Working Together for Progress
The challenges of healthcare are many, and all stakeholders have a role to play in making healthcare more accessible, equitable, and affordable. When we work together to improve all factors that improve the physical, behavioral, and social health of the people we serve, we can strengthen and simplify the healthcare delivery system. This is why we partner with care providers to achieve our common goal of helping people lead healthier lives.
How Elevance Health Partners With Care Providers
Our collaboration with care providers builds on a foundation of trusted relationships that achieve more equitable care and improve outcomes for people and communities. We invest in these partnerships by sharing our extensive data and services, and by creating programs and processes that support both business and clinical operations.
We are committed to being active partners and creating a real impact for patients while helping care providers thrive.”
President, Health Solutions
Advancing Health Together Progress Report
Learn about our collaborative approach to care provider partnerships and the meaningful progress we’re making together to improve the health of humanity.
Making Value-Based Care a Reality
Value-based care is about allowing care providers the freedom to treat the unique needs of their patients and communities, while at the same time meeting evidence-based standards that help ensure the highest quality treatment. It’s beneficial for patients, the healthcare system, and society. Across all lines of business, value-based arrangements with care providers are driving positive health outcomes.
63% of Elevance Health’s medical spend is in value-based care.
Ideas, Research, and Action
Elevance Health Impact
Data Identifies Opportunities for Better Maternal HealthcareTwo of the most crucial doctor appointments during pregnancy take place in early pregnancy and again shortly after baby is born. These are the points in time when an obstetrician (OB) or midwife can identify pregnancy concerns and/or obstacles to postpartum care. When data from these important care episodes are combined with data around birth outcomes and whole health needs, an obstetrical care provider can implement changes that may improve pregnancy, birth, and postpartum outcomes.
A Health Equity Story
How Value-Based Care Can Advance Health EquityThe healthcare system has been working for years to find ways to advance health equity, improve health outcomes, and curb rising health costs. One way to create this change is to partner with care providers and pay them for improving their patients’ health outcomes, otherwise known as value-based care.
Elevance Health Impact
Improving Healthcare Means Taking a Broader ViewWithout a place to call home and caught in a familiar and unwanted cycle of emergency room visits and hospitalizations, James Bastel didn’t eat regularly and wasn’t able to consistently take his medications. His health-related social needs also got in the way of his ability to establish a regular relationship with a doctor or clinic.
Additional Stories
Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits Address Health-Related Social Needs
Medicare Advantage (MA) plans offer additional benefits not covered by traditional Medicare known as supplemental benefits. This paper examines the use of supplemental benefits overall and by demographic characteristics of MA members, demonstrating that supplemental benefits can address health-related social needs.
Later Medicaid Health Plan Enrollment Suggests Higher Infant Birth Costs
Timely enrollment in Medicaid managed care is crucial for individuals who are pregnant, allowing them to access prenatal care earlier in their pregnancy. Timely enrollment can also lead to improved birth outcomes and lower infant birth costs.