Turn-Key Health Participates in ACO Summit, Highlights Role of Community-Based Palliative Care Teams for Improving Population Health and Clinical Integration
3rd Annual ACO
Population Health Management Summit, Jan. 25-26, 2017,
Atlanta, GA
PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#ACO—Turn-Key
Health, an Advanced Illness Management (AIM) company serving
healthcare payers and at-risk providers focusing on senior
populations, announces its participation in the 3rd Annual
ACO
Population Health Management Summit, part of the Care Coordination &
Technology Conference and Exhibition, Jan. 25-26, 2017, Sheraton Atlanta
Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. John Halsey, vice president, Business
Development, Turn-Key Health, will participate in the session “Build
Upon Provider and Community Relationships to Promote Population Health
and Clinical Integration,” Jan. 26, 2017, 8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
”The biggest challenges that ACOs face when addressing population health
management is to go beyond analytics and scale care management
resources,” says Halsey. “ACOs can effectively foster relationships
within the local community by providing support to smaller practices,
building relationships with influential community members or engaging
with payers and providers at the local level. Our solution, Palliative
Illness ManagementTM (PIMTM), deploys local,
in-home palliative care teams – specially trained social workers, nurses
and other clinicians who may be under-utilized – to identify and engage
health plan members with serious illness. The model uses sophisticated,
predictive analytics to identify individuals earlier in the disease
trajectory, successfully integrating population health management into
AIM programs.”
Using a palliative care population as a case study, the session will
explore strategies for partnering with local clinicians that have
specialized expertise in providing services that are valued by members
and caregivers: symptom management, nutritional counseling, health
system navigation, coordination with physicians, access to care and
spiritual support.
The goal is to promote supportive environments during care transitions,
augment centralized care management resources, and streamline access to
care at the local level and in support of the medical home and primary
care physician.
“We are sharing our innovative approach with ACO executives nationwide,
and exploring the best ways to increase care coordination, avoid
unnecessary interventions or hospital readmissions and improve member
and caregiver quality of life,” Halsey adds. “Research has shown that
providing palliative care earlier in the care process leads to better
health outcomes, higher satisfaction with care and reduced financial
burdens.”
About Turn-Key Health
Turn-Key
Health, a subsidiary of Enclara
Healthcare, is an Advanced Illness Management (AIM) company for
healthcare payers and at-risk provider organizations serving seniors.
Its Palliative
Illness Management™ (PIM™) model introduces a new option to improve
care quality, address costs and reduce burdens associated with
life-limiting illnesses. Visit http://www.turn-keyhealth.com.
Contacts
CPR Communications for Turn-Key Health
Katelyn Petersen,
201-641-1911 x 18
kpetersen@cpronline.com
