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Patient Costs as a Barrier to Intensive Health Behavior Counseling

March 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This article examines the influence of cost on patient use of behavioral counseling services. Smoking and obesity are two major public health challenges, but few health insurance plans cover counseling services to help individuals lose weight or stop smoking. Little is known about how the cost of behavioral counseling services affects the consumption of such services.

North Carolina/Virginia Service Credit Banking Program Reduces Cost of Care for Asthma Patients

September 1, 2000 | Program Result

Sentara Health System established a service credit banking program that recruited volunteers to provide supportive community-based services for enrollees of both its Medicare managed care plan and a project aimed at nursing-home-eligible patients.