalities....
How To Improve Care Access Through Chronic Care Management
68% of Medicare patients are suffering from two or more chronic conditions at a time according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Surprisingly, There are a lot of people who are suffering from Chronic illnesses who are unable to get the...
How RPM and Chronic Diseases Management Help in Improving Patient Outcomes
Chronic disease management also known as chronic care management enables patients to live a better life having a long-term disease by minimizing the disease development and treating the disease symptoms. Chronic care management needs a holistic strategy that focuses...
How Chronic Care Management (CCM) Supports Families & Caregivers
Chronic illness sufferers should not be forced to go through their health needs alone and fortunately, due to support from relatives or friends, most of them do not have to. The role of family carers in the care of patients with severe or end-stage illnesses is well...
How To Choose The Best Chronic Care Management Company For Your Practice
The new CPT code 99490 from CMS has made it possible for your practice to get new/recurring revenue from services that are helpful to some of your most vulnerable patients that you may have been offering but not billing for. Also, providing these CCM services assists...
Comprehensive Guide to Chronic Care Management for Hypertension Patients
Millions of Americans are suffering from hypertension, which needs consistent treatment and control to avoid problems. This is a situation where chronic care management plays a crucial role. CCM is a holistic approach to managing chronic diseases like hypertension...
What makes a Chronic Care Management Program Succssful
Medicare expects providers to perform CCM services. The Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) consider CCM as an essential component of primary care which leads to better health and care for the patients. According to Medicare claims data, CCM can reduce...
Chronic Care Management in Urology: Enhancing Patient Outcomes
Health care professionals no longer have a point of reference which once they assumed that the individual responsible for the planning and organization of the care of chronically ill patients was the Primary Care Physician. The medical profession has realized that...
How Chronic Care Management Reduces Overall Healthcare Expenses
The CMS initiated Chronic Care Management on January 1st, 2015, and permits a practice to bill for non-face-to-face coordination services monthly using billing code CPT 99490. CMS brought in this code to meet the needs of patients who are chronically ill, more so...
Chronic Care Management (CCM) vs Principal Care Management (PCM) Key differences and scope of care
PCM was added to CMS as a Part B benefit in 2022, and CCM has been in existence since 2014 but got new codes and guidelines in 2021 and 2022. The data on the use of CMS are provided, and according to them, the rates of utilization remain low; the agency has issued...
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