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Asthma Program

The Asthma Disease Management Program is designed to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and health care costs by providing information and resources around the chronic condition of asthma. Through the program, we can help reduce work absenteeism and improve quality of life.

OptumHealth’s Asthma Disease Management Program applies the best practices and clinical guidelines of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insitute (NHLBI) and the National Jewish Medical and Research Center. Both are global leaders in lung, allergic and immune diseases .  

Asthma Disease Management Services Provides:

  • Best practices in the treatment of asthma
  • Clinical guidelines from recognized leaders in the industry

The Asthma Disease Management Program Empowers Individuals

OptumHealth’s Asthma Disease Management Program empowers individuals, in collaboration with physicians and other health care providers, to effectively manage their condition, and associated risk factors and co-morbidities.

The program is:

  • Coordinated – taking advantage of our full continuum of wellness, health care decision support, case management and complex medical condition products and services
  • Comprehensive – providing a whole-person approach to disease management that includes behavioral health, co-morbidity and prescription drug management
  • Integrated – providing a complete view of population and member data from a shared technology platform across programs using a Longitudinal Person Record, an integrated predictive model, and consolidated reporting