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Article: New Research Report Shows Potential Medicare Savings from Health Promotion, Prevention and Chronic Care Management Could Exceed One Trillion Dollars over Next Decade.
- Article from:
- Managed Care Weekly
- Article date:
- August 10, 2009
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Government investment in programs and solutions aimed at improving the health and well-being of Americans both before and after entry into Medicare could yield up to $1.4 trillion in savings over 10 years, according to a report - Potential Medicare Savings Through Prevention & Health Risk Reduction - released by the Center for Health Research (CHR) at Healthways, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) (see also Healthways, Inc.).
Based on an actuarial model developed and tested by Ingenix Consulting, the analysis shows that even modest reductions or delays in the advent and progression of population health risk can result in significantly reduced cost, even after accounting for ...