Fierce Health Technology October 8, 2019
Health insurance giant UnitedHealthcare plans to make virtual visits available to more than 4 million Medicare Advantage members next year, enabling them to remotely connect with a care provider for minor health issues or behavioral health support.
In 2020, the payer also plans to roll out home-based monitoring technology for some MA members with serious conditions like congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This technology can then be combined with machine learning algorithms to help predict potential problems and enable earlier intervention.
“We can use algorithms to reach out and prevent, at scale, hospitalizations or readmissions,” Darshak Sanghavi, M.D., chief medical officer for UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement told FierceHealthcare in a recent interview.
“We have an enormous...
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