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Ceresti Partners with Commonwealth Primary Care ACO to Transform Dementia Care
Ceresti Health announced today it has partnered with Arizona-based REACH accountable care organization (ACO) Commonwealth Primary Care ACO (Commonwealth) to improve patient care, unburden physicians and reduce avoidable patient costs associated with dementia.
Press Release
Ceresti Health Welcomes Chief Revenue Officer Rhonda Quintana
Innovative tech-enabled dementia care provider Ceresti Health is proud to announce the recruitment of respected healthcare executive Rhonda Quintana as Chief Revenue Officer.
"I am deeply honored to join Ceresti Health, a company whose mission resonates profoundly with my own personal experiences with loved ones living with dementia and the challenges faced by millions of families across the country,” Rhonda said.
Webinar
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
Press Release
Ceresti and Zinnia TV Announce Exciting Partnership for Dementia Care
Ceresti Health and research-backed dementia care television service Zinnia TV announced they will team up to boost support for caregivers through the combination of their evidence-based interventions in 2025. Beginning in January, Ceresti’s tablets will include Zinnia’s calming, gently-paced, plot-free videos that are designed for people who are living with dementia.
“Zinnia and Ceresti share a common mission: to empower caregivers and improve the quality of life for people living with dementia,” said Bill Uniowski, CEO of Zinnia. “By combining Zinnia’s research-backed video content with Ceresti’s proven, personalized caregiver enablement program, we’re delivering innovative tools that bring comfort, connection and better outcomes to families, healthcare systems and physicians alike.”
Article
Society of Actuaries: A GUIDE to CMS's New Dementia Model
Ceresti CEO Dirk Soenksen offers his insights into how the GUIDE model will affect dementia care in the U.S. for the Society of Actuaries publication, Long Term Care News.
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Doing Nothing is Not Free: ACOs and GUIDE
If you lead an accountable care organization (ACO), you’ve likely heard of CMS’s GUIDE (Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience) model. It’s an eight-year initiative designed to improve dementia care by integrating family caregivers into the care team. It is also a battle cry for better care. Ignore it at your own peril.