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|Disease management programs to control health care costs havewon considerable acceptance among employers, a new study says.
|The number of companies using condition-specific diseasemanagement programs grew to 83% in 2005, up from 73% in 2004,according to "Improving Care Coordination Through Physician/DiseaseManagement Collaboration," a report from Johns Hopkins MedicalInstitutions and Healthways Inc., Nashville, Tenn.
|According to the study:
|?49% of companies profile chronic conditions prevalent in thework force, up from 42%.
|?30% offer incentives to encourage participation in wellnessprograms, up from 21%.
|?27% measure the health and productivity impact of diseasemanagement programs, up from 22%.
|Employers are also dealing with the adverse effects of obesity,with 64% providing coverage for bariatric surgery and 56% providingweight management programs, the study found.
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