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Provider Organization Increases Primary Care Volumes with Enterprise Growth Solution

A large Michigan-based healthcare system had a desire to build their PCP practice and improve patient care. The organization understands that patients who establish a relationship with a PCP are more likely to use the appropriate venue or level of care (i.e. more likely to go to the clinic for an earache, instead of the ER). To build their PCP volume, the system wanted to target lapsed patients — those individuals who hadn’t had a wellness visit in the last 12 months.

Healthcare Leaders Listen Up: Personalized Wellbeing Is the Next Frontier

Personalized medicine shouldn't be practiced in just clinical settings but for all aspects of a person’s health and wellbeing to truly transform the industry and control burgeoning spend. 

New discoveries are ushering in the era of personalized medicine, and as a person diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, this is especially good for me and others with incurable diseases.

Why Supporting Mental Health is a Must

Thanks to efforts like Mental Health Month, there’s an increased awareness that mental health is something everyone should care about. To improve education on the topic and increase support, many health plans, providers and employers are focusing on mental health as part of a holistic health approach.

Becoming Welltok

You may have already heard the news, but if not, we want to share that we are officially rebranding from Tea Leaves Health to Welltok. As a result, the Tea Leaves Health name has been retired, and from this point on we will be known as Welltok. The product names – Patientology™, Physicianology™ and Decisionology™ – will remain the same.

3 Trends from the Final 2020 CMS Call Letter

It’s that time of the year. The weather is warming, flowers are blooming, and CMS recently released its final call letter for 2020. Here are three trends to act on now to close gaps in care, improve CAHPS measures, and improve or maintain those high Star Ratings in the future.   

Things Got Too Personal at Conference Board East

I had the good fortune of being in NYC this past week at Conference Board East mixing and mingling with leading employers who are all looking for ways to improve the health and wellbeing of their employees. There were many interesting presentations and new point solutions on display, not to mention some good schwag. I had two key takeaways from the conference:

Tales from the Trenches with Jeff Margolis, CEO of Welltok

Earlier this month, Welltok CEO Jeff Margolis joined Matter at Tales from the Trenches™ to share the wisdom he’s gained from a 30-year career building some of the nation’s largest and most innovative technology and service organizations.

Turn Swing and a Miss into Total Success: Well-Being Wake-Up Report

Employees across the nation have rung the alarm—fitness challenges and one-size-fits-all well-being programs are not what they want or need. Yet, the majority (84%) of employees say their company offers the same resources to all employees. A new survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of Welltok, found that nearly 60% of respondents are getting irrelevant well-being support from their employers.