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Megan Wood: Personalized Preventive Care Brings Cost Savings, Better Health Management: 5 Observations
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/11/2016 - 13:30
- MDVIP members exhibited a significant lower rate of emergency room visits and urgent care facility use than control patients
- In the first two years of the study, MDVIP members' medical cost trends were higher than those of control patients. By the third year, expenditures were comparable between the two groups
- MDVIP members experienced increasing cost savings in their health plans
- Younger patients were more likely to see cost savings by the third year, supporting the argument that prevention saves money
- Focused on preventive health, physicians offer annual visits for health screenings, diagnostic testing and customized coaching for nutrition and exercise
Source: MDVIP
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