FOR HEALTH PLANS

A rural healthcare delivery model that improves health outcomes and reduces costs.

Creating an ecosystem that’s rich in resources.

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Bringing better healthcare to rural communities

Improving member health while reducing costs is challenging in rural areas using traditional brick and mortar care models. Homeward Health’s innovative care model, meeting your plan members where they live, enhances outcomes, supports providers, and strengthens the rural healthcare ecosystem.

Living in rural America shouldn’t mean limited care. We’re here to change that.

Rural communities in America haven't always had the best healthcare outcomes.

The data shows that to be true. Homeward is here to change that.

47%
Fewer number of physicans per person
2.4x
Further from a hospital
23%
Higher mortality rate
40%
Higher preventable hospitalization rate
23%
Of those surveyed would delay medical care due to cost
2x
Greater likelihood to switch from a MA plan to traditional Medicare

Purpose-built model for rural America

How Homeward shows up in rural America

Clinical Extension

Connecting your members to the care they need to reach quality goals and reducing total cost of care.

Patient Support

Empowering providers by meeting your members where they are.

Improve Member Reach

Grow your member engagement in rural communities by providing a differentiated and personalized care experience with Homeward.

Partnerships with Providers

We work with providers to extend their care and close gaps for their patients, building and fostering trusted relationships that encourage them to confidently recommend Homeward for additional support.

How do we activate this model to achieve better health outcomes?

We utilize multiple modalities to support the needs of our members while ensuring we meet them where they are.

Homeward partners with convenient, frequently visited community locations such as pharmacies, churches, and assisted living facilities.
Learn more about what this includes:
Transportation and Mobility: Assistance to and from appointments, including specialized transport for mobility-impaired patients.


Nutritional and Lifestyle Support: Meal planning, food deliveries, access to exercise programs, and lifestyle coaching.


Home and Community Assistance: Help with household tasks, home care, and benefits navigation (including medical equipment and over-the-counter benefits).
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The Homeward care team travels to the homes of those patients with the greatest needs to ensure they are appropriately supported.
Learn more about what this includes:
Medical Assessments: Home assessments, equipment set-up, and medication reviews, tailored to support patient’s specialized treatment plans.

Transitions of Care: Comprehensive support following emergency room visits or hospital stays, ensuring smooth transitions back to home life.

Support for Vulnerable Patients: Tailored care for disengaged, home-bound, or chronically ill patients, keeping them connected to your clinic’s care plan.

Care Optimization: Proactive coordination of appointments, medication adherence, and follow-up care, helping to manage complex chronic conditions in alignment with patient’s treatment protocols.
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Video and telephonic visits allow individuals to access scheduled routine or 24/7 same-day and urgent care from the comfort of their homes.
Learn more about what this includes:
Medical Assessments: Home assessments, equipment set-up, and medication reviews, tailored to support patient’s specialized treatment plans.

Transitions of Care: Comprehensive support following emergency room visits or hospital stays, ensuring smooth transitions back to home life.

Support for Vulnerable Patients: Tailored care for disengaged, home-bound, or chronically ill patients, keeping them connected to your clinic’s care plan.

Care Optimization: Proactive coordination of appointments, medication adherence, and follow-up care, helping to manage complex chronic conditions in alignment with patient’s treatment protocols.
Homeward has multiple physical clinics, where patients can come see us in person for a welcome visit or any ongoing visits that may be needed.
Learn more about what this includes:
Medical Assessments: Home assessments, equipment set-up, and medication reviews, tailored to support patient’s specialized treatment plans.

Transitions of Care: Comprehensive support following emergency room visits or hospital stays, ensuring smooth transitions back to home life.

Support for Vulnerable Patients: Tailored care for disengaged, home-bound, or chronically ill patients, keeping them connected to your clinic’s care plan.

Care Optimization: Proactive coordination of appointments, medication adherence, and follow-up care, helping to manage complex chronic conditions in alignment with patient’s treatment protocols.

Improved outcomes, at lower costs

Clinical outcome ownership

Guaranteed financial performance (full-risk)

HEDIS Gap Closure

Complete and Accurate Coding

County Specific Engagement and Navigation Capabilities

Access to Care

Advanced Data Analytics

Total Cost of Care Containment

Interested in learning more about how Homeward works with health plans to expand rural care delivery models?

Frequently asked questions

How does Homeward partner with health plans?

Homeward works with health plans to expand access, improve care, and manage costs by taking on full medical loss ratio (MLR) risk without delegation of traditional health plan services.

How does Homeward's solution impact risk coding?

Homeward's solution is all-inclusive to accurately identify and document risk coding. We will work with health plans to gather other information that would further inform an accurate risk assessment.

How does Homeward's solution impact quality and clinical outcomes?

Homeward closes gaps in care and drives improvement in key health plan and CMS metrics such as HEDIS and CAHPS measures.

How does Homeward identify high-value referral partners?

Whenever possible, Homeward leverages established high-performance networks as defined by our health plan partners. For health plans who do not have established high-performance networks, Homeward leverages our established network powered by our analytics platform.