Medicare chronic-care-management patients grew more than sixfold since 2015
Chronic-care management — a monthly, between-visit service coordinating care for people with two or more chronic conditions — grew from an estimated 453,000 patients in 2015, its first year, to 3,086,000 in 2024, about 6.8 times as many. On the base code the fee-for-service count grew about 4.9 times — the smaller, per-beneficiary figure; the estimated total is a larger multiple because it also reflects Medicare Advantage's rising enrollment.
A benefit that began in 2015. Medicare began paying for chronic-care management in 2015 — a monthly service for coordinating the care of people with two or more chronic conditions, delivered between office visits.
Uptake grew steeply. An estimated 453,000 patients in 2015 grew to 3,086,000 in 2024, about 6.8 times as many; on the fee-for-service record the base-code count grew about 4.9 times, the smaller per-beneficiary figure. This counts patients on the base monthly code — the add-on and complex codes are left out so no patient is counted twice, which makes it a floor, not every chronic-care-management patient.
A volume record, and an estimate. Why uptake rose is a separate question this page does not answer. The scaled figures are estimates: the calculation assumes Medicare Advantage per-capita use equals fee-for-service; MA plans coordinate care under their own arrangements.
An estimate of total-Medicare chronic-care-management volume on the base monthly code, scaled from the fee-for-service record — a floor, not every CCM patient; not a quality or outcomes measure, and not a statement of why uptake rose.
Estimated total-Medicare patients receiving chronic-care management (beneficiary counts on the base monthly code), 2015 to 2024, scaled from the fee-for-service record.
Not all chronic-care-management billing (the add-on and complex codes are excluded to avoid double-counting a patient), not billed claim lines, not a quality or outcomes measure, and not all-payer. The scaled figures are estimates: the calculation assumes MA per-capita utilization ≈ FFS; MA plans may manage care differently.