What to expect during an In-home Health Evaluation
Signify Health works with your health plan and primary care provider as another layer of support on your journey to better health. For example, many of the leading Medicare Advantage plans support their members with a no-cost, In-home Health Evaluation by a licensed Signify Health clinician.
During your appointment, you'll meet with a healthcare provider who is ready to discuss your health concerns and answer any questions. Our in-home visits include a physical, vital sign check, medication review, and important health screenings. All information gathered during the visit will be shared with your regular doctor.
Every day, Signify Health physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants engage thousands of people – wherever they call home – conducting unhurried conversations and offering a more complete view of an individual's whole-person health.
On average, our in-home visits last 2.5 times longer than a typical primary care appointment. Learn more about what to expect by watching this brief video.
[Our Signify Health physician] was very professional and courteous. He was very knowledgeable and took his time to explain the process.
Health Plan Member
October 2022
The clinician…was professional and went through my medical history in fine detail and explained why I am taking certain medications.
Health Plan Member
October 2022
[The Signify Health nurse practitioner] pointed out many things my primary care physician missed and asked me many helpful questions about my state of being. After her visit, I felt like someone truly cared.
Health Plan Member
October 2022
340B is a drug discount program that helps safety net facilities to stretch their resources to continue providing excellent care in their communities. These discounts are provided by drug manufacturers and are required to participate in other federal drug programs.
340B discounts are available to certain Covered Entities (CEs) defined by federal law. CEs include safety net facilities such as Health Centers, Critical Access Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospitals.
Participation in an ACO can increase 340B discounts by two to five-fold from data, programs, and processes that capture more 340B claims and make sure they are fully compliant. Data from participating in value-based payment gives the CE a much wider view into who is prescribing for their patients and where they are getting those prescriptions filled. This ability to track the prescribers results in optimized claims capture and more savings.
Careful, manual review of prescription drug and referral documentation is central to maximizing 340B income. This thorough review can ensure that providers are communicating with each other and prescriptions and specialist visits are not falling through the cracks. In our 340B pilot contracts, we spotted potential drug interactions and specialist visits that could have gone unnoticed without the benefit of that review.
Our compliant program verifies the appropriate patient care coordination, management, and documentation for every processed claim. Through our proprietary data analytics platform, Signify Health will identify potentially eligible 340B prescriptions that have been written by providers who do not practice in the covered entity locations. This rigorous process can increase 340B discounts by 100-500%. This creates a sizable financial opportunity for everyone from the smallest to the largest Covered Entity.
Learn more about how In-home Health Evaluations focus on a person’s overall health, well-being, and provide opportunities to identify potential barriers to a health plan member’s care in this blog.
Read how our In-home Health Evaluations can help identify many of the social and environmental factors that have a direct impact on a person’s health and quality of life.
Dive deeper into the In-home Health Evaluation experience in this blog, featuring stories of impact from real health plan members and Signify Health clinicians.