Case for Reform: NCCC
June 11, 2003
Moving to Better Chronic Care in Medicare:
NCCC Proposals for Change
June 10, 2003
NCCC Introduces Complex Care Management Fee Proposal
Medicare beneficiaries with multiple, complex
chronic conditions account for the majority of program spending.
In fact, people with five or more conditions accounted for 20
percent of the Medicare population in 1999 and two-thirds of
program spending. Beneficiaries with five or more conditions see
an average of 14 different doctors in a year, have almost 40
physician visits and fill almost 50 prescriptions in a year.
The following is a list of selected literature and media contributions by the NCCC.
- Richard Bringewatt. 2002. "Be Aware of Chronic Care." State Government News 45 (August): 28-29
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- Richard J. Bringewatt. 2001. "Making a Business Case for High-Quality Chronic Illness Care." Health Affairs 20 (November/December): 59-60.
- "Disease Management: An Industry Grows Up." 2001. HealthLeaders 4 (September): Roundtable supplement. (NCCC President and CEO Rich Bringewatt was a panelist for this HealthLeaders Roundtable discussion.)
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- "Who Cares: Chronic Illness in America." 2001. Fred Friendly Seminars program televised on Public Television. (NCCC President and CEO Rich Bringewatt was a panelist on this program.) For more information, visit http://pbs.org/fredfriendly/whocares/
- Richard J. Bringewatt. 2001. "Chronic Care in the New Millennium." Geriatric Care Management Journal 11 (spring): 3-5.
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- Richard J. Bringewatt. 1999. "Reinventing Managed Care for the Chronically Ill." Healthplan 40 (July/August): 67-71.
- Richard J. Bringewatt. 1998. "Healthcare's Next Big Hurdle." Healthcare Forum Journal 41 (September/October): 14-16, 18, 21.
- Valerie Wilbur. 1998. "The Balanced Budget Act and Beyond: Congressional Initiatives in Chronic Care." Healthcare Forum Journal 41 (September/October): 17, 20.
- Richard J. Bringewatt. 1997. "Integrating for Person-Centered Care." Proceedings of the Second Annual Washington Conference on Integrated Patient Care, December 9-19, 1997. Edited by Cheryl M. Lee Kim.
- Deborah L. Paone. 1996. "Launching a Self-Assessment Process for Systems Integration: Framework and Findings." Best Practices and Benchmarking in Healthcare 1 (September/October): 250-257.
- Richard J. Bringewatt. 1996. "Toward a Multi-Dimensional, Integrated Delivery System." Quality Managed Care: Meeting the Needs of High-Risk Patients and Populations. The 42nd Annual National Health Forum Report published by the National Health Council.
- Richard Bringewatt. 1995. "You Have Not Yet Begun to Integrate." Health Systems REVIEW 28 (September/October): 50-54.
Congressional Testimony
Issue Briefs and Reports
Dually Eligible Technical Assistance Reports
The NCCC has completed work on five technical assistance reports that were prepared at the
request of Mark Meiners, director of the Medicare/Medicaid Integration Program. The five reports
focus on topics pertinent to creating better systems of care for people who are dually eligible
for Medicare and Medicaid. The reports draw upon articles and references in the healthcare
literature as well as materials prepared by the NCCC for its membership and for the State of
Minnesota in support of the Minnesota Senior Health Options demonstration.
