Iora to open seven additional Iora Primary Care
practices exclusive to Humana Medicare Advantage members, designed
to improve members’ health and well-being
After successfully launching an Accountable Care arrangement and
population health management partnership last fall, Humana Inc.
(NYSE: HUM) and Iora Health will further solidify the partnership
by opening seven new primary care practices in four markets across
Arizona, Colorado and Washington.
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The primary care practices are designed exclusively for Humana’s
Medicare Advantage members and will provide members access to
affordable, quality care. Opening under the Iora Primary Care
brand, the seven new primary care practices will include one in
Phoenix, two in Tucson, one in Seattle and three in Denver. The
practices will start seeing Humana Medicare Advantage members as
early as August 1, 2015.
Last year, Iora Health, in partnership with Humana, opened two
primary care practices in Phoenix and two in Seattle. The success
of these practices was recently highlighted in a video on the value
of accountable care: www.humana.com/accountable-care.
The new Arizona primary care practices are located at 3202 E.
Greenway Road in Phoenix and 3902 E. Grant Road and 8616 E.
Broadway Blvd. in Tucson. The new Seattle-area practice is located
at 64 Rainier Ave. South in Renton, Wash. The new Colorado
practices are located at 8175 Sheridan Blvd. in Arvada, Colo.; 1692
Wadsworth Blvd. in Lakewood, Colo.; and 4100 E. Mississippi Ave. in
Denver.
Building on Iora’s proven success, these practices will have
integrated care teams that include doctors, nurses, health coaches,
medication management, behavioral health and social services
resources. Iora builds practices to meet the specific needs of the
communities it serves, including hiring teams who speak their
patients’ languages and who understand the local challenges
patients face.
“At Iora Health, our mission is to restore humanity to health
care. We do this by changing everything, delivering a care
experience for older adults that starts with spending the time
necessary to listen,” said Rushika Fernandopulle, M.D., M.P.P., CEO
and Co-Founder of Iora Health. “Partnering with a progressive
company like Humana has enabled us to deliver the Iora care model
across two markets and we’re looking forward to improving the lives
of even more patients across Arizona, Colorado and Washington this
year.”
Iora Health serves over 10,000 patients in twelve primary care
practices across seven states. Iora has expanded the definition of
primary care to include integrated health and wellness, offering
behavioral health and groups like Diabetes Club and yoga, based on
their patients’ needs. Results have shown improved patient
engagement, experience and clinical outcomes. Additionally, Iora’s
proprietary collaborative care technology enables Iora to treat and
manage its full patient population and allows for patients to view
and contribute to their medical record.
“As we venture into our bold goal – to improve the health of the
communities we serve 20% by 2020 by making it easy for people to
achieve their best health – it’s partnerships like the one with
Iora Health that will help Humana be successful,” said Mark
El-Tawil, West Division Leader for Humana’s Senior Products.
“Iora’s unique care model is already making a difference for our
members in Phoenix and Seattle, so we are excited that the
expansion of this partnership will provide innovative
patient-centered care for our Humana Medicare Advantage members in
Tucson and Denver, improving their well-being.”
The Humana-Iora Health partnership includes value-based
incentives tied to performance improvement and supports successful
population health management and a world-class patient experience
for Humana members and Iora patients. The arrangement offers more
personalized care and a broad range of population health tools like
Humana’s predictive analytics, chronic care, disease management and
wellness programs.
Through its programs, Humana can provide actionable patient
data, providing physicians with a total patient population health
picture. The value-based incentive arrangement emphasizes quality
outcomes and leverages standard measures defined by the National
Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Healthcare Effectiveness
Data and Information Set (HEDIS), including breast cancer
screening, colorectal screening, comprehensive diabetes care, A1c
control and high-risk medications.
Today, Humana has approximately 1.5 million individual Medicare
Advantage and 230,000 commercial members, cared for by
approximately 45,500 primary care physicians in more than 900
accountable care relationships across 43 states and Puerto Rico.
For more information, visit humana.com/accountable-care.
About Iora Health
Iora Health is restoring humanity to healthcare by providing a
radically different model of primary care built from the ground up.
Iora Health’s care model provides extraordinary service to patients
to ensure improved health outcomes while also lowering overall plan
costs. Our patients enjoy the benefits of better access to care,
office and non-office based encounters (e.g. phone, text messages,
and email), an accessible and transparent medical record, and
robust educational offerings. Our practices, across the U.S., enjoy
the benefits of smaller sizes, closer relationships with patients,
and the opportunity to lead systemic change in healthcare delivery
while working with a true team. For more information, please visit
www.iorahealth.com.
About Humana
Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is a leading
health and well-being company focused on making it easy for people
to achieve their best health with clinical excellence through
coordinated care. The company’s strategy integrates care delivery,
the member experience, and clinical and consumer insights to
encourage engagement, behavior change, proactive clinical outreach
and wellness for the millions of people we serve across the
country.
More information regarding Humana is available to investors via
the Investor Relations page of the company’s web site
at www.humana.com, including copies of:
- Annual reports to stockholders;
- Securities and Exchange Commission
filings;
- Most recent investor conference
presentations;
- Quarterly earnings news releases;
- Replays of most recent earnings release
conference calls;
- Calendar of events; and
- Corporate Governance information.
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Humana Inc.Corporate Communications:Marina Renneke, APR,
602-760-1758mrenneke@humana.comorIora HealthKathleen Haley,
617-545-5284kathleen@iorahealth.com
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