Cricket brings its innovative, integrated kidney care model to BCBS national accounts
Cricket Health, an integrated kidney care provider, today announced that Consortium Health Plans, a national collaboration of 21 independently licensed Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans, has selected Cricket Health as a Preferred Partner. Through this new collaboration, Consortium’s membership of BCBS plans will be able to offer Cricket’s innovative model of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease care to their national accounts, which in total represent nearly 25 million members.
“Employers today demand the best possible quality and value from their health care providers and health plans. By working with Consortium, together we can help large national employers covered by its partner plans access better kidney care that drives better health outcomes and reduced costs for their millions of employees across the country,” said Arvind Rajan, CEO and co-founder of Cricket Health.
Consortium Health Plans strives to position BCBS Plans as the preferred carrier for national employers. As part of this mission, Consortium’s Preferred Partner Program vets and selects best-in-class health care providers and vendors to help its BCBS member plans deliver the most value to their national account customers. This collaboration makes Cricket’s patient-centered kidney care available as an option for all of Consortium’s plan partners to offer to their national employer customers.
Cricket Health takes a totally different approach to kidney care by focusing on early detection and preventive care to slow disease progression and prolong kidney function as long as possible. Cricket’s integrated care model combines a nephrology practice that provides remote, in-person, and at-home care; a multidisciplinary care team to coordinate care and manage outcomes; state-of-the-art technology to provide patient education and 24/7 peer and clinical support; and dialysis care either at home or in redesigned centers that put patient empowerment first. Cricket delivers this patient-centered care through value-based payer arrangements with large employers, in which it takes on financial accountability for patient health outcomes and total renal care costs.
“We are dedicated to providing our partner plans a set of high-value, innovative solutions, and are excited to do just that by working with Cricket Health to offer an integrated, patient-centered approach to kidney care,” said Aamir Rehman, MD, SVP of Clinical Innovation at Consortium Health Plans.
The collaboration with Consortium Health Plans comes in a year of momentum for Cricket Health. The company raised a $24 million Series A funding round in September, led by Oak HC/FT, and has grown its executive team with the addition of renowned nephrologist Carmen Peralta as chief medical officer; digital health veteran Geoff Clapp as chief product officer; former Fresenius Medical Care executive Robert Sepucha as chief administrative officer; and longtime health engineering leader Sam Mankiewicz as chief technology officer.
Date: May 29, 2019
Source: Cision