"45% of chronically ill who have multiple providers say they receive no help coordinating medical services from their doctor or health plan."

(Portrait of the Chronically Ill in America, 2001: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Foundation for Accountability)

"Findings suggest that care coordination holds the potential to reduce health care utilization while maintaining or improving the quality of care for the chronic illness within the existing health care system."

(Best Practices in Coordinated Care, 2000: Mathematica Policy Research. Inc., for HCFA)

CareLink – Coordination, Management and Support

Checklist of conditions that benefit from coordination

Cancer
Major accident recovery
Complicated surgeries
Multiple diagnoses
Multiple Providers
Complicated treatment plans
Multiple medications

Checklist of conditions that benefit from management and support

Diabetes
Congestive heart failure
Hypertension
Obesity
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Complicated pregnancies
Asthma
High cholesterol

For more information, contact CareLink at 217-222-8480.