Accolade Welcomes Renalogic to Trusted Partner Ecosystem

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Partnership will drive cost savings for customers while providing high-touch services that improve health outcomes to members with chronic kidney disease (CKD). 

SEATTLE, Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Accolade, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACCD) today announced that Renalogic, the recognized industry leader that manages the human and financial costs of chronic kidney disease (CKD) for self-insured employers and their members, will join the company's Trusted Partner Ecosystem, to offer its proven CKD risk management and dialysis cost containment solutions.

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Employers' health costs are expected to rise, with the average cost for employer sponsored care reaching $16,000 per employee in 2025, according to a recent report from Aon. A small portion of any employee population is affected by late-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD), but that population drives disproportionately high costs for employers due to the significant expenses associated with dialysis, especially for those who begin dialysis unexpectedly in an acute setting. Medicare often assumes responsibility for in-center dialysis costs from commercial payers after 33 months, but Renalogic helps employers control costs during that initial period while also improving outcomes.

Renalogic helps self-insured health plans combat high dialysis costs and improve health outcomes in several ways:

  • Through ImpactIQ, Renalogic leverages its proprietary data algorithms to stratify members who are both diagnosed and undiagnosed with CKD, which gives insight into future high-cost claims and a path to tailored interventions. Renalogic's data algorithms are actuarially proven to be more than two times better at identifying undiagnosed CKD than the traditional marketplace.

  • These identified members can benefit from ImpactAdvocate to forestall end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and properly manage dialysis starts when necessary. ImpactAdvocate consistently reduces emergent starts by 30-50%, a critical opportunity to improve survival rates and save as much as $50,000 per emergent start. Additionally, Renalogic clients see their health plan members elect home dialysis services at two times the national average, the result of the education and support of ImpactAdvocate services.

  • Through ImpactProtect, Renalogic advises plans regarding fair market rates for dialysis services, leveraging proprietary methodologies that can save employers 50-80% against contracted rates on dialysis claims costs, which often equates to net savings of $75,000 - $125,000 per member on dialysis per year.

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