Iris Empower, a user friendly and intuitive self-guided Advance Care Planning platform Empower is an intuitive, user-friendly platform designed by doctors and ACP experts to produce high-quality, personalized plans. It allows individuals to think through, document, and communicate their personal care preferences and what matters most to them. said Steve Wardle, Co-Founder and CEO of Iris. This platform allows individuals to control their future care and reduce family conflicts over treatment options should a medical emergency arise.
With increased regulatory focus on ACP, Empower is allowing health plans to meet their quality targets under value-based care programs, such as the CMS VBID program where advance care planning is a requirement. As the Coordinated Care Organization (CCO) that manages Medicaid for Douglas County, Oregon, Umpqua Health Alliance is leveraging the Empower platform to offer ACP to the general population of the county.
Iris Healthcare Announces Partnership with UMPQUA Health to Serve Medicaid and Dual Eligible Members
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Iris Healthcare Announces Partnership with UMPQUA Health to Serve Medicaid and Dual Eligible Members
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With the first day of winter officially less than a week away, it is only a matter of time before temperatures start dipping toward freezing. With that in mind, the Roseburg City Council on Monday eased the restrictions placed on severe weather shelters in an effort to give the homeless somewhere to go to get out of the cold.
The easing of the restrictions was intended, at least initially, to allow the Roseburg Dream Center to open its doors during freezing weather and take in the homeless. The organization, which provides services to the poor, including many who are homeless, moved this summer from downtown Roseburg to a new location at 2555 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.