Essentia’s Population Health Strategy for its community
HealthTech Magazines July 21, 2022
By Debbie Welle-Powell, Chief Population Health Officer, Essentia Health
Essentia Health’s Population Health Strategy begins with our Mission of “We are called to make a Health Difference in People’s Lives”.
This lays the groundwork for advancing three fundamental pillars in population health: risk-based payer contracting, expanding innovative chronic care models and screening for social needs and social determinants of health (SDOH) for all patients, whether in our clinics or our communities.
Essentia Health has been on a journey for several years to move from a payment system that rewards us based on the volume of services provided to one based on the value of those services. Essentia holds thirteen Total Cost of Care payer agreements totaling 190,000 at-risk lives...