CMS Selects Three Organizations to Participate in Medicare Pilot Project

January 12, 2004 CMS Selects Three Organizations to Participate in Medicare Pilot Project The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on November 18, 2003, that it has selected three organizations to participate in a pilot project aimed at improving care for chronically ill Medicare patients who suffer from heart problems and diabetes through better disease management. CMS selected CorSolutions (Rosemont, Illinois), XLHealth (formerly Diabetex; Baltimore, Maryland), and HeartPartners SM (Santa Ana, California – a collaborative venture among PacifiCare, QMed, Alere Medical, and Prescription Solutions) as the three organizations to participate in the three-year pilot project. These organizations will . . .