Serving the Unaddressed Health Care Problem of Senior Loneliness and Social Isolation
In 2018, Wider Circle partnered with one of the fastest growing Medicare Advantage and Special Needs Plans to measure the impact of the CFL program on quality of care, cost of care and the plan membership experience. We evaluated Caucasian, Hispanic, African American and Asian members living in urban, suburban and rural communities in eight California counties. Program participants were matched to controls using propensity matching across demographic and disease burden dimensions, balancing intervention and control groups for measurement.Results snapshot:
– Increased engagement with preventative care
– Reduction in hospital admissions
– Reduction in bed days
– Reduction in ED Use
– Demonstrate cost savings
