Community Health Solutions of America Engages Chronically Ill Members With MEDai's Risk Navigator Suite
By Medai, PRNE
March 8th, 2010
MEDai's Predictive Analytics and Business Intelligence Tools to Help CHSA Improve Care Management Quality and Employer Reporting
ORLANDO, Florida, March 9, 2010 - Community Health Solutions of America, LLC (CHS) of St. Petersburg, FL,
will help its healthcare clients better manage their patient populations and
track their clinical and financial objectives with quality-focused tools from
MEDai, an Elsevier company and a leading provider of predictive analytic
solutions.
CHS has signed a multi-year contract to utilize MEDai's Risk Navigator
solutions for its care management and employer reporting needs. CHS is
responsible for providing innovative and comprehensive medical care
management to a diverse client base, including commercial carriers,
government sponsored health plans and large self-funded groups.
"We are a clinically-focused company. Our patients, and their well-being,
are always at the forefront of the decisions we make every day. In looking
for ways to improve the health of our members, we found MEDai. This system
will allow us to identify trends in utilization, proactively identify
patients that would benefit from care management or disease management, and
to provide this care in the most cost-effective method possible," said Dr.
Barbara Freeman, Chief Medical Officer for CHS.
For more than a decade, MEDai's predictive modeling suite has accurately
forecasted prospective high-risk patients to improve patients' health and
quality of care while controlling cost. Risk Navigator Clinical is built to
fit the clinical workflow by wrapping business intelligence around a
member-centric database providing evidence-based medicine guideline
compliance information and cost and utilization forecasts. Clients can also
leverage MEDai's motivation index to determine the level of member engagement
most appropriate based on the members' motivation to self manage their
conditions.
Risk Navigator Financial, MEDai's underwriting and actuarial module,
bridges the gap between clinical and financial objectives, providing a
consistent, strategic approach to managing medical and revenue enhancement
opportunities and employer reporting.
"CHS and MEDai have partnered to promote preventive care, facilitate
early identification of risk and enhance employer reporting for the groups
CHS serves," said Swati Abbott, President and CEO of MEDai. "MEDai's robust
analytics and healthcare expertise will ensure that CHS is allocating
resources effectively and efficiently ultimately getting the right
preventative care to the right members at the right time."
About Community Health Solutions of America, LLC
Community Health Solutions of America, LLC (CHS), headquartered in St.
Petersburg, Florida is nationally recognized for its experience in
developing, implementing and managing comprehensive care management services
to a diverse client base including government programs, insurance companies
and employers. CHS's innovative and highly successful Medical Homes Model has
been in continuous operation since 2005 in the Medicaid population. For more
information on CHS please visit our website at chsamerica.com.
About MEDai
MEDai, Inc. is a leading health information company offering
award-winning solutions for the improvement of healthcare delivery. Utilizing
cutting-edge technology, payors and care management organizations are able to
predict patients at risk, identify cost drivers for their high-risk
population, forecast future health plan costs, evaluate patient patterns over
time, and improve outcomes. For more information on MEDai, visit
www.medai.com. Its parent company, Elsevier (www.elsevier.com), is
a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information
products and services, with more than 7,000 employees in over 70 offices
across 24 countries.
For More Information, Contact:
Lizzy Feliciano, MBA,
Product Marketing
MEDai, Inc.
+1-800-446-3324
Rhonda J. Masters
Chief Marketing Officer
Community Health Solutions of America. LLC
+1-727-565-0634
For More Information, Contact: Lizzy Feliciano, MBA, Product Marketing, MEDai, Inc., +1-800-446-3324; Rhonda J. Masters, Chief Marketing Officer, Community Health Solutions of America. LLC, +1-727-565-0634
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