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Disease management program wins association award

Quality Improvement Monitor, January 27, 2005

The disease management firm XLHealth received the Disease Management Association of America's (DMAA) Recognizing Excellence Award for the best Medicare disease management program.

The award recognizes the Baltimore-based XLHealth's excellence in the design, development, implementation, and operation of its disease management demonstration program for Medicare beneficiaries.

XLHealth is conducting a Medicare demonstration project for CMS in large cities and surrounding areas throughout Texas. The project aims to improve care for chronically ill Medicare patients through disease management.

The disease management program includes personal visits and counseling from medical personnel with patients. XLHealth also uses tight coordination of care, behavior modification, and in-depth patient profiling integrated with claims, pharmacy, and lab information.

The company predicts that the approximately 10,000 patients enrolled in the program will see a 50% reduction in amputations and other serious diabetes foot complications and a 50% decrease in repeat heart failure events during a three-year period.

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