ACP Applauds HHS Selection of McKesson Corporation for Voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Program
U.S. Newswire, December, 2004
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) reaffirms its commitment to support and participate in an innovative pilot program to improve care of patients with chronic disease in Mississippi that was awarded today to McKesson Corporation by the Department of Health and Human Services. The McKesson project is a pilot program that will help HHS evaluate providing chronic care management services to Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure and diabetes.
The new Voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Program (CCIP) is authorized by the Medicare Modernization Act. Nationwide, the CCIP is expected to reach about 150,000 to 300,000 beneficiaries enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare who have multiple chronic conditions. Earlier this...
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