The Promise and Pitfalls of Disease Management in Medicaid and Medicare

The cost of health care is skyrocketing. There is growing dissatisfaction with both health care quality and health outcomes. What can be done to reduce costs and obtain better value for our health care dollars?

Disease management (DM) is increasingly touted as the key to both improving care and reducing the costs of treating the chronically ill-the population with the highest health care costs. State Medicaid programs have begun to implement different approaches to DM, and the new Medicare legislation mandates several initiatives intended to improve the care of those with chronic illnesses. Does DM work in Medicaid, and can it work in Medicare? Two panels of experts, including the former secretary of Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration, will grapple with those issues.

About the Author

 

Joseph
Antos

  • Mr. Antos's research focuses on the economics of health policy—including Medicare and broader health system reform, health care financing, health insurance regulation, and the uninsured—and federal budget policy. He has written and spoken extensively on the Medicare drug benefit and has led a team of experienced independent actuaries and cost estimators in a study to evaluate various proposals to extend health coverage to the uninsured. His work on the country’s budget crisis includes a detailed plan to achieve fiscal stability and economic growth developed in conjunction with AEI colleagues.  


    Joseph Antos is also a commissioner of the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission and a health adviser to the Congressional Budget Office.  Before joining AEI, Mr. Antos was Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources at the Congressional Budget Office.




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