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Musculoskeletal conditions, including arthritis, low-back pain, repetitive motion strain, and mental health problems mostly depression have the biggest negative impact on worker productivity, according to a survey by the Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM), a nonprofit research organization in Scottsdale, AZ.
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A catastrophic case that involves a lot of coordination of resources, a lot of care planning, and a large allocation of financial resources that may or may not cause the patient to reach his or her maximum lifetime benefit should be a flag to the case manager to find out who may be sharing the risk.
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A patient whose chronic illness you are managing is not likely to tell you that he or she is depressed.
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Consumers drug-buying behavior may be based on how much they know about their personal health care coverage, a Harris Interactive survey reveals.
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Sixty percent of physicians responding to a survey by the Pennsylvania Medical Society expressed frustration with eroding patient-doctor relationships and blame lack of time for the problem.
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A comprehensive analysis of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its impact on disease management has concluded that the new privacy regulations will not hamper disease management programs, according to the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA).
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While Americans still are unhappy on the whole with managed care, hostility and criticism have declined from their peak in 2000,
a new poll by Harris Interactive has found.
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Theres an increased demand for the services of case managers but, at the same time, a shortage of nurses, who typically move into the case management role.
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The personal touch pays off for a health plan, Terri Cox Glassen, RN, MN, asserts.
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During October 2002, case managers from CIGNA HealthCare made hundreds of calls to female members reminding them to get a mammogram and educating them about breast cancer risks.
