ChristianaCare and Highmark Health Announce Landmark Collaboration Between Provider and Payor to Transform Health care
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PITTSBURGH, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ If there is one thing that most Americans can agree on, it s that our current health care system is too expensive, and for all that cost our population isn t getting healthier. ChristianaCare and Highmark Health today announced a game-changing collaboration that aims to create better health and to make health care more affordable for everyone by taking costs out of the system.
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Through a new joint venture company, these two national health care leaders are combining their expertise and capabilities to completely transform health care by creating a new model of value-based care that is continuous and data- and technology-led. The new model will be a radical departure from the transactional, fee-for-service model that underpins much of American hea
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ChristianaCare and Highmark Health announced a collaboration that focuses on health care outcomes and lowering costs, emphasizing technology.
ChristianaCare is Delaware’s largest hospital/healthcare system and the state’s largest non-government employer. Highmark is Delaware’s largest group health insurer and one of the largest Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates.
The new model will be a departure from the fee-for-service model that dominates much of American health care and is blamed for high costs and outcomes that do not match up with lower-cost models in other nations.
ChristianaCare and Highmark Delaware in 2019 announced a collaboration in a move toward compensation being made based on health outcomes.
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Highmark Health engages Verily to reinvent the healthcare experience for Highmark Health customers and clinicians
March 2, 2021 GMT
PITTSBURGH and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Highmark Health, a national blended health organization, today announced a strategic collaboration with Verily that will complement and build upon the partnership it recently announced with Google Cloud – sister company to Verily within Alphabet – to develop its Living Health model.
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The Living Health model is designed to eliminate the fragmentation in health care, re-engineering the health care delivery model to provide a seamless, simpler and smarter customer experience. In addition to offering improved interactions with patients, the Living Health model will free clinicians from time-consuming administrative tasks while providing them with timely personalized data, re
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In December, Highmark Health announced a six-year collaboration with Google Cloud that the companies said would lay down the infrastructure of the integrated delivery network s data-driven Living Health Dynamic Platform.
Today, the organizations unveiled plans to get Verily and its Onduo chronic care subsidiary in on the action as well. Through another six-year partnership, the partners will work together to develop and build clinical validation for digital health tools focused on patient engagement. Those that are up to snuff will be integrated by Alphabet companies into Highmark s Living Health model for broader deployment.
Built on the Google Cloud-powered platform, these new tools will incorporate real-time monitoring and predictive analytics informed by machine learning, the partners said.