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BridgeHealth Names Arlen Meyers Chief Medical OfficerArlen Meyers, M.D., has joined BridgeHealth as its chief medical officer. BridgeHealth is a leader in making value-based healthcare accessible through high-quality, lower-cost, bundled surgical case rate benefit plans. "Dr. Meyers' strong clinical expertise and working relationships in the medical community will enhance BridgeHealth's delivery of high-quality, lower-cost surgical benefits to self-funded employers and their employees and dependents," said Mark Stadler, BridgeHealth's chief executive officer. "As chief medical officer, Dr. Meyers will guide us in defining quality care, adding surgical procedures to our benefits solution, conducting medical case reviews and charting the clinical course of our growth." Meyers is president and chief executive officer of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs and professor emeritus of otolaryngology, dentistry and engineering at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He has founded several medical device and digital health companies. Meyers has consulted companies, governments and universities worldwide on bio entrepreneurship, bioscience, healthcare, healthcar IT and medical travel. Meyers serves as associate editor of the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology and Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship, and Editor-in-Chief of Medscape Reference: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. "All my activities are synergistic," said Meyers. "They're part of a larger effort to transform our country from 'sick care' to value-based healthcare, from provider-centered care to patient-centered care. I'm passionate about this, and BridgeHealth plays a positive, important role in this transformation." BridgeHealth negotiates with centers of excellence - the nation's top-performing surgical teams, according to an independent third-party ranking - for episode-of-care case rates. BridgeHealth bundles the charges for each of the most common surgeries into a single discounted price for self-funded employers. Employer customers save 20-40 percent on surgery costs. Employees and their dependents travel to the centers of excellence for the procedures. To encourage employees to use the BridgeHealth benefits, employer customers typically waive deductibles and coinsurance and pay for travel and accommodations. BridgeHealth's care coordinators provide information and decision support to patients, relieving them of administrative hassle. About BridgeHealth Founded in 2007, BridgeHealth (www.bridgehealth.com) is a bundled surgical benefit management company that offers a suite of products for self-insured group health plans to improve quality and outcomes of surgery, reduce costs and positively affect the rate of unnecessary surgery. Through decision support, a high-quality narrow network, care coordination and other strategies, clients get real savings in cost and high-quality outcomes while providing an outstanding patient experience through a facilitated process. Clients achieve very quantifiable results for themselves and their employee/plan members in a manner that integrates with their full suite of health plan benefits. BridgeHealth is headquartered in Denver, Colo.
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