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FLAACOS Webinar: What's Hidden In Your Claims Data Could Save You Thousands
Hear how caregiver activation can reduce hospitalizations by more than 50% and lower medical costs by over 30%. Plus, discover how the CMS GUIDE model offers significant shared savings at no risk to ACOs— with no out-of-pocket fees!
Webinar
NAACOS: Reducing Hospitalizations in Dementia Patients
Accountable Care Organizations lack the capabilities to manage the healthcare cost of patients with dementia, a cohort that incurs 27% of all Medicare hospitalizations. These patients are not able to self-manage their health and are very rarely engaged effectively in traditional care management programs.
The National Association of Accountable Care Organizations discuss the root causes of avoidable hospitalizations and summarize learnings from clinical studies of Ceresti's caregiver enablement program that reduced patient hospitalizations and improved caregiver well-being.
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What’s Hidden in Your Claims Data Could Save You Thousands
The Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOs) welcomed Ceresti Health to discuss how caregiver activation can reduce hospitalizations by more than 50% and lower medical costs by over 30%. Plus, Ceresti explains how the new CMS GUIDE model offers significant shared savings at no risk to ACOs— with no out-of-pocket fees.
Webinar
HLTH: Reducing Hospitalizations in Dementia Patients
In this HLTH webinar, you will:
- Recognize the importance of including the family caregiver in the care team
- Learn how caregiver enablement differs from traditional caregiver support
- Discover why including caregiver enablement in your population health strategy can markedly reduce avoidable hospitalizations and overall costs in a largely unengaged population
- Understand how the addition of caregiver enablement to the new CMS GUIDE model achieves meaningful cost savings for ACOs and risk-bearing entities
Article
Optimizing Dementia Care for Medicare Populations: A Critical Strategy for ACOs
By John Mach, M.D.
Traditional complex care programs have largely failed to effectively manage dementia patients, who rarely get enrolled or are not appropriately supported once they are part of such programs. As a result, there is a growing recognition that dementia-specific care models are needed to better serve this population and reduce unnecessary hospitalizations.
Press Release
Ceresti Health Selected by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to Test Medicare Dementia Care Model
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) selected Ceresti to participate in a new Medicare alternative payment model designed to support people living with dementia and their caregivers, the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model.
Testimonials
A Once-Lone Advocate Finds Needed Support Through Ceresti
Cracker Boynton has been advocating for her husband, Jeremy, since 2013, when the couple first began to notice Jeremy’s cognitive decline. It took five years before she could convince neurologists to perform a PET scan – which confirmed what they already knew: Jeremy has Alzheimer’s disease.
Cracker has been a tireless advocate for her husband through bouts of depression, decline and anxiety. Not until she discovered Ceresti Health did Cracker feel as though she had a real partner in care.
Breezing through months worth of caregiver education in just weeks, Cracker is an avid proponent for what Ceresti can do to improve the knowledge, skills and confidence of people like her who are caring for loved ones with dementia.
Rethinking Dementia Care: Why Caregivers Hold the Key
Ceresti Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Mach celebrates caregivers' crucial role in dementia management. Highlighting how the healthcare system often misses early changes in the condition of someone living with dementia, Dr. Mach underscores caregivers' role in preventing small medical issues from advancing into dangerous and costly hospitalizations. In this article, Dr. Mach emphasizes how the CMS GUIDE Model now supports caregivers, recognizing their importance in improving outcomes and reducing costs. Ceresti's technology-enabled service, which includes tablets and coaches, empowers caregivers to detect subtle changes, resulting in significant reductions in medical costs and hospitalizations. Read more of his take about how family caregivers are vital for transforming dementia care.
Answering the Call: Ceresti Showed Up for One Caregiver When She Needed Help Most
Caregiver Catherine Talkington found essential support through Ceresti Health after years of struggling alone with her husband's dementia. Ceresti's care coaches and personalized education provided her with the tools and validation she needed – all she had to do was pick up the phone.