September 26, 2019
Mary Washington Healthcare Launching Medicare Advantage Plan with Lumeris
to Drive Value-based Care Initiatives
Lumeris to lead development, deployment and operation of Mary Washington
Healthcare’s Medicare Advantage plan, scheduled to launch in 2020
FREDERICKSBURG, VA—September 25, 2019 —Mary Washington Healthcare, a not-for-profit health system that
primarily serves 7 counties in the Fredericksburg, Virginia region, announced
a new strategic partnership with Lumeris, an industry leader in value-based
care. Lumeris will support Mary Washington Healthcare in the development,
deployment and operation of a new Medicare Advantage plan launching in
January 2020.
Following five years of success participating in Medicare’s Shared
Savings and Next Gen Programs, Mary Washington Healthcare has opted to
expand its value-based service offerings to include a Medicare Advantage
plan for the region’s senior population. Mary Washington Healthcare
is currently the region’s largest health system with two hospitals
and over 500 physicians across its clinically-integrated network.
“In launching a Medicare Advantage plan, our goal is to deliver better-coordinated
care for our patients,” said Michael McDermott, president and CEO
of Mary Washington Healthcare. “We are excited to work with our
collaborative partner Lumeris to help transform how we deliver care and
help us drive better health across our patient population. After evaluating
alternatives, Lumeris quickly stood out as the company with the most experience
and success helping providers successfully stand up their own Medicare
Advantage plans.”
As part of the strategic partnership, Lumeris will handle all the health
plan’s day-to-day operations, including enrollment and claims processing,
and provide infrastructure and governance. Lumeris will also assist Mary
Washington Healthcare with the development and deployment of a value-based
care contracting strategy and develop and drive programs to educate, incent
and engage providers.
“Mary Washington Healthcare has successfully demonstrated a commitment
to the delivery of high quality, cost effective care,” said Richard
Jones, CEO of Essence Healthcare and Chief Corporate Development Officer
for Lumeris. “We look forward to helping Mary Washington build on
its success and implement a new, higher standard of care that produces
exceptional outcomes for seniors across the greater Fredericksburg region.”
Lumeris has more than 10 years of experience working with providers to
deliver industry-leading clinical and financial outcomes. The company
has developed a proven transformative care delivery model that emphasizes
patient wellness and the pursuit of the Triple Aim Plus One, defined as
better health outcomes, lower costs, enhanced patient experience, plus
markedly improved physician satisfaction. Lumeris’ data-driven care
delivery model consistently improves value-based outcomes across populations.
Travis Turner, Senior Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer
at Mary Washington Healthcare, said, “We were impressed by the Lumeris
team’s dedication to helping organizations as they make the transformation
to value-based delivery models that emphasize high-quality outcomes, preventative
care, and controlling costs. With Lumeris as our collaborative partner,
we are confident that we can accelerate our transition to value while
continuing to provide excellent care across the community.”
Click to learn more about Mary Washington Medicare Advantage.
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About Mary Washington Healthcare
Mary Washington Healthcare is a fully integrated, regional medical system
that provides inpatient and outpatient care through more than 40 facilities
and services including Mary Washington Hospital, a 451-bed regional medical
center, and Stafford Hospital, a 100-bed community hospital. Mary Washington
Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system with a longstanding commitment
to provide care regardless of ability to pay. For more information about
our services and facilities, please visit http://www.mwhc.com.
About Lumeris
Lumeris is a value-based care managed services operator for health systems
and providers seeking extraordinary clinical and financial outcomes. Lumeris
aligns providers and payers across populations with technologies, processes,
behaviors and information to achieve high-quality, cost-effective care
with satisfied consumers — and engaged physicians. For the past
eight years, Lumeris with Essence Healthcare, its inaugural client with
more than 63,000 Medicare members in Missouri and Illinois, has received
4.5- to 5-Star Ratings from the CMS and produced the highest consumer
and physician satisfaction scores in the industry along with significantly
better clinical outcomes and lower costs. For more information, go to
www.lumeris.com.