Church of God in Christ partners with Wellvana in
service of a healthier congregation
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 3, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The Wellvana Interfaith Network ("WIN"), a
partnership between Wellvana and faith-based communities, has
launched to help primary care physicians in faith-based communities
transition from volume-based healthcare (fee-for-service) to
value-based care delivery to improve patient outcomes, address
health disparities at the point of care and lower the total cost of
care delivery.
Wellvana Interfaith Network to improve
patient outcomes, primary care physician support in faith-based
communities.
With an exclusive, innovative national agreement between
Wellvana and the Church of God in Christ, Inc. (COGIC), one of the
largest Pentecostal denominations in the
United States, WIN is engaging and onboarding primary care
providers in underserved communities across the country, including
practices in Memphis, Tennessee,
COGIC's international headquarters.
"Through Wellvana's roots in neighborhood clinics across
America, we are uniquely positioned to build trusted,
results-driven relationships with physicians and patients
throughout the COGIC community," said Wellvana President and Chief
Executive Officer Kyle Wailes. "The
Wellvana Interfaith Network extends our high-touch care delivery
model to faith-based community physicians who will gain financial
and clinical support from Wellvana, whose national network includes
health systems, payors and providers. The end result will be
healthier patients with stronger relationships to their
neighborhood doctors."
COGIC Presiding Bishop J. Drew
Sheard issued the following statement:
"The health disparities that exist within our communities will
not go away without dedicated effort. Addressing the spiritual,
mental and physical needs of our community is an urgent matter –
one we're working to solve every single day – and that's why we're
joyously celebrating this new partnership with Wellvana that has
the potential to transform care within our communities.
I have always been deeply invested and engaged in work to
overcome health disparities in our communities. As a predominantly
African American, faith-based organization, COGIC welcomes, with
open arms, the opportunity to initiate transformational
opportunities that lift up our community by giving doctors the
opportunity to improve their financial wellbeing while improving
the lives of their patients. Today the health of our church is
taking a major leap forward. COGIC leaders across the country are
reaching out to physicians in their congregations to recommit to
our Decade of Health initiative and be the first to hear
about the critical next steps to increase access to better
healthcare for our community members."
WIN opens doors to faith-based healthcare providers to retain
their independence while Wellvana shoulders the upfront financial
burden for practices, providing a patient-centered medical
management strategy focused on:
- Foundational Care™ support from registered nurses to
help them manage conditions prevalent to underserved
communities such as diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure,
respiratory conditions (COPD) and more.
- Connecting patients to community resources and timely
case-by-case solutions to social challenges such as food insecurity
and transportation to doctor appointments.
- Using Clarity™, Wellvana's proprietary tech
solution, to provide actionable insights at the point of care
driving improved outcomes for patients.
- Leveraging Wellvana's clinical support teams to offset the
administrative burden practices face, including scheduling Medicare
Annual Wellness Visits and educating providers on the importance of
accurate clinical documentation.
WIN is led by Elder Readus Smith III, FACHE, Wellvana President
for National Partnerships, U.S. At Wellvana, Mr. Smith has earned
the trust and accountability of hundreds of physicians in their
transition from fee-for-service to value-based healthcare delivery.
Mr. Smith serves as the Secretary General of Health and Business
for COGIC and its affiliates worldwide, appointed by the Presiding
Bishop's office.
"At the crossroads of COGIC and the business of healthcare for
most of my life, I have witnessed the power of faith-based
communities' innate calling to care for each other," said Smith.
"I've also seen that doctors in our communities have increasingly
less access to modern tools and capital to significantly improve
the health and wellbeing of their patients. The Wellvana Interfaith
Network is designed to fix this, helping us lead healthier lives
and overcome the social challenges that have a negative impact on
our health."
About Wellvana
Through our high-touch approach to value-based care enablement,
Wellvana is moving the industry beyond fee-for-service to
patient-centered care and helping connect the healthy outcomes of
patients directly to shared savings for physicians, health systems,
and payors. Wellvana believes value-based care succeeds when
data-driven technology and high-touch human engagement align.
Wellvana offers a flexible path to care delivery transformation for
providers, meeting each provider where they are in the transition
to value-based care. Founded in 2018 and based in Nashville, Tennessee, Wellvana works with
primary care providers and health systems in 25 states, manages
lives across multiple payors, and continues to expand its footprint
into new communities. For more information, visit
Wellvana.com and follow Wellvana on LinkedIn.
About COGIC
The Church of God In Christ, Inc. (COGIC) is a
Pentecostal-Holiness Christian denomination with a predominantly
African American membership. Founded in 1907 by Bishop Charles Harrison Mason and headquartered in
Memphis, TN, COGIC is the fourth
largest Protestant group in the United
States with 13,000+ churches and more than 8 million members
in the U.S. COGIC is committed to improving the spiritual,
physical, and mental health of its community, guided by the
teachings of Jesus Christ.
Media Contact: Carrie Moore,
Wellvana, cmoore@wellvana.com
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