Federal Overview: Multiple Chronic Conditions
Fastest Growing and Most Costly US Patient Population
This presentation will address the following content:
Provide an overview of US Demographics, the Largest US patient population and Burden of US costly care
Review the costliest disease states and hospitalizations and recommendations by the Affordable Care Act
Identify current federal initiatives on multiple chronic conditions and self-management to include:
US Department of Health and Human Services, Institutes of Medicine, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Agency for Health Research and Quality, Health Resources and Services Administration,Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
Describe the development and establishment of a self- management program for underserved patients with multiple chronic conditions: Identifying the need, Implementing the direction of health policy into clinical practice. Review patient demographics, methodology and clinical outcomes.
Dr. Kim Kuebler
OVERVIEW OF MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN THE US PATIENT POPULATION