DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Reflecting MedWatch's commitment to increase diseased education, improve patient health and healthful lifestyles, reduce plan costs and increase worker productivity.Disease Management

The goals of the MedWatch Disease Management Programs are to help the participant improve their overall health and promote self-efficacy via a comprehensive and integrated model. MedWatch Disease Management Programs are individualized and participant-centered and all contain the following core goals:

  • Provide needed participant teaching and support
  • Devise a program matching the educational capabilities of each patient
  • Improve participant compliance to treatment plan
  • Avoid complications
  • Reduce claim costs
  • Decrease hospital days and ER visits
  • Ensure continuity of care
  • Reduce absenteeism & improve productivity

The program is driven by MedWatch’s RN Total Lifestyle Counselors (TLC) assigned to each program participant and who remains with that patient throughout the program.

Recognizing that participants with chronic medical conditions usually have multiple co-morbid conditions, the MedWatch Disease Management Programs use a holistic, individualized approach to meeting the health care needs of each participant.

Key Disease Management Program Features:

  • Population data analysis/mining
  • RN Total Lifestyle Counselor (TLC)
  • HRA & Biometrics…Steps2Health™ eventsHealthy Lifestyles
  • Target diagnosis which are chronic or potentially debilitating including multiple co-morbidities
  • Collaborative program design includes physicians and support-service providers
  • Patient self-management education – tailored to the patient’s learning needs and capabilities
  • On-going TLC interaction to encourage and support behavior modification for lowering of risks
  • Process and outcomes measurement
  • Extensive program reporting including ROI

The following disease states are included in the DM Program:

  • Asthma
  • Congestive Heart Failure
  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Diabetes
  • Gastric-Esophageal Reflux
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • Hypertension
  • Migraine Headaches
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Obesity