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The Heart of Care: With Help, 'Overwhelming' Health Challenges Become Manageable
Medicare beneficiary Carson Boone credits care management for getting his health back on track.
Helping a Vulnerable Patient Stick with Her Care Plan—and Meal Plan
An Evolent Care Advisor closes a critical gap that could have prevented an isolated patient from getting enough nutrition.
Evolent Next Generation ACO Partners Drive Down Cost of Care, Reap Benefits
More than $66 million in shared savings was earned across five health system partners in 2019.
The Heart of Care: Thorough Review Uncovers a Missing Medication
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.
The Heart of Care: Addressing Behavioral Health, Immediate Needs Go Hand in Hand During Social Isolation
Behavioral Health Specialist Teena Lovern takes a whole-person approach to help patients facing challenges on multiple fronts.
Evolent is combining clinical data, social determinants of health and the latest evidence about COVID-19 to identify and outreach individuals at the greatest risk of severe outcomes from the disease.
The Heart of Care: Beating the Odds with Compassionate Care Coordination
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.
Playbook: Evolent's COVID-19 Risk Stratification Approach
Evolent shares detailed approach to identifying and engaging individuals at highest risk of COVID-19, so others can leverage the information in their own identification and outreach efforts.
The Heart of Care: Navigating Post-Discharge Care Gaps During a Pandemic
When a patient did not receive critical medications for her respiratory problems, Evolent Health's Linda Cassidy stepped in to help close the gap.
The Heart of Care: Removing Roadblocks to Help a Vulnerable Patient Stay Home
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.
The Heart of Care: Connecting Members to Critical Needs During a Pandemic
A new food program helps a vulnerable woman stay at home and reduce her risk of exposure.
Cost-Based Predictive Models Can Perpetuate Racial Bias. Will Health Plans and Providers Stop Using Them?
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.
The Heart of Care: Tackling Postpartum Complications and Complex Family Challenges
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.
How a New Population Health Accreditation Program Could Shake Up the Industry
Writing for Population Health News, Evolent's Kate Rollins explains how NCQA's new accreditation program will drive more data-driven, whole-person approaches to improve the health of communities.
The Heart of Care: A Terminally Ill Patient Finds the Support to Take on Her Bucket List
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.
New Accreditation Signals Population Health's Coming of Age
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.
The Heart of Care: The Courage to Have a Difficult Conversation
RN Care Advisor Carissa Grepo draws on her own past experiences—a sister's illness and loved ones' deaths—to help a family coming to grips with end-of-life issues.
Medicaid May Be The Driver to Reducing Costs
Healthcare Finance highlights Evolent's Social Needs Index, a tool that prompts physicians to ask patients about nonmedical factors that contribute to poor health outcomes.
The Heart of Care: "Detective Work" Helps Child Get Vision-Saving Services
After a young boy was repeatedly denied access to specialists to treat his rare eye disease, Evolent’s Melissa Al-Ahmadi pored over his files to figure out why and get the decision reversed.