What Are The Spending Stats On Chronic Conditions?

The health care spending patterns of consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs, sometimes referred to as the “superutilizer” population, is reshaping health policy and practice. Emerging models to address the needs of this population have reshaped the construct of the carve-out (see How Payment Reform & Consumerism Are Reshaping Chronic Care and The New Carve-Out & More Seismic Change) and have led to new models for care coordination that are more “integrated” (see What Has Been The Cost – & The Results – Of SAMHSA’s Primary Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) Program? and Understanding The Two Medicaid . . .