Tight budgets are leading more states to turn to managed care, and Amerigroup is ready with physicians, nurses, nutritionists and active outreach which is especially for pregnant women and young mothers and people with chronic diseases like congestive heart failure or diabetes.

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Hospital workers also had rates of emergency department utilization and hospital admission for a number of chronic medical ailments including congestive heart failure, hypertension, depression, coronary artery disease, diabetes, asthma as well as obesity.

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Hendricks had severe congestive heart failure, chronic asthma, uncontrolled diabetes, hypothyroidism, gout, and a history of smoking and alcohol abuse.

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Within the Medicare program, 10 million of the current 44 million beneficiaries have five or more chronic conditions, such as diabetes or congestive heart failure, and these 10 million cost the program 68% of the budgeted dollars.

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Asthma, congestive heart failure, depression, coronary artery disease and diabetes--they're the five major chronic conditions that drive the vast majority of health care costs.

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