WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolent Health,
Inc. (NYSE: EVH), a health care company that delivers proven
clinical and administrative solutions to payers and providers,
today announced that it will provide comprehensive advanced care
planning services through its specialty management offering New
Century Health to Health New England, a not-for-profit
provider-owned health plan based in Massachusetts that serves 180,000 members. New
Century Health will support Health New England's Medicaid, Medicare
and Commercial members through its Vital Decisions platform. The
partnership will ensure that Health New England members have
support to empower them to articulate and advocate for the care
they want in the face of serious illness.
Through a series of in-depth phone or video conversations,
Health New England members will have the opportunity to closely
examine and document what is most important to them when
considering their quality of life and healthcare goals. This
program, called Living Well, ensures that care preferences and
goals of care are clearly communicated to families and medical
teams and are reflected in individuals' care plans.
"Patient preferences are central to the individual's care
journey and our Vital Decisions platform ensures we meet every
person where they are in their advance care planning process," said
New Century Health CEO Dan McCarthy.
"Health New England takes great pride in providing programs that
meet their members' needs and positively impact their overall
healthcare experience. Our services do this by allowing Health New
England's members with advanced illness to stay in control of their
medical choices and feel confident that care decisions will align
with their values, which in turn brings peace of mind for family
members and caregivers."
"When individuals have an advanced illness, these conversations
on care decision-making often become very nuanced and delicate due
to the range of emotions one may be feeling," said Health New
England Director of Population Health Clinical Programs
Maggie Perracchio. "Our goal is to
provide services that are person-centered. No two people are alike,
and the Living Well program allows for an individualized approach
to these difficult conversations which we feel is absolutely
critical as we want each person to receive care that aligns with
who they are as a person."
About Evolent Health
Evolent Health (NYSE: EVH)
delivers proven clinical and administrative solutions that improve
whole-person health while making health care simpler and more
affordable. Our solutions encompass total cost of care management,
specialty care management and administrative simplification.
Evolent serves a national base of leading payers and providers, is
the first company to receive the National Committee for Quality
Assurance's Population Health Program Accreditation, and is
consistently recognized as a top place to work in health care
nationally. Learn more about how Evolent is changing the way health
care is delivered by visiting evolenthealth.com.
Contacts:
Chelsea Griffin
Investor Relations
919.817.8045
cgriffin@evolenthealth.com
Dan Paladino
571.306.3470
Media Relations
DPaladino@evolenthealth.com
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