Digital health apps have surged in popularity, offering everything from fitness tracking to chronic disease management. For employers grappling with rising healthcare costs, these tools promise a solution: healthier employees, fewer claims, and better productivity.
Faced with long wait times and limited provider access, a multi-state health trust partnered with Conifer to implement a Transitions of Care (TOC) program—empowering members with timely support, care coordination, and personalized guidance.
Don, a 55-year-old union worker from the Midwest, had long struggled with poor sleep and constant fatigue. Diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), he faced difficulties navigating the path to proper treatment and care.
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly changed how people engage with healthcare, leading to the rise of virtual visits, delayed care, and a greater emphasis on mental health. Now, five years later, it’s essential to understand how healthcare utilization has evolved and what it means for employers.
Population health focuses on improving healthcare outcomes for groups of people rather than concentrating on individual care. This approach considers the broader health factors affecting communities, including preventive care, chronic disease management, and the social determinants of health.
Unlock the power of smart medical management reporting to drive better health outcomes and streamline your benefits strategy. With timely insights, clear benchmarks, and data that truly informs decisions, you can improve member satisfaction, enhance care coordination, and hold vendors accountable.
As healthcare costs continue to rise, employers and benefits managers are increasingly prioritizing strategies to reduce employee inpatient readmissions. Beyond the financial burden, readmissions disrupt productivity, impact workforce morale, and highlight potential gaps in care coordination.
Unplanned hospital readmissions drive up healthcare costs and disrupt workplace productivity—but strategic care coordination can change that.
When employees are healthy, everyone wins. Healthier employees mean fewer sick days, better focus, and lower healthcare costs. But keeping a workforce healthy doesn’t just happen by chance—it requires a proactive, thoughtful approach.
Struggling with employee engagement, trust, and health literacy in your sponsored health plans? In our latest webinar, learn about the top challenges faced by employer-sponsored health plans and actionable strategies to overcome them.
This eBook provides a strategic guide for plan sponsors and benefits administrators aiming to enhance the health and productivity of their members, specifically within union or labor groups.
Medication errors cause at least one death every day in the U.S., according to World Health Organization data. More than 40 percent of medication errors are believed to result from inadequate reconciliation in handoffs during admission, transfer and discharge of patients.
Based in the Southeast, a union worker and his wife Alice were experiencing the joys of marriage and dreams of having children. However, expanding their family proved to be a difficult and challenging journey.
Carol is a 48-year-old spouse of a union worker. Based in the Southeast, she originally injured her shoulder while on a beach vacation. She was unable to work, raise her left arm, and experienced severe pain and numbness.
Steve is a 56-year-old male truck driver with diabetes. Based in Florida, this union worker keeps busy on the road with a challenging schedule.
The rising cost of providing healthcare coverage for employees has led many organizations to look for alternative solutions for promoting health and well-being.
Research shows that keeping members actively engaged with their healthcare benefits can help improve decision-making, prevent illness, and more.
To reduce medical costs, health plans have begun offering care management programs explicitly aimed at high-risk members and those with chronic conditions.
Forward-thinking organizations can reduce episodic care by implementing programs that approach member healthcare holistically.
The challenge for employer benefit teams is how to implement programs that help employees become more health literate.
Greater financial responsibility leads many to delay or skip care altogether, which can ultimately lead to poorer outcomes and higher costs.
The challenge for employer benefit teams is to actively engage members in their health that encourages them to use their benefits more proactively.
When individuals engage with their caregivers on a personal level, they build a foundation for holistic care management and better outcomes.
A good member engagement program can reduce fragmented care, support more effective utilization, improve outcomes, and lower costs.
Ask these five questions when choosing between a carved-out care management or bundled-solution partner.
Employers and unions place their trust in us to deliver customized benefits to reduce costs, enhance health outcomes, and provide individualized support for your business’s success.
Don’t let challenges hinder your organization’s success. Learn the top 4 challenges for employee sponsored health plans and how to solve them.
Stand-Alone Care Management provides high-risk members with support to manage their health, leading to better outcomes for employees, beneficiaries, and employers.
Healthcare expenses continue to rise for employers. Learn how the best care management programs offer employees tools to better navigate and utilize available resources.
The quality of a practice’s revenue cycle is closely aligned with the quality of its coding. Discover why poor coding integrity can lead to inaccurate reimbursement, penalties, and more.
Chronic conditions are a leading driver of employer healthcare costs. Discover why stand-alone care management programs improve outcomes and lower costs.
ConiferCore: Empowering Personal Health Nurses for Enhanced Member Care
Personal Health Nurses target high-risk populations and help drive plan adherence, reduce costs, and improve member’s lives
For employers, the total cost of providing health benefits, which was $15,013 in 2022, is expected to increase by 5.4% in 2023. Poorly managed chronic disease is one of the top reasons for the increase.
Infographic: Connecting the Dots Across the Care Continuum
A 41-year-old woman named Jane had struggled with severe depression for many years. The darkness that engulfed her life was compounded by multiple suicide attempts, each a desperate cry for help.
Linda, a 62-year-old woman, had been dealing with more than just her health. She and her spouse were struggling with type II diabetes and hyperlipidemia.
At 47 years old, Mary had already faced more than her fair share of life’s challenges. Her medical history was extensive: heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, , a prior stroke, anxiety and low iron.
A 23-year-old female with type 1 diabetes was transitioning from inpatient care to home with required daily wound changes that she was not able to manage herself.
In the bustling world of healthcare, where each decision can significantly impact lives, the story of a 35-year-old pregnant woman highlights the profound difference that meticulous care and prompt action can make.
Emily, the 9-year-old girl daughter of a member, was facing a challenging reality. Diagnosed with PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections), Emily’s life was marked by sudden and severe flares that caused depression, anxiety, and behavioral issues.
John, a 64-year-old man, faced a daunting battle with stage IV prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.
Sarah, a 49-year-old woman, found herself navigating the turbulent aftermath of her past. Diagnosed with depression and PTSD due to domestic violence, Sarah’s life was a daily battle.
A 74-year-old diabetic with lung cancer living alone has severe mobility issues that prevent her from leaving the second floor of her home.
Scott, a 60-year-old man living with his spouse, faced a complex medical situation. He struggled with diabetes, cirrhosis, and hypertension, and his high prescription costs compounded his difficulties.
Conifer Personal Health Nurses (PHNs) are clinicians who reach out to employees to offer support and guidance, and to educate them about symptoms and integration of their employer’s care providers into a highly personalized package, connecting members with primary care, labs, physical therapy, nutritionists, classes, and even same day primary care appointments.
There are new needs and expectations around how employers manage healthcare for their workers. An almost entirely reshaped workforce landscape demands that employers, benefits teams, brokers and consultants rethink how care is procured, managed and delivered.
Conifer Health takes a proactive, holistic approach to healthcare. Reduce ED visits and in-patient admissions through individualized approach to members’ needs.
Engage members and optimize benefit plan utilization through collaborative care management and heightened health literacy.
Now, more than ever, an integrated approach to employee health and wellness is required to ensure that mental health challenges are addressed in concert with physical and chronic health challenges.
The pandemic has highlighted the need for a more patient-centric, holistic mental health system that is more easily accessible for those in need. Now is the time to implement a new, more integrated mental health benefits program.
A new infographic by Conifer Health provides eye-opening statistics about the impact of mental health issues on employers, and introduces a new, more effective approach to mental health benefits.
After one year of partnership with the Conifer, The Fund saw significant improvements in total savings, ROI ration and member engagement.
Leveraging a partnership with Conifer Health, Wisconsin Electrical Employees Benefit Fund was able to achieve 100% member engagement.
To proactively address rising healthcare cost, employers must focus on those with difficult to manage conditions. This blog outlines three ways to mitigate the cost crisis in healthcare.
By partnering with a population health management company, employers can better stratify risk to lower costs and improve outcomes among their employees.
Conifer Personal Health Nurses help hold employees accountable, supporting the healthcare journey and providing cost savings to you, one person at a time.
Leveraging health data, employers and health benefits providers can leverage special care management programs to improve employees’ overall health.
Navigating the complex health system can be challenging. Conifer’s Personal Health Nurses are advocates for members’ programs of care. They help cut through the red tape and provide support throughout the healthcare journey.
Examine strategies for managing healthcare costs through case management, utilization management and utilization review
Traditional provider revenue streams remain compressed due to an unhealthy mixture of declining reimbursements and rising expenses. As a result, many hospitals and health systems are looking at new strategies, including assuming risk through attributed patient populations, to fuel growth. Is your organization ready to manage this new revenue stream?
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