[Verified Answer]: In recent years, there has been an…

In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on preventative care from all levels—federal, local, state, private insurance, and managed care. By having patients receive regular checkups from their healthcare providers, the patients are more likely to remain healthy because their healthcare providers have more opportunities to detect, treat, and/or prevent potential healthcare concerns. From a managed care perspective, early detection and potential prevention is more cost-effective than if concerns went unnoticed and could potentially evolve into costly conditions. For your initial discussion board posting, conduct research that helps you to explain how early detection and prevention of a specific illness or disease, such as diabetes, can help both the patient and the managed care organization.