Some of the highest medical costs and employee benefits claims arise from chronic conditions.  Prairie States has the clinical experience and expertise, making us uniquely qualified to offer state-of-the-art chronic disease management programs for employers.  Our Registered Nurses work directly with patients and health care providers to establish proactive strategies that improve health outcomes and save you money in employee benefits claims.
Chronic disease management by a personal advocate
The goal of disease management is to help individuals understand and manage their medical condition. Prairie States’ Registered Nurses have the expertise and the resources to make that happen.  Working within our integrated systems, our nurses have access to prescription drug and medical claims history for each participant so they can give the best possible guidance for the best possible outcomes.

Employees who benefit from chronic disease management
Disease Management is offered for patients with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma, malignancies, low back pain, and depression. Our staff provides expert help with these and many other serious conditions, all the while monitoring employee benefits claims to identify patients with conditions who could benefit from disease management. Patients receive personalized advice and coaching from a qualified registered nurse who assists with:

• Coordination of medical and prescription drug treatment
• Preventative education through phone counseling, books, pamphlets, newsletters, web links and more
• Assessment tools to identify how well patients are able to comply with treatment
• Identifying best practice health care providers

Better disease management means lower benefits costs
Intensive condition/disease management is a very important tool in an overall health management strategy to effectively reduce costs and improve the health status of your employees. The program successfully helps reduce emergency room visits, hospital stays and short term disabilities. And by preventing or delaying health complications, the cost of disease management is far less than the expensive treatments incurred when a patient's condition worsens.  Call 800-615-7080 today for more information.