Chronic Care Management
By outsourcing your CCM with Medical Health Recorder your practice will:
Generate greater revenue
Increase patient participation
Retain a greater focus on face to face care and support
With the rise of chronic conditions in the United States, healthcare professionals everywhere are moving to introduce life-saving services to their patients in need. CMS introduced Chronic Care Management which lead to the rise in quality of life among thousands of individuals suffering from multiple chronic conditions. Not only this, but it is helping providers better the lives of their patients, improve their bottom line, and grow their practice.
CCM enables providers the tools and structure to simplify care for patients who are lost in a web of medical providers, making it easier for them to stay engaged, take charge, and improve their health and wellness. Due to the added demands and lack of staffing, Outsourcing Chronic Care Management to Medical Health Recorder will ensure your success.
Revenue
Patients with two or more chronic diseases quality for CCM services. The original CCM (CPT code 99490) can generate monthly revenue per patient, per month for non-face-to-face care services. This additional revenue compensates providers for activities that are often already being performed by staff.
Approximately 71% of the total healthcare spend in the United States is associated with care for Americans with more than one chronic condition. Among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, people with multiple chronic conditions account for 93% of total Medicare spending.
A large proportion of these costs are for acute care hospital and emergency department (ED) visits that could be prevented by earlier intervention. Placing a greater focus on public health programs with an eye toward preventing chronic diseases is one way to address these costs, as are payer incentives for not smoking and other good health practices. But there is another way for physicians to address these costs.
What’s most interesting about Chronic Care Management is that care provided by clinical staff incident to and under the general supervision of the billing practitioner count towards CCM. Given the incident to and general supervision mandate, the majority of patient needs and complications can be managed and dealt with by clinical staff, enabling providers to focus on only the most complex patient needs, all while increasing patient access to care and provider reimbursement.