St. Louis, MO — Dec. 7, 2021 — Lumeris, a value-based care company helping health systems improve both clinical and financial outcomes, today announced the appointment of health system marketing veteran Valerie Simon as SVP and Chief of Marketing and Communications. Valerie brings more than 20 years of success driving revenue growth, brand awareness, and (…)
Healthcare organizations collaborate to deliver high quality, affordable care to more St. Louis area Medicare beneficiaries St. Louis, MO — Nov. 15, 2021 — Essence Healthcare, a Lumeris owned and operated health plan, announced today that all St. Louis area physicians and hospitals within the Mercy health system will begin accepting Essence’s Medicare Advantage plans (…)
Recently a small group of Chief Strategy Officers from health systems in eight states gathered in Jackson Hole, Wyoming for the second annual CSO Summit moderated by Paul H. Keckley, Ph.D., Managing Editor of The Keckley Report and sponsored by Lumeris. The group discussed the future for U.S. healthcare in the next 2-3 years and (…)
Lumeris to deliver the best care to the rapidly growing senior population and to pioneer the next-generation of healthcare in California St. Louis, MO — Aug. 5, 2021 — Lumeris today announced its industry-leading, flagship Medicare Advantage plan, Essence Healthcare, has acquired a majority stake in Stanford Health Care Advantage (“SHC Advantage”). Under the terms (…)
Tuning Healthcare, Episode 19: Impacting change through frugal innovation and community-centric care This episode of Tuning Healthcare features Dr. Matthew Harris, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Public Health, in the department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London. Dr. Harris is an honorary consultant in public health medicine for the Imperial College (…)
Tuning Healthcare, Episode 18: The Health System Model of Care Lumeris Podcast · episode-18-tuning-healthcare-anthony-delrio-health-system-model-of-care This episode of Tuning Healthcare features Anthony Del Rio, the President of Rush Health, the Clinically Integrated Network of Rush University System for Health (RUSH). As Senior Associate General Counsel and Managing Director at RUSH, Anthony also oversaw the (…)
The pandemic revealed the vulnerability of fee-for-service models to shifts in volume. The crisis also accelerated the entrance of disruptors with quickly evolving new models for primary and other top-of-funnel care. At this moment, traditional volume-based providers are more vulnerable than ever to uncontrollable events and from competition with new points of access to care. (…)
Healthcare organizations will emerge from the pandemic into a reshaped landscape. Virtual and retail access to care has exploded since the crisis began, and consumers will continue to embrace these new doorways to care. Risk-based contracting is accelerating. And recovering lost volume is an urgent priority for every health system. Which priority will your organization (…)
Dr. Amy Abernethy, Former Principal Deputy Commissioner and Acting Chief Information Officer for the United States Food and Drug Administration This episode of Tuning Healthcare features Dr. Amy Abernethy, an internationally recognized oncologist, health data expert and digital health leader. Dr. Abernethy was recently the Principal Deputy Commissioner and Acting Chief Information Officer for (…)