This data comes directly from CMS. As you can see at a glance, cardiometabolic conditions are the low hanging fruit for your value initiative. There is a lot here. These diseases are much more common in the Medicare age group than they are in the general adult population. Six of the most common conditions are cardiometabolic. Depression increases the risk of cardiometabolic disease and if you have these conditions you are more likely to be depressed. If you manage patients with cardiometabolic disease, treating depression effectively is important. That makes it sever out of ten related conditions.
They have missed the real white elephant in the room: the metabolic dysfunction, the root cause of the 90% of the cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and 70% of cancer.
They have missed the real white elephant in the room: the metabolic dysfunction, the root cause of the 90% of the cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and 70% of cancer.