Evolent Health Partners with Torrance Health IPA and Torrance Memorial Integrated Physicians to Provide Risk Adjustment Solution and Services

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolent Health (NYSE: EVH), a company providing an integrated value-based care platform to the nation’s leading health systems and physician organizations, today announced it is providing Torrance Health IPA (THIPA) and Torrance Memorial Integrated Physicians (TMIP) with its Identifi^SM population health performance management platform and Risk Adjustment solution to help enhance performance across Torrance’s network of 500 providers in the Los Angeles metro area. THIPA and TMIP collectively manage more than 20,000 Medicare Advantage and Next Generation ACO lives.

“We are delighted to work with Evolent to offer such a scalable risk adjustment solution and wealth of expertise to our providers,” said Torrance Health IPA Senior Vice President Chris Rogers. “Our providers and support staff have already gained invaluable experience and appreciate having an easy-to-use solution that enables them to code accurately and completely. Ultimately, these improved workflows will help ensure we are reimbursed appropriately for the care we provide to our community.”

Torrance providers, coders and staff are leveraging Evolent’s Risk Adjustment solution to streamline coding workflows across the Torrance provider network. This includes using the Identifi Practice platform to take advantage of technology-assisted chart review. In addition, Torrance is working closely with Evolent to deploy new Patient Assessment Forms (PAFs) and gauge the expected value of risk coding gap closures.

“We are excited to partner with Torrance Health IPA and Torrance Memorial Integrated Physicians--organizations with strong reputations for improving the health and well-being of thousands of California residents,” said Evolent Health Chief Executive Officer Frank Williams. “Our Risk Adjustment solution has helped a wide range of our partner organizations code accurately, which is important to the integrity of clinical data as well as reimbursement. Torrance has a solid footprint in its market, and we look forward to exploring additional opportunities to advance Torrance’s value-based care business across multiple patient populations.”

Evolent’s Risk Adjustment solution offers provider organizations a comprehensive set of prospective and retrospective services and tools within a single integrated solution. The solution leverages machine learning predictive algorithms, natural language processing, electronic medical record workflow integration and smartly designed physician and medical coder workflows to complement and enhance physician and practice productivity.

About Evolent Health
Evolent Health partners with leading provider organizations to achieve superior clinical and financial results in value-based care. With a provider heritage and over 20 years of health plan administration experience, Evolent operates in more than 30 U.S. health care markets, actively managing care across Medicare, Medicaid, commercial and self-funded adult and pediatric populations. With the experience to drive change, Evolent confidently stands by a commitment to achieve results. For more information, visit evolenthealth.com.

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