Loopback Analytics Partners with Brookdale Senior Living for Implementation of CMS’s Health Innovations Challenge Grant
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through its partnership with the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) and (FAU) has received a significant portion of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health Innovations Challenge grant totaling $7.3 million. will partner with Brookdale, UNTHSC and FAU to provide a comprehensive care transition management technology platform.
“We are honored to have participated in this grant process and now, its ongoing implementation in partnership with premier organizations like Brookdale, UNTHSC and FAU,” said , president and CEO of Loopback Analytics. “As one of the premier senior care organizations in the country, Brookdale presents an ideal proving ground to demonstrate the tangible benefits of our care transition platform. With its diverse setting and modalities of care, Loopback Analytics’ technology will help Brookdale better manage patient populations to ensure consistent and measurable quality care.”
Loopback Analytics’ cloud-based platform integrates data across a myriad of health care information systems, empowering providers to identify at-risk patient populations, match them with appropriate interventions and evaluate results to ensure consistent quality care. With multimodal communications, the solution allows patients and caregivers to stay connected after hospital discharge and throughout the care continuum. Dashboard reporting provides real-time analysis to measure clinical and economic efficacy of various care interventions.
The purpose of the grant is to implement and clinically evaluate (Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers) within 67 BSL facilities. This will involve BSL’s Care Transitions Program which engages residents in nursing homes, assisted living as well as home care settings. INTERACT is an evidence-based quality assurance program designed to reduce avoidable readmissions for residents in long term care. INTERACT was created by a FAU team led by Joseph Ouslander, M.D., Professor of Clinical Biomedical Science and Senior Associate Dean for Geriatric Programs at FAU. The program’s goal is to reduce the number of avoidable and expensive hospital admissions while maintaining a high level of clinical care. Expected savings over the three-year grant period are estimated at more than $9 million.
“The sooner a health issue can be identified, the sooner the intervention can be initiated, which improves the odds of a positive health outcome for our residents,” said Brookdale’s Chief Medical Officer Kevin O’Neil, M.D. “The key to quality in health care is consistency, and this tool has been instrumental in giving doctors a quality assessment of a resident’s health, preventing unnecessary hospitalizations.”
Brookdale Senior Living is the largest senior housing provider in the United States with 646 retirement communities in 35 states with 67,000 residents. A total of 27 communities in Texas and Florida will be the initial focus for the grant, with plans to expand rapidly to other communities throughout the United States.
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. is a leading owner and operator of senior living communities throughout the United States. The company is committed to providing an exceptional living experience through properties that are designed, purpose-built and operated to provide the highest-quality service, care and living accommodations for residents. Currently the company operates independent living, assisted living, and dementia-care communities and continuing care retirement centers, with 646 communities in 35 states and the ability to serve over 67,000 residents. Brookdale Senior Living communities provide a daily experience of programs, services and care that are unique as a result of the collective talents and inspiration of the residents, their families, and its associates – demonstrating Brookdale’s promise of “Our People Make the Difference.” Brookdale is a publicly-traded company (NYSE: BKD). For more information, visit .
The UNT Health Science Center is a graduate university housed on a 33-acre campus located in Fort Worth’s Cultural District. UNT Health, the clinical enterprise of the Health Science Center, sees patients from across Tarrant County, with physicians and health providers representing most every medical specialty. For more information visit .
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six-county service region in southeast Florida, where its annual economic impact exceeds $6.3 billion. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges, including a new College of Medicine. For more information, visit .
Founded in 2009, Loopback Analytics is a pioneer in empowering health systems and post-acute care organizations to more effectively manage care transitions and reimbursement challenges in a “pay-for-outcome” environment. The company’s comprehensive management platform helps identify at-risk patient populations, match interventions and measure efficacy to improve clinical and financial outcomes. For more information, visit .