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Valence Health and Emmi Partner to Improve Patient OutreachValence Health, a leading provider of clinical integration, population health technology and value-based care solutions, announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Emmi, provider of superior patient engagement solutions, to help provider organizations utilize cost-effective, scalable ways of engaging patients in their healthcare. Their jointly delivered outreach campaigns will both inform patients about the importance of preventive care and empower them to take action. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150929005535/en/ Physician's Health Services (PHS) of Dalton, Ga., an Independent Physician Association (IPA) and a 50 percent owner of Alliant Health Plans, will be the first provider organization to benefit from this collaboration. The partnership between Valence Health and Emmi will initially leverage care gap identification and/or case management assignment lists generated by Valence Health's Vision™ and vCare™ population health technology solutions. These lists identify patients who have not received key healthcare services. Providers then employ Emmi's library of more than 50 different outreach campaigns to generate patient calls that can help simplify complicated medical information and manage expectations around procedures, chronic health conditions, the hospital experience and more. All patient outreach campaigns are personalized to reflect each healthcare organization's name and the patient's physician's name. "Providers of all shapes and sizes are challenged to deliver care in both fee-for-service and value-based reimbursement models. Patient outreach is a capability that delivers success in both scenarios," noted R. Andrew Eckert, Chief Executive Officer of Valence Health. "By leveraging Emmi's unique interactive voice response (IVR) technology, our combined automated patient outreach will help providers educate patients and their families about needed care and empower them to take action. Upon receiving a targeted outreach call, patients can transfer to scheduling, update their records or ask to hear more information about a range of health topics." "As PHS continues to deliver th highest quality care at the lowest possible cost to patients and payors in northwest Georgia, we are excited to embark on this localized patient outreach program with Valence Health and Emmi," said David McCreery, President of PHS. "We are targeting two of our community's biggest health challenges by launching campaigns to ensure timely adolescent well-child visits and diabetes management office visits. Our goals for these campaigns are to ensure patients are receiving recommended care and to increase our quality performance in the last quarter of 2015. Given the clinical and financial infrastructure we already have in place through Valence Health, we will be able to quickly expand our efforts to further support the population health challenges faced by our patients and providers." "Our collaboration with Valence Health expands our ability to improve health outcomes among some of the country's most progressive provider organizations," said Devin Gross, Emmi's chief executive officer. "Our campaigns empower people to partner and participate in their care and to become owners of their health and wellbeing. Partnering with Valence Health will amplify our proven results and reach even more people." Valence Health's upcoming thought-leadership conference, further 2015, will also feature a panel discussion in which PHS, Emmi and others will explore how patient engagement efforts can enhance the success of other value-based care efforts. Slated for 9:15-10:15 a.m. CST on Thursday, Oct. 1 at the Loews Hotel in Chicago, this discussion will share strategies needed to achieve optimal behavior change, medication adherence and improved patient experiences. About Valence Health Valence Health is a leading provider of value-based care solutions, helping hospitals, health systems and physicians better manage their patient populations and accept financial responsibility for the quality of the care they provide. From clinical integration to risk-based contracting to accountable care organizations (ACOs) to administering provider-sponsored health plans, Valence Health has been helping providers since 1996. Headquartered in Chicago, Valence Health serves more than 39,000 physicians and 130 hospitals, helping them manage the health of more than 19.5 million patients nationwide. Follow Valence Health on LinkedIn and Twitter. About Emmi Emmi® delivers superior patient engagement solutions by combining an intimate understanding of people with expertise in behavioral science. Emmi® interactive, web-based programs and automated call campaigns, expertly designed through a rigorous development process and a human-centered approach, provide a scalable way for healthcare organizations to engage individuals to be participants and partners in their care, while improving operational and financial performance. Emmi creates empowered people, improved relationships and healthier populations. For more information, visit emmisolutions.com, or follow the company on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook About Physician's Health Services (PHS) Physician's Health Services (PHS) is an Independent Physician Association (IPA) and a 50 percent owner of Alliant Health Plans, a provider-sponsored health plan, located in Dalton, Georgia. The IPA is comprised of 169 physicians, 53 midlevel providers and 81 practices.
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