Nearly half of Americans are unaware of their family medical history, even when it comes to cancer. Lack of knowledge can result in missed opportunities for early detection and intervention, often delaying important preventive screenings and care. In a recent Newsweek article by Lucy Notarantonio, our medical director for genetic testing and oncology imaging, Sadie Dobrozsi, discussed the importance of understanding family medical history – including genetic mutations – to identify any cancer predispositions and how patients can take action to minimize their cancer risks.
About us
Evolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with complex health conditions. Working across multiple medical specialties and primary care, we seek to ensure that care plans align with clinical evidence, respect members’ goals and preferences, and connect seamlessly across providers and settings. We believe that every person deserves the same level of care and compassion we would want for our loved ones. Evolent serves a national base of leading payers, including managed Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and commercial health plans. Through a comprehensive suite of resources—such as high-value clinical pathways, electronic decision support and value-based payment models—we create an ecosystem that helps providers deliver better, more affordable care to their patients. Tens of millions of Americans have access to our clinical expertise through their plans. WHY WORK HERE? We strive to create a work experience that strikes the perfect balance: the opportunity to do impactful, purposeful work, the chance to collaborate with some of the smartest minds in health care, and the flexibility to balance work and personal life. We foster an open environment where everyone is valued and celebrated, and we have been recognized by national organizations for our achievements in gender parity and LGBTQ+ equality. Join us for the work. Stay for the culture. HISTORY Since our founding in 2011 as Evolent Health, we have been a pioneer in value-based care, but in recent years we have also developed a deep bench of expertise in several key medical specialties. In June 2023, we announced our plans to bring all of our solutions and businesses—New Century Health, Vital Decisions, IPG and NIA—into one specialty-focused company rebranded simply as “Evolent.” Those sub-brands will be formally retired by the end of 2023. CONTACT US This account is monitored closely by our company. Message us at socialmedia@evolenthealth.com with questions or concerns.
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- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Arlington, Va
- Type
- Public Company
- Specialties
- Population Health, Value-Based Care, Care Management, Accountable Care Organizations, Managed Care, Specialty Care Management, oncology, cardiology, musculoskeletal, advance care planning, physical medicine, end of life care, genetic testing, orthopedic surgery, and primary care
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800 N. Glebe Road
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Arlington, Va 22203, US
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300 S Riverside Plaza
Suite 400
Chicago, Illinois 60606, US
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675 Placentia Ave
Suite 300
Brea, California 92821, US
Employees at Evolent
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Robert Goska
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Marta Olsen
Employee Engagement | Internal Marketing & Communications: Focused on Building Productive Workplace Cultures
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Laurie Schoebel
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Russell Glass
Russell Glass is an Influencer Founder, Author, Dad. Former CEO at Headspace, the world’s most comprehensive and accessible mental healthcare platform.
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The FDA’s accelerated approval pathway speeds access to new drugs based on promising early clinical trial results. But it can take years to learn whether these drugs offer better outcomes on the measures that are most important to patients, like longer survival. How do patients, providers and health plans navigate this uncertainty while confirmatory clinical trials are ongoing? In a recent article in AJMC - The American Journal of Managed Care, Evolent Vice President of Pharmacy Terra Wonsettler, Pharm.D., MBA Wonsettler PharmD, MBA, writes about these challenges, as well as shortcomings of many confirmatory trials. At Evolent, one way we mitigate the risk is our high-value clinical pathways. Developed by our clinical experts and vetted by scientific advisory boards, these pathways consider the emerging evidence around accelerated approval drugs to determine whether they should be among the preferred, high-value options for various treatment scenarios. Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gExxPTDi
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If you’re headed to the Wisconsin Association of Health Plans Annual Meeting next week, mark your calendars for the 11 a.m. CT session, “Navigating the AI Frontier: Implications for Health Plans,” with Evolent AI expert Brandon Barber. If you’re not able to make the session but still interested in takeaways from the discussion, send us a message and we’ll be in touch. https://lnkd.in/eZYYFbTv
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The FDA’s Accelerated Approval program has been crucial for expediting access to promising treatments for serious conditions, particularly cancer. However, the journey of these “fast-track” drugs doesn’t stop once they enter the market, and there are many uncertainties: Will they live up to their initial promise? How long will we have to wait to find out? In the end, some of these therapies do not show improvements in extending or enhancing patients’ quality of life and may cost patients more than other options. In the August issue of the AJMC - The American Journal of Managed Care's Evidence Based Oncology, I explain how timely confirmatory trials are needed to ensure that these drugs yield concrete clinical benefits for patients. The article dives into how health plans and drug sponsors play a key role in managing the challenges and uncertainties that surround these drugs. I also discuss the ways Evolent helps to provide continued monitoring of these drugs and promotes the use of high-value care. To learn more, please see my full article linked here: https://bit.ly/4dCidwS #healthcare #health #acceleratedapprovals #oncology
Cancer Drugs Speed to Accelerated Approvals, Then Hit the Brakes in Timely, Clinically Beneficial Confirmatory Trials
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We’re excited to announce that Dr. Von Nguyen has joined Evolent as chief clinical officer! Von’s role will be instrumental to our work to improve outcomes for the most complex health conditions, and he brings an unparalleled mix of experience to the task. Among them: ⭐ Building Generative AI tools at Google Health as its clinical lead for population health ⭐ Serving as the chief medical officer of Blue Cross NC where he led a variety of health plan operations, including #populationhealth and value-based payment programs ⭐ Helping to build some of the first #valuebasedcare models at CMS ⭐ Caring for patients from underserved communities in the U.S. and abroad as a primary care physician Welcome, Von!
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Despite efforts by CMS and health plans to move more orthopedic surgery procedures from hospitals to appropriate lower-cost settings, several barriers are hindering the transition. Among them are challenges related to implantable devices, which can make up about 25% of health plans’ costs for device-intensive procedures. Read our article and learn why an implantable device strategy is key for plans that want to accelerate the shift to ambulatory surgery centers. https://lnkd.in/e_Xjyh5y #healthplans #surgery
Why health plans need to refresh their surgical implant strategy
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Read our chief medical officer’s insightful new piece on where AI might help – and where it might not – when it comes to defining the optimal regimens for different clinical scenarios. Andrew Hertler, MD, FACP
The rise of generative AI has opened up a world of new possibilities in the world of specialty care management. Almost everywhere you look there are AI applications to better engage patients, ease burdens on providers, and streamline health plan operations. But through these explorations we’re also reminded of what humans do best and that AI is unlikely to replace. I recently wrote about one of these tasks – the work of developing clinical pathways – to shed light on where AI might help, and where expert judgment and consensus remain essential. https://lnkd.in/eJUcK87M #specialtycare #AIinhealthcare
AI-curated clinical pathways? Not so fast.
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Medicare beneficiaries have more specialists than ever—with nearly a third who see 5 or more physicians annually. Yet multiple barriers to primary and specialty care integration persist. In a recent interview, Vishnukamal Golla, Evolent’s senior medical director for value transformation, explores this lack of care coordination, why value-based care is the way to solve for it, and new ways that Evolent is partnering with its health plan partners. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eaUwaP7n #healthcare #valuebasedcare #specialtycare
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+++ Cancer treatment and the time spent traveling for care are often very time-consuming and disrupt both work and home life for patients and their caregivers. I recently spoke with @/Patricia Weiser at @/Managed Healthcare Executive about some ways time toxicity can be reduced, including oral targeted therapies to reduce the number of times patients need to go to clinics, hypofractionation in radiation therapy (higher doses for fewer days), same-day scheduling of tests and treatments, and virtual toxicity checks to eliminate unnecessary in-person appointments and home chemotherapy infusions. By recognizing and working to decrease time toxicity for patients with cancer, we can lessen their burden in an already high-stress situation. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eK5U_-Sa #health #cancer
Another Toxicity of Cancer Treatment
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Genetic testing is rapidly evolving with guidelines changing every six months as new research is discovered and applied. With cancer diagnoses becoming more common in younger patients, we need to utilize genetic testing to its full benefit. This means informed patients who have researched their family health history, and providers initiating conversations about genetic testing in every primary care evaluation. In my recent interview with Tamara Thomas, editor-in-chief at Urban Health Today, I explain why a stronger, unified voice in our scientific community will impact the accessibility of genetic testing so that it becomes standard preventive care for everyone who qualifies — and who wants it. The written interview is here: https://lnkd.in/gnynNfuH See my video interview here: https://lnkd.in/gRNmE_Ts #healthcare #oncology #cancer #genetictesting #Evolent
Dr. Dobrozsi Discusses the Future of Genetic Testing in Oncology and the Impact on Women’s Health | Urban Health Today
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