Provencher brings a broad set of business management, health policy, leadership and experience to AMC Health.
Ken Provencher Ken Provencher joins AMC Health's Advisory Board
NEW YORK, January 10, 2024 (Newswire.com)
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AMC Health, a leader in end-to-end virtual care solutions, announced today the appointment of recognized business leader and payer/provider expert Ken Provencher to its advisory board. Provencher brings a broad set of business management, health policy, leadership, and experience to AMC Health.
“Ken’s deep knowledge of healthcare and business acumen are valuable as AMC Health is redefining remote patient monitoring and virtual care,” said AMC Health’s CEO, Nesim Bildirici. “We will greatly benefit from the guidance and expertise of acclaimed healthcare executives such as Ken who will partner with us not only today but also as we strategically plan for the future.”
Provencher is currently serving in a variety of advisory, coaching, mentorship, and consulting roles. Recently retired from PacificSource Health Plans after 28 years with the company, including 22 years as President and Chief Executive Officer, he was just the fifth CEO in the company’s 90-year history. Throughout his tenure, the company expanded into three states, grew from a commercial-only plan to one serving Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial members, completed six acquisitions, entered into a unique joint venture with Legacy Health, and grew from 100,000 to 600,000 members, $175M to $3.7B in revenue and $30M to $540M in net worth.
Before becoming CEO, Ken served as Vice President of Operations and Director of Provider Contracting at PacificSource. His 40 years of experience in the industry included roles with VHA Upstate New York, United Health Services, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina.
“Healthcare in the U.S. is complex. AMC Health is among the organizations with the vision to create solutions that will allow for care to be better integrated, simplified, and delivered,” said Provencher. “I look forward to helping AMC Health with achieving their vision to do just that.”
AMC Health’s end-to-end virtual care solution delivers a seamless experience that empowers members and has consistently helped healthcare organizations across the country to improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, and increase access to care. Its innovative, enterprise-wide RPM system combines remote monitoring technology, health education to improve health literacy and promote self-management, and evidence-based management protocols.
About AMC Health
At AMC Health, we practice advanced virtual caregiving. Using a whole-person care approach, we go beyond simply monitoring patients to enhancing all aspects of their care, including medical health, mental health, health literacy, and health equity.
AMC Health has been providing virtual care and RPM solutions for over two decades. The company serves patients in all 50 U.S. states and helps a wide range of organizations, including the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. For more information, visit www.amchealth.com.
Reach Healthcare will debut a three-part exhibition at HLTH 2022 entitled "Beyond the Ordinary." It will showcase three multi-sensory immersive solutions for transforming health and well-being care and take attendees on a three-part experiential journey that explores new modalities for addressing: workforce wellness and clinician burnout; improving maternal-infant health outcomes; and boosting post-operative and transitional recovery, rehabilitation and chronic healthcare management.
Reach Healthcare experiences will be centrally located in the Bassano Rooms (#2602, 2603 and 2604) during HLTH 2022, which runs Nov 13 through 16 at the Venetian Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas NV.
"What if we focused more on sensory elements in health centers, birth centers, diagnostic centers, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers…even hospital-at-home and retail health?" Reach's President, Fran Ayalasomayajula, asks. The Reach sensory solutions go beyond tossing a plant in a corner or drowning out spaces with white noise.
"For centuries research has shown the power of sensory stimulation to heal, revive, and restore," Reach's President, Fran Ayalasomayajula, points out. At HLTH, Reach will present a walking gallery experience infused with elements that stimulate the senses, through the application of transformational and immersive sound and music, visual effects and imagery, textures, smells and tactile interaction.
This first-time offering at HLTH will showcase ways technology can be used to harness positive, calming, healing, and restorative experiences. It will serve as a departure from traditional approaches.
"HLTH is pleased to have Reach Healthcare host their breakthrough immersive therapeutic approach to health and wellbeing at this year's event. This is an important area of focus for HLTH and aligns perfectly with our recently launched brand - WELL by HLTH," said Rich Scarfo, President of HLTH.
Reach Healthcare's mission is to provide a platform that delivers groundbreaking solutions to improve and transform healthcare delivery and outcomes for providers and patients, as well as to offer cost-effective solutions for payers.
THE SCIENCE OF HEALING and WELLNESS: BENEFITS OF MULTISENSORY EXPERIENCES
Reach Healthcare's "Beyond the Ordinary" experiences at HLTH are built on three relevant scientific findings:
Healthcare Settings Matter. In a 2020 Clinical Empathy study that Reach commissioned with Ipsos, a key finding was that environments matter. Patients seek supportive and familiar environments, and they also place a high value on milestones and memories associated with their environments.
Healthcare Settings directly affect the patient's overall health and well-being, since they also impact relationships, including those of care teams and healthcare consumers. Reach Healthcare solutions enable care facilities, especially hospitals and healthcare providers, to deliver a less stressful experience and minimize the upset and friction between the patient with their providers.
Sounds and Music Matter. Additional research by Reach revealed that listening to certain sounds and music can reduce anxiety and pain, blood pressure and heart rate, improve sleep quality, mood, mental alertness and memory -- and shorten the length of hospital stays. The layering of digital multimedia and cinematography also delivers similar positive health outcomes.
Sounds are not limited to the patient journey - but also extend to the provider. The Aesthetic Surgery Journal reported that researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found that plastic surgeons closed incisions better and faster when done -- while listening to their preferred music.
OTHER COLLABORATIONS
"Beyond the Ordinary" presented by REACH comes to life with the engagement of Reach's technology partners, including HARMAN Digital Transformation Solutions (DTS). REACH's Happy Mama, a maternity app and decision support tool for maternal health professionals, is powered by the HARMAN Remote Care Platform (RCP). Happy Mama will be on display as part of the activation
HARMAN International is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. that is focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets.
This collaboration with visual effects powered by Samsung Digital Display Division joins others within the Reach orbit. They include: Birth & Life Photography and MovingArt by Louis Schwartzberg, as seen on Oprah (OWN), Netflix, and Reach Live.
Other contributors to the "Beyond the Ordinary" presented by Reach include OddBall, HealthTunes, Spatial Inc., and Visual Health Solutions.
Reach Healthcare's "Beyond the Ordinary Experience" at HLTH 2022 "takes the attendee on a holistic therapeutic journey through the art and science of healing and wellness -- with the help of immersive multisensory technologies that deliver solutions from a 'people-first' perspective to transform everyday lives," concludes Reach's President, Fran Ayalasomayajula.
ABOUT HLTH 2022:
HLTH (pronounced "health") is the leading platform bringing together the entire health ecosystem, focused on health innovation and transformation. From unparalleled events with industry-leading speakers to inspirational digital content and mission-driven initiatives, HLTH creates a unique marketplace for the health community leading the dialogue and development of a better health ecosystem. Our mission is to gather the health community in curated, purposeful engagements that accelerate healthcare innovation.
REACH is a 501c3 global innovative social impact organization whose mission is to improve and transform healthcare delivery and outcomes for providers and patients, as well as to offer cost-effective solutions for payers.
Maternal mortality and morbidity prevention is a top priority area for the organization. Reach is the founder of the National Save Moms Campaign (http://savemoms.us), Save Moms Global (http://savemoms.global), Maternal Application of Technology for Community Health (MATCH) Coalition (http://matchcoalition.us), and Happy Mama (http://happymama.global).
Reach, established in 2016, is focused on pragmatically improving large-scale and sustainable health programs for enhanced healthcare equity, access, and delivery based on its four pillars: (1) Research to identify where change is needed that could result in actionable outcomes; (2) Education; (3) Thought Leadership and (4) Innovative Immersive Special Interest Therapeutic Platforms, including Happy Mama, focused on maternal health for mothers as well as clinicians; Workforce Wellness to tackle clinician burnout; and IB Healthy Wellness and Remote Care digital therapeutics for rehab, chronic disease management, healthy aging, and more.
Reach welcomes new partnerships, sponsorships, and grassroots affiliates as it works to drive massive impact for better and more equitable healthcare outcomes.
Contact Information:
Matt Walker
Community Outreach Lead [email protected]
619-800-6443
