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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Extends LifeMasters Demonstration Project in Florida
Date:2/20/2008

raining and resources to identify those participants that have difficulty fulfilling basic needs such as food, shelter, safety and security and link them with community resources to remove those issues as barriers to success."

The contract extension was effective January 2008. Medicare determines eligibility and who may participate in the program using a randomized control design. The program is provided in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Marion, Volusia, Seminole, and Alachua for those beneficiaries who are eligible to participate and is offered as part of the beneficiaries' existing healthcare coverage at no additional cost.

About LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc.

LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc. is a leading provider of health promotion and disease management programs and services that create health partnerships among individuals, their physicians and payors. Its mission is to empower individuals to achieve and maintain optimal health. The programs improve quality of care for people with risk factors and chronic conditions, reduce healthcare cost trends for payors and provide decision-support tools and information for physicians. LifeMasters offers programs for individuals with diabetes, congestive heart failure (CHF), coronary artery disease (CAD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hypertension and asthma (all of which are fully accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and URAC), cancer, metabolic syndrome and musculo-skeletal pain. LifeMasters' programs are holistically focused, support co-morbidities such as depression and facilitate lifestyle changes such as smoking cessation and weight loss.

Founded in 1994 by a physician, LifeMasters works with some of the nation's leading health plans, employers, retirement systems and governmental organizations, including Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, and Presbyterian Health Services in New Mexico
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