EvergreenHealth Partners Taps Wellcentive to Strengthen Ability to Coordinate Care with Patients

KIRKLAND, Wash., April 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- EvergreenHealth Partners announced today that it has signed an agreement with Wellcentive to empower the region's first clinically integrated network of 500 employed and affiliated physicians to expand the way they provide coordinated care to more than 400,000 residents.

Wellcentive transforms providers' operations to improve quality and efficiency of the care delivered by helping manage different at-risk patient populations needing enhanced and coordinated access to care.

Wellcentive will provide primary care and specialty physicians within EvergreenHealth Partners better-managed patient information, giving them access to a wealth of patient data including lab work and test results, while helping manage appointment schedules and patient follow-up visits.  

"We know that the need to coordinate care does not end as the patient leaves a provider's office or our hospital," said EvergreenHealth CEO Bob Malte. "The talented providers behind EvergreenHealth Partners, along with their staff, have long been dedicated to providing that continuity, and the addition of Wellcentive's industry leading solution will be a powerful tool to extend the reach of our care."

Wellcentive also allows EvergreenHealth Partners to better identify high-risk patients by screening patients based on selected risk profiles, then focusing and customizing individual care management resources. Data analytics are available across several measures, including readmissions and chronic care management, to help the organization in its efforts to provide the highest quality care to its patients.

"The transformation from fee-for-service to value-based payments is happening quickly," said Tom Zajac, Wellcentive's CEO. "The aggressive timelines of federal, regional and commercial payer initiatives is driving that change. We are pleased to partner with EvergreenHealth's progressive leadership and deliver the software and services they need for successful navigation of this transition."

EvergreenHealth Partners is an independent clinically integrated network of physicians affiliated with EvergreenHealth. It selected Wellcentive after a comprehensive review of potential vendors.

For more information visit www.evergreenhealth.com and www.wellcentive.com.

About EvergreenHealth
EvergreenHealth, a public hospital district and community-based health care organization established in 1972, offers a breadth of services and programs that is among the most comprehensive in the region. More than 950 physicians provide clinical excellence within more than 80 specialties, including cardiac, oncology, surgical care, orthopedics, a neuroscience institute, women's and children's services, hospice care, pulmonary care, a sleep disorders center and home care services.  EvergreenHealth serves more than 400,000 residents in its primary service area of northern King and southern Snohomish counties with EvergreenHealth Primary Care, a network of primary and urgent care practices, and its main hospital campus in Kirkland, Wash. EvergreenHealth also provides emergency care at two sites: its main hospital campus and the EvergreenHealth Redmond Medical Center.  In addition to clinical care, EvergreenHealth offers extensive community health outreach and education programs, anchored by EvergreenHealth Nurse Navigator & Healthline, a 24/7 nurse consultation service.

About Wellcentive
Wellcentive's solutions are built from the ground up to help our customers improve quality, optimize revenue, and transform the healthcare process. Our value-driven population health management solution combines our more than 10 years of population health management (PHM) experience with highly scalable cloud-based technology and transformative services to deliver clinical, financial and human outcomes for providers, health organizations, payers and employers. Wellcentive has gained recognition as a leader in population health management in reports by IDC Health, KLAS and Chilmark. We aggregate over one billion data points per month from more than 3,000 interfaces, improving outcomes for over 30 million lives. Visit www.wellcentive.com; follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook; or call 877-213-8456 to learn more.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Kay Taylor
Vice President, Marketing, Communications & PR
EvergreenHealth
425.899.2604
[email protected]

Kristi Johnson
Wellcentive
678.710.2008
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