WASHINGTON, March 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today,
Evolent Health announced that its Complex Care program, which
focuses on high-risk chronic patients with extensive care
management needs, has been validated by the Care
Innovations™ Validation Institute, an organization
that provides health care industry consumers with credible
validation of population health outcomes.
Evolent Health partners with leading health systems to
accelerate their transformation to value-based care. Providing
clinical, analytical and financial capabilities in an integrated
platform, Evolent supports health systems and physician groups in
achieving superior quality outcomes while improving cost. Evolent
worked with the Validation Institute to confirm the methodology
used in a study that showed a statistically significant reduction
in inpatient utilization and emergency department costs, resulting
in overall cost avoidance in total medical and pharmacy spend for
Medicare patients managed in Evolent's Complex Care program.
"Sound population health assessment methodologies are critical
in building population health programs that will help patients
actually better manage their health," said Karissa Price, Executive Director for the
Validation Institute. "Through the Validation Institute, Care
Innovations provides an unbiased, third-party evaluation to ensure
an organization's assessment methodology is sound."
"We are thrilled that our methodology to evaluate the impact of
our Complex Care program has been independently validated by a
trusted and impartial third-party," said Frank Williams, Chief Executive Officer of
Evolent. "The importance of effectively measuring population health
outcomes cannot be overemphasized. To have confirmation that our
care delivery model is capable of producing these kinds of results
for our partners supports Evolent's goal to drive high value care
and ultimately improve the collective health of populations
nationwide."
Al Lewis, co-author
of Cracking Health Costs and a leading critic of
population health industry outcomes who provides peer review
independent of the Validation Institute commented, "Validation by
the Validation Institute confirms that Evolent's highly coordinated
delivery system has delivered outcomes that so far are unmatched by
any other vendor in this segment. Of over one thousand population
health vendors, Evolent is one of only 23 to receive this
distinction, and is the only one focused specifically on case
management. I have deep respect for the Institute and am thrilled
every time I see a company of Evolent's caliber receiving
validation."
About the Care Innovations Validation Institute
The
goal of the Care Innovations Validation Institute is to help
organizations involved in population health – from health plans to
employers to vendors – adhere to the highest standards of validity,
allowing them to compete on the basis of integrity and performance
rather than hyperbole.
The Validation Institute will impartially challenge the status
quo of typical population health outcomes measurement, with the
objective of impacting how the industry establishes its
credibility. Visit http://www.validationinstitute.com to learn
more.
About Evolent Health
Evolent Health partners
with leading health systems to drive value-based care
transformation. By providing clinical, analytical and financial
capabilities, Evolent helps physicians and health systems achieve
superior quality and cost results. Evolent's approach breaks down
barriers, aligns incentives and powers a new model of care delivery
resulting in meaningful alignment between providers, payers,
physicians and patients. Learn more at www.evolenthealth.com.
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SOURCE Evolent Health, Inc.