Health Dialog Selected to Provide Health and Wellness Support to 17,000 Medicare Beneficiaries
Posted on: Monday, 11 February 2008, 09:00 CST
Health Dialog Services Corporation today announced it has been selected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide health and wellness support to more than 17,000 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries as part of the CMS Senior Risk Reduction Demonstration (SRRD).
Under the three-year agreement, 17,000 beneficiaries from across the country between the ages of 67 and 74 will have access to Health Dialog's "Healthy Living Solutions for Seniors" program, which includes telephonic Health Coaching and related services. The "Healthy Living Solutions for Seniors" program is designed to motivate individuals to become more actively involved in the management of their health. Research shows that the program improves the health status of the individuals involved and reduces health care costs. As part of the program, Health Dialog Health Coaches, who are registered nurses, dieticians, and respiratory therapists, will provide beneficiaries with evidence-based, unbiased information about their conditions and health status so they can work more effectively and confidently with their physicians. Further, the program will offer access to a wealth of healthcare support tools, including a Personal Health Assessment tool, Shared Decision-Making® decision support videos, and a broad set of online multi-media behavior change modules provided in collaboration with Health Media. Health Dialog also plans to include a scientifically validated online behavior change program to increase physical activity, created by researchers at the Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc. (ORCAS).
"We're honored to have been selected by CMS to participate in this demonstration," said George Bennett, Chairman and CEO, Health Dialog. "We are confident that this project will help CMS document the value of integrated health and wellness support for Medicare beneficiaries."
About Health Dialog
Health Dialog is a leading provider of care management services and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bupa, a global provider of healthcare services. Health Dialog helps physician groups, health plans, government agencies, and self-insured employers improve healthcare quality while reducing overall costs. The firm's offerings include disease management, analytic services, telephonic and online Health Coaching, health and wellness initiatives, and other care management support for individuals, payors, and physicians. Health Dialog helps individuals become more actively engaged in the management of their health and healthcare and have more effective relationships with their physicians. For more information about Health Dialog, please visit their website www.healthdialog.com.
About HealthMedia, Inc.
HealthMedia, Inc. is the global leader in scalable behavior change interventions with outcomes. HealthMedia, Inc.'s proven outcomes increase compliance, reduce medical utilization, and increase productivity-- boosting profitability for health plans, employers, pharmaceutical companies, and behavioral health organizations. A fusion of their own unique technology and proven behavioral science, HealthMedia, Inc. delivers individually tailored behavior change interventions for health and wellness, disease management, behavioral health, and medication compliance. Clients include Kaiser Permanente, UPS, Cleveland Clinic, Johnson & Johnson, GSK, and eight Blue Cross Blue Shield organizations across the United States. HealthMedia, Inc. partners include APS Healthcare, Corphealth, Health Dialog, Wellsource, and SHPS. For more information visit www.healthmedia.com
About the Oregon Center for Applied Science (ORCAS)
Founded in 1989, ORCAS combines scientific knowledge with technological innovation to create effective products that address real-world problems in public health and education. The quality of ORCAS' programs is nationally recognized with over 50 awards that acknowledge both the educational impact and the high production values of our interactive video approach. For more information about ORCAS, visit http://www.orcasinc.com.
About the CMS Senior Risk Reduction Demonstration
The Senior Risk Reduction Demonstration will test whether health promotion and health management programs that have been developed and tested in the private sector can also be tailored to and work well with Medicare beneficiaries to improve their health and reduce avoidable health care utilization. For more information, visit http://www.cms.hhs.gov/DemoProjectsEvalRpts, click on Medicare Demonstrations on the left hand side, and enter "senior risk reduction" into the keyword search box.
Source: Business Wire
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