Telehealth: How to Get It Right for the Medicare Population
If there’s one population that could really reap the benefits of telehealth, it’s seniors. Not having to travel to a doctor’s office, avoiding unnecessary exposure to COVID-19 and other viruses, saving money with lower-cost virtual care, and being able to get 24/7/365...
9 Right-Now Actions Medicare Advantage Plans Can Take to Support Star Ratings
Last week, Carenet Health hosted a Mapping the Stars 2020 Virtual Collaboration for a select group of Medicare Advantage health plan and Stars program leaders from around the nation. The interactive event featured a discussion led by Stars expert and consultant Rex...
What Types of Questions Can a Health Advocate or Health Plan Concierge Answer?
If your health plan is considering adding a health advocate service (also called health advocacy, healthcare navigation or health plan concierge services) as a benefit for members, you may want to know the types of questions that can be answered by the typical...
Carenet Health and ProtoCall Services Establish Partnership to Meet Demand for Behavioral Health Crisis Support
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 15, 2020 – Carenet Health, one of the nation’s largest providers of 24/7 telehealth and healthcare engagement solutions, and Oregon-based ProtoCall Services, the leading contact center for specialty behavioral health services, have joined...
Telehealth Triage Nurses Offer Insights to Health Plans as States Reopen
Most states and cities are relaxing pandemic-related restrictions across the U.S., but COVID-19 is still widely circulating. In some areas, cases, hospitalizations and deaths are on the rise. On the telehealth consumer frontlines, Carenet Health nurse triage teams are...
Eight Ways Health Plans Can Transform Member Relationships in a COVID-19 World
Over the past several years, many commercial health plans had begun to focus more on becoming truly consumer-centric. The pandemic, however, exposed significant cracks in those foundational efforts. Consider just a few findings in a recent J.D. Power study: 48% of...
Delivering a Personal and Meaningful Telehealth Experience Takes Skill—Guided by These 7 Steps
Nurse triage companies like Carenet Health offer symptom assessment and care information from registered nurses (RNs) for a wide range of callers with health concerns, from parents of distressed newborns to seniors who have questions about their medications. The best...