Managed Healthcare Executive November 24, 2020
Like a marathon with runners you don’t know who will come in first until the end, health plans and providers share a similarity when they look at all the patients/members whose chronic conditions have taken a back seat to battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Watch the start of any major marathon race, like the Boston Marathon, and you’ll see the same sight: a mass of humanity all bunched together. Often there is little ability to differentiate between the serious runners who will compete to come in first and the more casual runners who are there simply to fulfill a life’s goal.
This view is similar to what health plans and providers see when they look at all the...