tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181810725696409953.post3410773011847859024..comments2024-03-17T04:20:11.083-04:00Comments on The Population Health Blog: TRICARE Saves Taxpayers Millions on Chronic Illness Disease ManagementJaan Sidorovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072456803925863874noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181810725696409953.post-67833182449793902992010-06-18T09:58:26.101-04:002010-06-18T09:58:26.101-04:00Good point. That was implied in the article when ...Good point. That was implied in the article when it was noted that TRICARE provided the regional entities the lists of patients with highest utilization.<br /><br />There's been other work in that area: it turns out that the return on investment goes DOWN as a program signs up MORE patients. The trick is to go after the patients with higher risk that can also be modified.<br /><br />This is not your grandfather's disease management.Jaan Sidorovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05072456803925863874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181810725696409953.post-90019959622194787452010-06-18T08:02:38.927-04:002010-06-18T08:02:38.927-04:00The key to TRICARE saving money with this program ...The key to TRICARE saving money with this program was limiting the size of the program and targeting DM sevices at the highest utilizers. Enrolling everyone with the diagnoses in question into the DM program would almost certainly have been a money loser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com