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Why Nobody Believes the Numbers: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction in Population Health Management

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2011 May — Managed Care Reprints the Entire Measurement Chapter of Disease Management and Wellness in the Post-Reform Era.
Managed Care Magazine
2011 May — It's DMPC vs. Mercer and Guess Who Wins (Hint: You Won't Find This Article on Mercer's Website)
Predictive Modeling News
2010 June 1st — Don't take DM reports at face value.
Managed Health Care Executive
2010 March — This story is pretty accurate except that Aetna doesn't have a clue how to measure this stuff.
Managed Care Magazine
2009 December 9th — Lewis proposes novel abortion coverage compromise
Newsweek
2009 September 28th — Lewis proposes a kinder, gentler "death panel"
San Francisco Chronicle
2009 August 20th — Disease Management Purchasing Consortium Certifies Event Rate Reduction for HIP Health Plan of New York, an EmblemHealth Company
2009 August 14th — Montel Williams interviews Al one more time and yet The FCC has not yanked his license
2009 July 13th — Community Care of NC Savings Claims Called "Not Plausible"
Medicaid Health Plans of America
2009 July 6th — Montel Williams interviews Al once again and yet his ratings haven't suffered
2009 June 25th — Montel Williams, a man of rare taste, invites Al back to talk health care
2009 May 13th — Al Lewis talks Healthcare with Montel Williams
2009 April 24 — Health Care's Big Opportunity
Forbes
2009 February 9 — Blue Cross Receives Disease Management Awards
Reuters
2009 January 1 — 5 new realities of disease management
Managed Health Care Executive
2008 November 4 — Johnson & Johnson acquires HealthMedia
2008 September 1 — Al Lewis on Disease Management's Value
2008 June 1 — Many still wrong in their DM savings calculations
2008 April 1 — Shared decision making gains recognition as patient-centric care model
2008 March 5 — CMS says care pilot not meeting budget neutrality requirement
2008 January 1 — Updated Disease Management Guidelines Impact Investment Perspectives
2007 December 1 — Cost effectiveness can be part of benefit judgments
2007 October 1 — State of the Industry 2008
2007 September 1 — Medicare HCC coding is mission critical for HMOs
2007 August 1 — Time to contact: Plans make efforts to enroll patients in disease management programs earlier
2007 April 1 — New math provides epiphany for measuring ROI
2006 September 1 — Single-source DM likely to increase as industry consolidates
2006 June 1 — Contracts may herald 'arrival' of disease management
2006 March 1 Disease management moments: Al Lewis is passionate about DM
2006 January 1 — Changing Behaviors
2005 October 1 — DM Web site goes beyond national guidelines to include real-world ideas
2005 July 1 — Humana partners to study disease management
2005 June 1 — Large plan shops DM boutiques for best in breed services
2004 December 1 — Leaders take DM from concept to reality: Part 2
2004 September 1 — DMAA seeks consensus on DM outcome measures
2004 April — Condition characteristics denote methodology for measuring ROI
2003 November — Singling out members with less-prevalent diseases is no longer a rarity for plans
2003 September — Integrating DM and disability programs results in great rewards
2003 March 1 — Medicaid dual-eligible program promises savings at the state level
2003 February — New data sources multiply the power of predictive modeling
2002 November 1 — Disease management grows despite qualms about efficiency
2002 May — Accrediting groups devise national standards to bridge the gap between processes, outcomes
2002 March 2 — Innovation Evolution
2001 November 1 — The Paperless Evolution
2001 October — Team approach prevents diabetes problems from falling through cracks

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