Expanded partnership to ship high-quality, reasonably priced care to members wherever they’re
TROY, N.Y., Jan. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — UCM Digital Well being (UCM), a number one digital well being supplier, and MVP Well being Care (MVP), a nationally acknowledged well being plan, are proud to announce the launch of Remedy in Place. This new initiative will present MVP members with entry to the correct care, on the proper time, wherever they’re, together with at dwelling, at work or in every other location.
The Remedy in Place program is activated when an MVP member calls 911, and an EMS supplier is dispatched to the member’s location. Via this system, EMTs and paramedics in associate organizations now have entry to the UCM group, together with their medical workers and group of care coordinators, to raised allow treating the affected person of their location. EMTs or paramedics then work with a UCM emergency medicine-trained doctor through telemedicine to rapidly deal with sufferers with non-life-threatening situations.
“This program represents MVP and UCM’s steadfast dedication to creating well being care extra accessible, handy, and reasonably priced for our prospects whereas creating new alternatives for efficiencies and financial savings within the well being care system,” stated MVP Well being Care’s president and CEO, Chris Del Vecchio.
With a mixture of hands-on and digital care, the affected person receives applicable, high-quality, cost-effective care, with out the necessity to go to the emergency room. Along with the affected person advantages, this program saves the EMS group from having to move the affected person to the emergency room. For instance, EMS suppliers can quickly assess the affected person’s important indicators, carry out a bodily examination, assess social determinants of well being, or conduct a diagnostic check from the consolation of the affected person’s dwelling.
Del Vecchio continued, “As we take care of an elevated want for well being care companies, Remedy in Place will instantly lower the quantity of non-life-threatening emergencies on the ER and can present elevated entry to look after the communities we serve. We’re proud to associate with UCM on this new and thrilling program which can undoubtedly present important enhancement to well being care companies.”
For EMS organizations, this system permits them to make the most of their sources appropriately. With extra sufferers being handled of their location, they’re now in a position to concentrate on true emergencies. UCM has established relationships with EMS organizations and 911 facilities throughout the state of New York, which allow this service to be seamlessly delivered to MVP members throughout 18 counties in New York, with plans to develop state-wide.
“We’re thrilled to supply this service to the group,” stated Scott Bowman, government director at Valatie Rescue, an EMS supplier collaborating within the Remedy in Place program. “Via the usage of UCM’s emergency physicians, now we have stored 79% of sufferers protected at dwelling, with out transport to a hospital. Our medical suppliers are ready to make use of their information and expertise, together with face-to-face interactions with physicians just about, to supply the care that’s actually finest for our sufferers. That is simply the most recent step of many advances within the emergency medical companies trade, and we’re completely satisfied to have the ability to present this to our sufferers.”
Moreover, with hospitals going through ongoing staffing shortages and capability points, the Remedy in Place program helps to alleviate the burden on well being techniques.
“As a part of our broader cell built-in well being technique, the Remedy in Place program is a crucial step in the correct course to supply sufferers with a mixture of in-person and digital care,” stated Keith Algozzine, PA-C, founder and CEO of UCM Digital Well being. “It is actually the way forward for healthcare and we’re proud to associate with MVP Healthcare and plenty of EMS organizations to supply sufferers with the correct care, on the proper time, in the correct place, all whereas decreasing price and decreasing pressure on our healthcare system.”
UCM Digital Well being is the digital care supplier that permits MVP’s telemedicine platform, Gia.
UCM’s Remedy in Place program is at the moment obtainable to MVP members within the following counties: Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, Washington, Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester, Herkimer, Oneida, Allegany, and Monroe.
About UCM Digital Well being
UCM Digital Well being (UCM) delivers an end-to-end digital first healthcare answer that mixes a digital entrance door platform with a 24/7 emergency drugs deal with, triage and navigation telehealth service – designed to decrease prices, enhance outcomes and supply a greater affected person expertise. UCM Digital Well being brings collectively scientific experience, superior expertise and compassionate care to supply highly effective benefits for insurers, brokers, employers, sufferers and suppliers. UCM Digital Well being companions with insurers, employers, sufferers, suppliers, expertise options firms – protecting each nook of the healthcare ecosystem to ship an entire, trusted, technology-based and data-driven healthcare answer. UCM Digital Well being’s distinctive mixture of a digital entrance door platform plus emergency drugs triage and navigation experience permits all care to start digitally in a single place. Situated in Troy, New York, UCM Digital Well being was based in 2015 by emergency clinicians Keith Algozzine, PA-C and Michael Bibighaus, M.D., in an effort to mix healthcare and expertise who proceed to run the operations of the corporate. Accreditation by URAC for Telehealth Companies.
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About MVP Well being Care
MVP Well being Care is a nationally acknowledged, not-for-profit well being insurer caring for members in New York and Vermont. Dedicated to the entire well-being of our members and the communities we serve, MVP makes medical insurance extra handy, extra supportive, and extra private. For extra data go to www.mvphealthcare.com or on Fb, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
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