Carrum Health Selected by Teladoc Health as Centers of Excellence Partner
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Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC) has formed a strategic partnership with Carrum Health to integrate Centers of Excellence (COE) specialty care services into their platform. The collaboration enables seamless referrals from Teladoc providers to Carrum's nationwide network of vetted healthcare providers through Teladoc's Connected Care program.
The partnership addresses employer concerns about managing multiple point solutions, with 70% of employers worried about lack of coordination between healthcare services. With over 93 million members, Teladoc Health will offer single sign-on access through their unified app, allowing eligible members to access Carrum's surgical care, cancer care, and substance use treatment services.
The integration aims to streamline administration, improve member engagement, and deliver cost savings for employers amid rising healthcare costs, with PwC predicting an 8% increase in healthcare costs in 2025.
Positive
- Integration streamlines access to specialty care for 93M+ members
- Simplified contracting process for employers through existing Teladoc agreements
- Cost reduction potential through improved care coordination and engagement
- Enhanced revenue opportunities through expanded service offerings
Negative
- Rising healthcare costs predicted at 8% in 2025 may impact adoption
- Success depends on effective coordination between multiple healthcare providers
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The partnership enables Teladoc Health's employer clients and members more streamlined and fully integrated access to Carrum's value-based Centers of Excellence network for specialty care
The partnership will address a growing demand from employers for better integrated benefits solutions. Per the Business Group on Health,
With thousands of customers and more than 93 million members, Teladoc Health has the scale and expertise to solve this challenge, and is uniquely positioned to improve coordination, drive employee benefits awareness and increase health engagement. Teladoc Health's unified app offers convenient single sign-on, guiding eligible members directly to Carrum's services with a seamless experience. Members gain simplified access to a broad spectrum of eligible healthcare services to achieve optimal health outcomes.
Eligible members enrolled in Teladoc Health programs who need to be escalated for surgical care, cancer care or substance use treatment can be referred to Carrum by its health coaches when appropriate. In addition, members getting surgery, cancer or substance use treatment through Carrum can benefit from related supportive services from Teladoc Health.
"We know that customers and members are looking for new ways to connect multi-condition healthcare needs across a growing ecosystem of solutions," said Kelly Bliss, Teladoc Health President of
Connected Care will allow Teladoc Health's employer clients to avoid the additional procurement legwork by using their existing contract to easily adopt Carrum's value-based COE network. Beyond simplified contracting, employers can benefit from prebuilt clinical, digital and data integrations between Carrum Health and Teladoc Health which will streamline administration and significantly improve member engagement, thus delivering greater cost savings.
With healthcare prices rising at unsustainable rates, and PwC predicting an
"The biggest costs lie downstream in specialty care but the trick is getting referrals into the right specialists with contracts that align incentives. Our new partnership solves this paradigm by connecting Teladoc Health's innovative primary and chronic care offerings into Carrum's curated COE network where we've structured payment around outcomes and value," said Brent Nicholson, Carrum Health's Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer. "Our collaboration with Teladoc Health will boost engagement, create more seamless experiences for members, and deliver more hard-dollar cost savings for employers."
About Carrum Health
Carrum Health is changing how we pay for and deliver care. We offer self-insured employers a value-based Centers of Excellence (COE) solution that connects their members with a rigorously vetted network of specialty care providers. Carrum's upfront, all-inclusive bundled pricing, award-winning technology, and dedicated care navigation team help lower costs for both members and employers while delivering a superior member experience. Carrum is independently validated to reduce unnecessary procedures by as much as
About Teladoc Health
Teladoc Health empowers all people everywhere to live their healthiest lives by transforming the healthcare experience. As the world leader in virtual care, Teladoc Health uses proprietary health signals and personalized interactions to drive better health outcomes across the full continuum of care, at every stage in a person's health journey. Teladoc Health leverages more than two decades of expertise and data-driven insights to meet the growing virtual care needs of consumers and healthcare professionals. For more information, please visit www.teladochealth.com.
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