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Hypertension Health Management Program

Care Coordination’s Hypertension Health Management Program is based on the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Hypertension (JNC7).1

The following is a description of the Hypertension Health Management Program and its elements.

Program goals

The goal of the Hypertension Health Management Program is to minimize the morbidity and mortality of members with hypertension while achieving the highest possible quality of life through the following:

  1. Incorporation of the Hypertension Clinical Guideline into a comprehensive health management program.
  2. Promotion of appropriate therapy in the management of hypertension.
  3. Increase the number of members with who achieve blood pressure control of < 140/90.
  4. Promotion of member self-management related to healthy life-style choices, blood pressure monitoring and medication management.
  5. Reduce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events related to hypertension.

Interventions

Care Coordination nurses work with health care providers and rely on the following interventions when working with Helath Plan members enrolled in the HTN program:

  1. Comprehensive hypertension assessment and risk factor stratification.
  2. Individualized self–management education: diet modifications, exercise, risk factor reduction, blood pressure monitoring, and medications.
  3. Collaboration with PCP to achieve B/P < 140/80 or lower for compelling indications.
  4. Health promotion/disease prevention services–influenza and pneumococcal vaccines, mammograms, safety belts, etc.
  5. Data collection to support outcomes management–blood pressure and medication management.

Program Referral

To refer a Health Plan member to the Hypertension Health Management Program, please call (800) 883-6355 or (570) 271-8763 between the hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

References

1. Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Hypertension. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; www.nhlbi.gov