Chronic illness care has evolved into a multi‐faceted approach that integrates healthcare delivery with patient self‐management to address long‐term conditions such as diabetes, depression and ...

The Chronic Care Model (CCM) is an organizing framework for improving chronic illness care and an excellent tool for improving care at both the individual and population level. The model is based on ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

For decades, chronic disease management in Medicare has been hampered by a fee-for-service payment system that rewards volume and activity rather than true clinical improvement. This model created ...

The ASPIRE program aims to give high-risk children and their caregivers more support and encourages more proactive pediatric ...

Almost one-third of U.S. counties have experienced an overall decline in local brick-and-mortar pharmacies—impacting medication access for over 91 million people and making it harder for them to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Building on insights from more than a quarter of a million in-home visits with medically complex individuals, Belle has expanded its proven model for delivering home ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

Chronic disease remains one of the most urgent challenges in U.S. health care with nearly every senior living with one or more chronic conditions. It accounts for the vast majority of Medicare ...

April Health reports that the Collaborative Care Model effectively addresses the mental health gap in rural America by integrating behavioral health into primary care.