InterMed preventive care effort saves $1M yearly
Portland-based health care provider InterMed reports that a new program focusing on preventive care for its patients has reduced hospitalizations, emergency room admissions and has saved the organization nearly $1 million a year.
TV station WGME reported that the program had InterMed staff review the records of 1,500 patients with insurance through Aetna to identify the most effective preventive care measures for those patients.
Dr. Thomas Claffey, president of InterMed, told WGME that the program, now in its third year, has reduced hospitalizations and emergency room visits for those patients by 50%.
WGME reported that InterMed plans to work with other insurers in a similar way – ensuring that preventive care procedures are covered – to expand the preventive care program to more of the health care organization's patients.
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