Outcomes
Lower cost of care and improved clinical outcomes, proven at scale
Our programs keep patients with chronic conditions healthier at home and out of the hospital. Our results hold across Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial populations and have been published in peer-reviewed journals.
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Years
Of Proven Outcomes
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Fewer admissions and 11% lower cost of care for Geisinger Health Plan members with heart failure
Geisinger Health Plan added home monitoring to its case management program for Medicare Advantage members with heart failure, mostly in rural central Pennsylvania. Geisinger’s own researchers followed 541 members for 70 months, comparing each member’s time in the program to their time out of it. AMC provided the scales and automated calls. The study had no outside funding. Published in Population Health Management.
Medicare Advantage patients with heart failure had 134 fewer admissions per 1,000 a year
A large regional physician network at risk for its Medicare Advantage patients ran the program with AMC’s nurses, without adding staff at its practices. AMC’s analysis compared 1,719 enrolled patients with 1,719 matched patients who weren’t enrolled and found a 2.7x return on total program cost. Among the highest-risk patients, admissions fell by 157 per 1,000 and the return was 4.6x.
Medicaid members with heart failure had a 36% lower 30-day readmission rate
A large national Medicaid managed care plan ran the program with AMC in four state markets. AMC’s analysis of 453 enrolled members found readmissions 36% lower than matched members in the same states, and savings of $676 per member per month against matched members in 22 markets where the program wasn’t offered.
Nearly twice as many patients reached blood pressure control in a randomized trial
Researchers at HealthPartners randomized 16 primary care clinics to home blood pressure monitoring with pharmacist-led medication changes, or to usual care. 57% of monitored patients had their blood pressure under control at both the six- and twelve-month visits, versus 30% with usual care, and 72% were still under control six months after the program ended, versus 57%. AMC provided the telemonitoring system. Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and published in JAMA.
Medicare Advantage members had 44% lower odds of a 30-day readmission with post-discharge monitoring
Geisinger Health Plan added four weekly automated check-in calls to its nurse case management for Medicare Advantage members after a hospital stay. Geisinger’s researchers compared 875 members who got the calls with 2,420 who had case management alone. The monitoring cost about $25 per patient. AMC provided the monitoring technology. Published in Medical Care.
Medicaid patients with poorly controlled diabetes lowered their HbA1c by 1.8 points
New York City Health + Hospitals, the city’s public hospital system, ran the program with its Medicaid health plan, MetroPlus. Nurses called patients every week and responded to out-of-range blood glucose and blood pressure readings sent from home. In a before-and-after analysis of 330 patients, including those who left the program early, HbA1c fell an average of 1.8 points. AMC provided the telemonitoring system. Published in the Journal of Managed Care Medicine.
Pharmacist-led telehealth lowered blood pressure as much as clinic visits, and patients rated it higher
HealthPartners randomized 21 primary care clinics to follow up 3,071 patients with uncontrolled hypertension in one of two ways: in-clinic visits, or home blood pressure monitoring with pharmacist care by phone. Systolic blood pressure fell 18 to 19 mmHg in both groups with no meaningful difference between them, and telehealth patients rated their care higher and found it more convenient. Funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and published in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal. AMC provided the telemonitoring system.