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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Care Management Program Awarded Certificate of Validation by Care Innovations Validation Institute

PROVIDENCE, RI (September 8, 2016) – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) announced today that its care management program has been awarded a Certificate of Validation by Care Innovations^TM Validation Institute. The validation verifies that BCBSRI’s comprehensive program for patients with complex medical conditions has created cost savings while enhancing member health.

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Remote Monitoring System Allows Seniors to Live in Their Homes Longer AND Reduces Total Medical Expense By $687 Per Member Per Month

Fallon Health, a Massachusetts-based health insurer and care provider, has partnered with Minneapolis-based Healthsense to become the first health plan in the U.S. to provide passive, remote monitoring for its NaviCare members. Fallon Health decided to expand the passive remote monitoring based on the results...

High Value or Hype? Four Signs of a Good Wellness Program

Your group health insurance clients search for ways to curb costs yet keep their plan competitive and attractive. Wellness programs promise to do this, but how can you tell whether a program has real results or just terrific marketing? With a bit of knowhow, you...

Four More Vendors Caught – Doing Something Right

The popular perception is that They Said What tries to catch vendors doing something wrong. Nope – they generally self-immolate and we just take screenshots. Or as we say, in this industry, “you don’t have to challenge the data to invalidate it. You merely have...

The Validation Institute and Certification – Stand out from the Crowd

As many of you know, I am on the advisory board of the Care Innovations Validation Institute. This is an important organization for the Population Health and Wellness industry. The advisory board is chaired by Dr. David Nash, Dean of the Jefferson College of...

EVOLENT HEALTH RECEIVES VALIDATION FROM THE CARE INNOVATIONS VALIDATION INSTITUTE

WASHINGTON, March 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Evolent Health announced that its Complex Care program, which focuses on high-risk chronic patients with extensive care management needs, has been validated by the Care Innovations™ Validation Institute, an organization that provides health care industry consumers with credible...

Online education tool cuts through wellness clutter

Tired of the eat-more-vegetables-do-more-sit-ups approach to (trying to) reduce medical costs? There is an entirely different angle that few cost management programs address: savvy-ness about medical services, also called health literacy. Imagine if employees could be comfortable turning down medical care that they do not...

PODCAST: Validation Institute Showcased at WinterTech 2016

Health 2.0's WinterTech 2016 took place on January 13th in San Francisco, CA during this year's exciting 34th annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. The Intel-GE Care Innovations' Validation Institute was proud to be a sponsor and an exhibitor at this year's WinterTech. Trein Schiffelbian, who...

PODCAST: Validation Institute on PopHealth Week

Karissa Price, PH.D. CMO, Care Innovations Executive Director, Validation Institute Karissa Price is a corporate entrepreneur and high energy, award winning professional with a proven record of creating and executing profitable growth strategies for ground level start-ups to Fortune 100 corporations. She is the Chief Marketing officer at...

Getting the Real Story: Valid Performance Measures

If you want the real story about whether a wellness program or health product worked, you want valid, accurate measures. Getting the real story is the topic of this lively panel discussion at Health 2.0’s 9th Annual Fall Conference...