Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Cost savings from Vermedx® decision support

The American Journal of Managed Care has their web site back up, so here is the link to our new article:

The Vermedx® Diabetes Information System Reduces Healthcare Utilization
Benjamin Littenberg, MD; Charles D. MacLean, MDCM; Karl Zygarowski, BS; Barbara H. Drapola, RN; James A. Duncan, MD; and Clifford R. Frank, MHSA
Am J Manag Care. 2009;15(3):166-170
Published Online: March 16, 2009 - 12:00:07 AM (CDT)

It shows that the savings estimated in the NIH clinical trial of Vermedx® are confirmed in an analysis of managed care claims paid. I posted the abstract and a key figure Sunday. Here is the table showing the savings that are generated when patients are enrolled in the Vermedx® Diabetes Information System.

Table 2: Net savings per patient as a function of duration of the VDIS program

Duration

(months)

Monthly

savings

Annual

Savings

Cumulative

savings

12

$80.96

$504.24

$504.24

24

$165.92

$1,523.76

$2,028.00

36

$250.88

$2,543.28

$4,571.28

48

$335.84

$3,562.80

$8,134.08

Savings are calculated net of the costs of the program.

For more information, please see www.Vermedx.com.

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