Does Your Parent or Family Member Have Two Or More Chronic Conditions?

Has their physician enrolled him/her in Medicare’s groundbreaking program developed to reduce patient hospitalizations?

 If you are not a medical professional, it is worrisome trying to monitor the health of your parent. Sometimes, parents are confused and ashamed to ask questions of their doctors and nurse practitioners. They are afraid of appearing frail and incompetent. Maybe, they simply misunderstood their doctor’s instructions. 

 What if your parent felt comfortable sharing their concerns, tribulations and questions with a certified health care professional every month? What if that person was the liaison between the patient and the doctor? What if that monthly phone call prevented one emergency room or hospital visit?

In 2015 Medicare introduced their Chronic Care Management program for anyone with two or more significant chronic conditions that are expected to last 12 months or more.* Here is just a short list of examples:

Asthma

Diabetes

Cancer

Chronic Obstructive Respiratory Disease

Atrial Fibrillation

Hypertension

Cardiovascular Disease

Arthritis

Osteoporosis

Dementia

Alzheimer’s

Autism Spectrum Disorders

Depression

Chronic Kidney Disease

Infectious Diseases such as AIDS

(Note: Patients under nursing care are not eligible for this program.)

Do your parents visit multiple physicians?

Are they all prescribing medications? Do you know whether your parents are taking their medications because 20 – 30% of Medicare patients never take prescribed medication? Do you know if there is a conflict between any of the medications? What if you knew that a dedicated registered pharmacist was reviewing all of the medications that your parent was taking or prescribed to take?

Would a program give you some peace at night that in-between regular office visits, a certified medical professional was speaking with your parent, collecting medical information from all health care providers and recording all of this in a centralized database accessible to any health care provider that your parent and the physicians want to have access?

Would you rest easier or concentrate better on all of your other equally important responsibilities knowing that someone else is checking that your parent is following the physician’s orders?

Would you breathe just a little easier knowing that if a change in their medical condition is identified, the physician would be alerted to try and prevent a hospitalization?

At Passionate Care Management, our team of certified medical staff will call your parent at least once a month for a minimum of twenty minutes. We will schedule this time convenient for your parent. If your parent needs more than twenty minutes, we will accommodate what they need from us.

The best stories are the ones that patients share with us (names protected due to HIPAA):

“Thank you for calling me back and checking that I was improving. I was so dizzy earlier today and appreciated discussing my blood pressure results with you. I am feeling much better due to your help.”

“I did it. I have reduced the number of cigarettes that I am smoking daily to help improve my breathing. Thanks for your suggestions to remove cigarettes from each pack and reduce the number daily.”

“Thank you for calling me and answering my questions. I did not understand everything that my physician told me at the appointment. You are very patient with me. May I call you with other questions too?”

If you parent is not enrolled in Medicare’s Chronic Care Management Program OR you want more information, please contact us at 800.300.5649 or message me below. Join the thousands of patients already enrolled and being monitored more closely. We are happy to share with you the quality medical monitoring measures that you have implemented to exceed all of Medicare’s requirements for this program. Thank you for reading this post.

Diane M. Schultz,

Vice President

Passionate Care Management, a division of Physicians Revenue Group, Inc.

[email protected]

630.624.0222