Walgreens companions with value-based care platform Pearl Well being

Walgreens introduced it’s partnering with Pearl Health, which affords a expertise platform for major care practices in value-based care preparations, to develop value-based care choices in collaboration with major care suppliers. 

Pearl Well being affords a expertise platform for major care suppliers collaborating in Medicare’s ACO REACH mannequin. The platform contains information visualizations and proposals that permit clinicians to see which sufferers may have further assist, resembling these with a number of power situations or these lately discharged from a hospital.

The startup’s instruments purpose to distill affected person info into easy-to-digest studies and observe metrics like readmission charges and whether or not sufferers attend annual wellness visits.

By means of the partnership, Walgreens will present complementary prescription achievement, immunizations, medicine adherence, diagnostic testing and care-gap closure. The pharmacy chain may even work with healthcare suppliers to help sufferers discharged from the hospital transition to house. 

“At Pearl Well being, we consider that native major care suppliers are key to bettering America’s total well being. Our technology-powered value-based care mannequin aligns seamlessly with the healthcare providers Walgreens affords, significantly in essentially the most weak communities,” Michael Kopko, chief govt officer of Pearl Well being, stated in a press release.

“With a give attention to proactive, coordinated care, we’ll collaborate to ship a greater answer to suppliers and in the end ship high-quality providers to sufferers whereas managing their care effectively. We’re very excited in regards to the implications of this partnership for sufferers in Medicare and past.”

THE LARGER TREND

In January, Pearl Well being raised $75 million in Series B funding. The corporate introduced an $18 million Series A in September 2021. 

Different firms offering assist and expertise providers to practices in value-based care preparations embrace UpStream Healthcare, which raised $140 million in Series B funding, and Aledade, which scooped up $123 million in a Series E round final yr.