Catasys Announces Proprietary Interventions for Treatment of Loneliness Epidemic
May 09 2019 - 8:30AM
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OnTrak™ Solution Addresses Health Impact of
this Pervasive Condition
Catasys, Inc. (NASDAQ: CATS) (“Catasys” or the “Company”), a
leading AI and technology-enabled healthcare company, today
announced that it is expanding the use of its OnTrak solution to
help identify and address loneliness.
An estimated one in three adults over age 45 suffer from chronic
loneliness, according to a 2018 survey by the AARP Foundation. Poor
social relationships have been associated with a 29% increase in
risk of coronary heart disease and a 32% rise in the risk of
stroke, along with increased use of accident and emergency services
independent of chronic illness.
Catasys continues to utilize its proprietary analytics to
identify emerging behavioral health care conditions that are
impacting a wider populace while also greatly increasing health
plan medical costs. The epidemic of social isolation and loneliness
has risen to a level where the Company feels an expansion of its
solution is both value-additive to its customers and necessary for
its core goal of improving member health.
“Catasys recognizes loneliness as a key social determinant of
health and is focused on identifying and addressing the fundamental
drivers, which differ by individual,” stated Dr. Omar Manejwala,
Catasys Chief Medical Officer. “Effective matching of interventions
to member needs is critical to solving the chronic toxicity of
loneliness.”
Catasys Treatment Program for Loneliness
Catasys is confronting this epidemic with a combination of
artificial intelligence and human interaction. Addressing
loneliness with validated solutions is a top priority of Catasys’
health plan partners and the industry as a whole.
Catasys is developing natural language processing and machine
learning capabilities to identify loneliness among eligible members
of its OnTrak solution, based on the actual interactions of members
and their Care Coaches. Sentiment analysis, leveraging the latest
technological breakthroughs, is being applied to enable the Company
to best support its members suffering from loneliness. When a
member suffering from loneliness enrolls in the OnTrak program,
they receive a range of interventions “fingerprinted” for their
unique needs.
Care Coaches, in-market Community Care Coordinators and
specially trained psychosocial and medical providers are all part
of the solution. OnTrak Care Coaches are experts at building
trust-based relationships with members and coaching them on where
and how to develop meaningful relationships.
OnTrak Community Care Coordinators provide an in-person
connection for members and introduce them to community resources
that can lessen loneliness; they also help address housing,
mobility and transportation issues which can contribute to
loneliness. OnTrak psychosocial and medical providers address the
behavioral health drivers of loneliness including depression,
anxiety, poor sleep, grief and transitions.
About Catasys, Inc.
Catasys, Inc. harnesses proprietary big data predictive
analytics, artificial intelligence and telehealth, combined with
human interaction, to deliver improved member health and validated
outcomes and savings to health plans. Our mission is to help
improve the health and save the lives of as many people as
possible.
Catasys' integrated, technology-enabled OnTrak
solution--contracted with a growing number of national and regional
health plans--is designed to treat members with behavioral
conditions that cause or exacerbate co-existing medical conditions
such as diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, COPD, and
congestive heart failure, which result in high medical costs.
Catasys has a unique ability to engage these members, who do not
otherwise seek behavioral healthcare, leveraging proprietary
enrollment capabilities built on deep insights into the drivers of
care avoidance.
OnTrak integrates evidence-based psychosocial and medical
interventions delivered either in-person or via telehealth, along
with care coaching and in-market Community Care Coordinators. The
program improves member health and delivers validated cost savings
to healthcare payers of more than 50 percent for enrolled members.
OnTrak is available to members of several leading health plans in
Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri,
Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and
Wisconsin.
Learn more at www.catasys.com.
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