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A Lifelong Commitment to Serving People and Improving Health Outcomes

A Lifelong Commitment to Serving People and Improving Health Outcomes

In these highlights from a recent Pear Healthcare Playbook podcast, Neil Patel, MD, Patina’s Chief Health Officer, reflects on the role patients have in their own care – and why it’s so critical to understand their hopes and goals.

Creating a More Personalized Model for Primary Care

Patina CEO Jack Stoddard joined the Oliver Wyman Health Podcast to share his perspectives on how innovative primary care models, like Patina, promise to achieve healthcare’s triple aim – a better experience and improved health outcomes at a lower cost. The discussion is summarized here and spans an array of topics including how healthcare can learn from other consumer-focused brands, what needs to change in current primary care models for people 65 and over, and why patients, providers and health plans alike all stand to benefit from a more personalized approach.

One Year of Profoundly Transforming the Healthcare and Aging Experience

One Year of Profoundly Transforming the Healthcare and Aging Experience

Patina was built on a simple hypothesis. We can help people live their best lives, and fundamentally transform the healthcare and aging experience in this country, by driving key changes: taking time to get to know people; understanding their priorities, goals and preferences; and supporting them across their aging journey...

Better Healthcare for Those Who Need It Most

Better Healthcare for Those Who Need It Most

Fifteen years ago, I helped found an experimental primary care clinic for the sickest Atlantic City casino workers through AtlantiCare. Many were suffering from chronic conditions and diseases and were frequently hospitalized. They were fed up with the lack of progress they were making with their personal health and wellness. Their union’s health fund, which was in dire financial straits following years of explosive medical costs, was searching for a solution.

Patina announces partnerships with major national Medicare Advantage plans, significantly expanding the reach of its unique primary care experience for adults 65+ in Philadelphia region

Aetna, Cigna and UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage members will soon have access to Patina’s relationship-centered virtual and in-home primary care services, which are already available to Independence Blue Cross members

Medicare Advantage Plans Need to ‘Win’ on Consumer Experience in 2023

Medicare Advantage Plans Need to ‘Win’ on Consumer Experience in 2023

With the elevation of member experience measures in Star Ratings, CMS is signaling a broader transformation in the role payers can and should play in the care delivery system. The Medicare Advantage market has shown no signs of cooling over the past two decades. As the number of plan offerings continues to grow, competition …

Patina Names Reed V. Tuckson, M.D., FACP, to Clinical Advisory Board

Tuckson Joins Group of Distinguished Clinicians to Guide Patina’s New Primary Care Model, Designed to Create a Better Healthcare Experience for People as They Age

Meet the Local Company Aiming to Improve Primary Health Care for Folks 65 and Older (Philadelphia Magazine)

Meet the Local Company Aiming to Improve Primary Health Care for Folks 65 and Older (Philadelphia Magazine)

Headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Patina Health serves patients living across the Philadelphia region with both in-home and virtual doctor visits.

What to Do When Your Doctor Retires

What to Do When Your Doctor Retires

Pennsylvanians 65 and older are facing a unique challenge: their primary care practitioners (PCP) are retiring when their trusted guidance is needed most. Our state’s population is aging rapidly. An American Community Survey estimated that over one in five Pennsylvanians will be 65 or older by 2030. As we reach 65 and begin pursuing the …

Need a New Primary Care Practitioner? 3 Steps to Choosing a PCP That’s Right for You

Need a New Primary Care Practitioner? 3 Steps to Choosing a PCP That’s Right for You

There are plenty of reasons why you might be choosing a PCP, or primary care practitioner. Perhaps you haven’t chosen one yet, and now need or are ready to. You may have recently received a letter from your current PCP letting you know they’re relocating or closing their practice. They may be joining a practice …