The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield are partnering with Curation Health to enhance primary care workflows using its risk adjustment platform to improve population health and reduce care costs through value-based care programs. The collaboration will utilize CareFirst’s provider and population performance measurement expertise to improve clinical outcomes, quality, affordability, and patient experience metrics. This partnership highlights the increasing importance of leveraging technology and analytics platforms to improve population health and reduce care costs through value-based care programs.
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) are teaming up to leverage Curation Health’s risk adjustment platform to improve population health and reduce the cost of care through value-based care programs. The partnership aims to build on CareFirst and UMMS’ existing collaboration to improve care access, quality, and delivery by utilizing Curation Health’s platform to enhance primary care workflows.
The pilot program will involve primary care providers at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Group using the Curation Health platform to improve their workflows. The platform works by integrating clinically relevant data from various sources into point-of-care workflow tools, which can help close clinical and quality gaps. By providing physicians access to synthesized, relevant insights, the tool could enable them to spend more time on care delivery and building patient relationships.
Vice President of Clinical Operations at UMMS, Stephanie Selby, stated: “Our doctors’ workdays include a significant amount of handling administrative responsibilities. We anticipate the use of technology-driven solutions like the Curation Health platform to provide doctors more time to concentrate on what’s most important—their patients’ care.
The partnership will also utilize CareFirst’s expertise in provider and population performance measurement to support UMMS’ efforts, allowing the health system to better position its practices and hospitals for clinical integration and population health initiatives. The two organizations aim to improve performance on clinical outcomes, quality, affordability, and patient experience metrics for their shared patients and members.
Tich Changamire, MD, Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer at CareFirst, said, “This collaboration supports our shared goal to identify barriers to access to quality healthcare in our region. The gained insights will guide creative and impactful ways to empower patients at greatest risk while improving the overall health and wellness of the region we serve.”
The use of analytics platforms to support population health efforts is becoming increasingly common. Evergreen Nephrology, based in Nashville, Tennessee, recently announced its collaboration with Innovaccer’s Health Cloud platform to optimize value-based care management and delivery for its patients with kidney disease. Evergreen plans to enhance kidney care across its network of nephrology practices using the platform, which will allow the unification of clinical, claims, utilization, and other data within EHRs and IT systems across its network to create longitudinal patient records.
These records will be used to identify and stratify patients who need interventions, drive digital outreach for engagement, streamline care management and coordination to improve the care experience, reduce costs, and close care gaps at the point of care.
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