EmblemHealth: Finding Creative Ways for a Patient to Afford Treatment
Featuring: Dr. Andrew Kolbasovsky, Director of Provider Group Clinical Management
When an EmblemHealth case manager learned that a patient with diabetes was not taking his medicine due to the cost, she provided him with free needles and connected him with a pharmacist who worked with his doctor to design an affordable treatment plan.
“He wasn’t taking his…diabetes medicine…because…the cost of the medicine was too much…The [EmblemHealth] pharmacist met with him and his doctor…to put together a new medication regimen that was tailored for him and his needs but that also wouldn’t cost him anything…Now…he’s getting the medicine he needs, and he’s getting the care [for his diabetes]... He’s very happy, and now he’s doing much better.”