Care Management Blog

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched Z codes in 2015. They are a set of ICD-10-CM codes that identify non-medical factors that may affect a patient's health status or ability to fully benefit from treatment. They were released for billing and research purposes, yet no reimbursement is associated with their use.

In this video, we break down everything you need to know to successfully start a Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) program.

A patient’s chronic illness journey is cyclical and complex. It's not a linear path but a continuous loop of pre-service, service, and post-service interactions with the healthcare system. Without adequate self-management, health literacy, and personal discipline, a patient’s health can deteriorate, and their condition worsens significantly.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) created the Shared Savings Program (SSP) to encourage physician groups, hospitals, and other healthcare providers to support more coordinated, high-quality, and cost-effective care.

Gastroenterology is a complicated specialty that helps patients with multifaceted clinical and quality-of-life issues. Yet, these providers face increased challenges, such as falling reimbursements, increasing patient demand, and physician shortages.

Data integration and interoperability enable greater capabilities to capture and share patient information, supporting new models like value-based care management.

Primary care is the foundation of US healthcare. It’s reported that primary care is the “only” area in which providing more services—such as childhood vaccines and regular blood pressure screenings—is linked to better population health and more equitable outcomes.

According to research published in the journal Primary Health Care Research & Development, there is strong evidence that care management benefits patients and providers by:

The need for tighter payor-provider partnerships has never been greater.