A decade in, the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) is the largest and most successful performance-based risk, total cost of care model. Still, there are many opportunities to maximize MSSP's potential to grow, improve patient outcomes and slash Medicare spending.
Read our policy brief for a set of concrete changes that would help Medicare to engage the vast majority of beneficiaries and providers in this accountable care organization model.
A Chicago pastor explains how houses of worship can act as a critical link in supporting community health, and why they have been focused lately on mental health.
Learn how one of our health plan partners figures out where to focus their quality improvement efforts.
Evolent's Lori Fox Ward speaks with HFMA on the implementation challenges of the federal surprise-billing law.
Analyzing and leveraging the "right" data will be key to earning Our managing director of quality and accreditation explains what health plans must do to earn this new
A Care Advisor’s relentless search turns up a much-needed medication at a fraction of the price.
Care management provides a lifeline to a Medicare beneficiary living with pulmonary fibrosis.
Our VP of Health Policy reflects on the need to take the lessons learned over the past decade and apply them on a larger scale.
Medicare beneficiary Carson Boone credits care management for getting his health back on track.
An Evolent Care Advisor closes a critical gap that could have prevented an isolated patient from getting enough nutrition.
Performing a patient’s annual medication review, Evolent Clinical Pharmacist Avani Arora recognized a vital missing drug and quickly addressed the issue.
Medicare beneficiaries in Evolent’s care management programs had fewer hospitalizations and lower health costs.
Behavioral Health Specialist Teena Lovern takes a whole-person approach to help patients facing challenges on multiple fronts.
Evolent's April Womack facilitates a virtual visit, and later a socially distanced house call, for a patient with breathing problems and suspected COVID-19.
When a patient did not receive critical medications for her respiratory problems, Evolent Health's Linda Cassidy stepped in to help close the gap.
Evolent's Sara Plucker helped a man with multiple chronic diseases obtain important medications and avoid out-of-pocket pharmacy costs as COVID-19 threatened his community.
A new food program helps a vulnerable woman stay at home and reduce her risk of exposure.
Shantanu Phatakwala explains how to combat racial bias in population health models, following news that a widely used model was underestimating black patients’ needs for care management.
Facing an intreated infection and a host of family and financial difficulties at home, a mother urgently needed support. Evolent RN Nurse Educator Yuneysi Diaz answered the call for help.
When aggressive cancer treatments began to severely diminish a patient's quality of life, Evolent RN Care Advisor Wendy Haas helped her to change direction and make the most of her final months.
On the heels of Evolent becoming the first organization to earn Population Health Program Accreditation from NCQA, two experts reflect on the past, present and future of the field.
