Lumeris’ Flagship Medicare Advantage Plan, Essence Healthcare, Receives CMS’ Highest 5-Star Rating
St. Louis, MO — Oct. 14, 2021 — Enabled by Lumeris’ population health services organization (PHSO), Essence Healthcare achieved an overall plan rating of 5.0 Stars by CMS, the highest rating possible. In addition, Medicare Advantage plans Lumeris has built jointly with health systems across the country including BayCarePlus Medicare Advantage (FL), Mary Washington Medicare Advantage (VA), PHP Medicare (MI), and Stanford Healthcare Advantage (CA), all received CMS plan ratings of 4.0 or higher.
Lumeris’ commitment to quality has enabled Essence Healthcare to perform in the top 2% of all Medicare Advantage plans in Star performance over the last 11 years, demonstrating the power of Lumeris’ PHSO to produce over time. Every year, CMS evaluates plans based on a 5-star rating system. Star ratings are based on an MA plan’s performance metrics which includes patient satisfaction, chronic conditions management, and screenings.
“We congratulate Essence Healthcare and our other Medicare Advantage health system partners,” said Mike Long, Chairman and CEO of Lumeris. “Together we are transforming healthcare delivery in the U.S. forever. Our PHSO ensures health systems and their patients receive the best outcomes available, both financially and clinically. Our scalable model can be implemented in any geography, for any population to help any healthcare organization achieve results like Essence Healthcare.”
Lumeris’ PHSO brings the industry’s most comprehensive, market-leading technology and enablement capabilities to health system and provider partners looking to perform in value-based care. Those capabilities include supporting 5.0 Star Medicare Advantage plans, like Essence Healthcare, and additional 15 market deployments with health systems across the US.
“This 5-Star rating again demonstrates that predictable quality outcomes and financial results in value-based models are achievable at scale, via the deployment of our PHSO,” said Debbie Zimmerman, Corporate Chief Medical Officer for Lumeris. “Nearly every health system is experiencing the move toward value, and we believe it’s critical to have an experienced operating partner to do it efficiently with excellent patient outcomes. Our solution is completely transferrable and scalable for health systems across the country. Together with our health system partners, we are accelerating the country’s journey to value.”