Person-Centric vs. Disease-Centric

In order to effectively reach those who truly need help, Missio Benefits has adopted a clinical prevention service from a leading independent vendor designed for high-risk/high-need individuals and their families that provides information, education, and decision support to help people own their health and manage decisions to consume medical services and reduce inefficiencies. As a primary health service, clinical prevention is synergistic with primary medical care and a bridge to specialty medical care. It is also collaborative with health management programs and is staffed by a master’s-level nurse and pharmacist clinician team.

This clinical intervention solution utilizes the predictive risk index to provide the right service to the right person at the right time with measurable performance metrics and ROI outcomes—helping to reduce spending, improve the quality of care, or both. This solution is different than traditional disease-focused care management programs in that decision support is provided not only for health and disease conditions, but also for accompanying life issues such as finances, work, and family concerns (whole-person well-being). Decision support continues after the initial high-cost episode is over—significantly reducing the risk for a repeat episode.