decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2019 Issue 1 (January)
CCM use rises steeply, fueled by primary care adoption and value-based care
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Article Overview
This premium article reviews rising Medicare use of chronic care management services and compares that growth with transitional care management utilization over several years. It is aimed at coding and reimbursement professionals who track practice patterns, specialty mix, and broader care-coordination trends in primary care and related specialties. The discussion stays at a high level while referencing the relevant service categories and Medicare coding context.
Why This Topic Matters
Understanding utilization trends for chronic care and transitional care management helps coding, billing, and practice operations teams monitor how Medicare-recognized care-coordination services are being adopted across specialties. The article is useful for readers assessing workflow, documentation, and revenue-cycle implications tied to these service families.
What You Will Learn
- How Medicare utilization for chronic care management changed over multiple years
- How transitional care management utilization compares with chronic care management trends
- Which specialties appear most often in the reported utilization patterns
- How newer care-management code families are discussed in relation to time and intensity
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Billing and reimbursement staff
- Practice managers
- Revenue cycle professionals
- Primary care administrators
- Health care consultants
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