Part 1:

• Define disease management (DM) programs.
• Describe the impacts of DM programs on healthcare quality and cost.
• Identify challenges in DM programs.
• Examine a successful DM program from real life and address (a) What is its accreditation status? (b) Why is this program successful? and (c) Can it be replicated in other settings?

Your initial post should be at least 500 words. Support your response with a minimum of twoscholarly sourcesthat were published in the last five years.

Part 2:

• Step 1. Research a prevention program from a health plan. (You may use your own health insurance plan for your response.)
• Step 2. Criticize the selected health plan prevention program using TABLE 13-1 Components of a Strong Health Plan Prevention Program as the guideline.
• Step 3. Propose two recommendations for improving the weaknesses of the selected program.

Your initial post should be at least 500 words. Support your response with a minimum of two credible sources that were published in the last five years.