Cigna, Cricket Health expand partnership to improve CKD care
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Cricket Health will expand its collaboration efforts with Cigna to provide better care for Cigna’s patients with late-stage chronic kidney disease, according to a company press release. The expanded partnership will begin in May.
“Historically, kidney disease and failure have been disproportionately costly to treat,” Pete Welch, Northern California market president for Cigna, said. “Cricket will help Cigna bring affordability, predictability and simplicity to the treatment of kidney disease.”
To do this, Cricket Health’s machine-learning algorithm will identify Cigna customers who are at risk of developing late-stage CKD, according to the release. As the algorithm uses claims data rather than electronic health records or clinical test data, Cricket is able to “continuously risk assess patients at a low-cost.”
“By leveraging data to identify at-risk members, we can deploy a care team to deliver the best possible care before the patient’s condition worsens — which can improve the customer’s experience and their health,” Welch added.
According to the release, the primary goal of the collaboration is to decrease hospitalization rates while increasing home dialysis utilization. Cricket Health will also provide patients with individualized treatment options, whether that be home or in-center dialysis, transplant or conservative care.
“Cigna has been an industry leader in adopting data to improve early detection and treatment for other chronic diseases,” Arvind Rajan, CEO of Cricket Health, said in the release. “Together, we will apply the same evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease, empowering patients to make decisions about their treatment.”
Reference:
https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/cricket-health-expands-collaboration-with-cigna/