Heart Disease

CareFirst offers a free, comprehensive disease management program for members who have or are at risk for congestive heart failure (CHF) and coronary artery disease (CAD). This confidential, voluntary program:

• provides routine updates to keep physicians informed about patients' progress and adherence to the plan of care
• takes note of the high rate of heart disease among persons with diabetes
• reinforces the physician's plan of care
• is administered by Healthways, Inc.

Eligible members:

• can reach a nurse by phone 24 hours a day
• are assigned a nurse care manager (if greater disease severity exists)
• receive educational materials, including condition-specific workbooks, action plans and newsletters.

To obtain more information, refer a patient or if you are a member and want to self-refer, please call the CHF/CAD management program at 800-783-4582.

CareFirst supports the American Heart Association Clinical Guidelines. You may obtain a copy of these guidelines at www.americanheart.org.

Related Links:

• Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure: 2001 
  
  
• Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure: 2005
  
  
• Preventing Heart Attack and Death in Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
  
  
• Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
  
  
• Secondary Prevention for Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease
  
  
• Cardiac Guidelines for Care Flow Sheet 
  
  
• Heart Health Condition Center for Patients
  
  
• Disease Management Home