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Press Release
Ceresti and Zinnia TV Announce Exciting Partnership for Dementia Care
Ceresti Health and research-backed dementia care television service Zinnia TV announced they will team up to boost support for caregivers through the combination of their evidence-based interventions in 2025. Beginning in January, Ceresti’s tablets will include Zinnia’s calming, gently-paced, plot-free videos that are designed for people who are living with dementia.
“Zinnia and Ceresti share a common mission: to empower caregivers and improve the quality of life for people living with dementia,” said Bill Uniowski, CEO of Zinnia. “By combining Zinnia’s research-backed video content with Ceresti’s proven, personalized caregiver enablement program, we’re delivering innovative tools that bring comfort, connection and better outcomes to families, healthcare systems and physicians alike.”
Press Release
Ceresti Health Joins Florida Association of ACOs to Enhance Dementia Care
Ceresti Health announced its partnership with the Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOs) to deploy its proven dementia care program to family caregivers throughout Florida. As part of this partnership, Ceresti invites you to join them and other FLAACOs partners at the annual conference in Orlando from November 20-22.
Webinar
HLTH: Reducing Hospitalizations in Dementia Patients
In this HLTH webinar, you will:
- Recognize the importance of including the family caregiver in the care team
- Learn how caregiver enablement differs from traditional caregiver support
- Discover why including caregiver enablement in your population health strategy can markedly reduce avoidable hospitalizations and overall costs in a largely unengaged population
- Understand how the addition of caregiver enablement to the new CMS GUIDE model achieves meaningful cost savings for ACOs and risk-bearing entities
Video
What’s Hidden in Your Claims Data Could Save You Thousands
The Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOs) welcomed Ceresti Health to discuss how caregiver activation can reduce hospitalizations by more than 50% and lower medical costs by over 30%. Plus, Ceresti explains how the new CMS GUIDE model offers significant shared savings at no risk to ACOs— with no out-of-pocket fees.
Webinar
NAACOS: Reducing Hospitalizations in Dementia Patients
Accountable Care Organizations lack the capabilities to manage the healthcare cost of patients with dementia, a cohort that incurs 27% of all Medicare hospitalizations. These patients are not able to self-manage their health and are very rarely engaged effectively in traditional care management programs.
The National Association of Accountable Care Organizations discuss the root causes of avoidable hospitalizations and summarize learnings from clinical studies of Ceresti's caregiver enablement program that reduced patient hospitalizations and improved caregiver well-being.
Webinar
FLAACOS Webinar: What's Hidden In Your Claims Data Could Save You Thousands
Hear how caregiver activation can reduce hospitalizations by more than 50% and lower medical costs by over 30%. Plus, discover how the CMS GUIDE model offers significant shared savings at no risk to ACOs— with no out-of-pocket fees!
Press Release
Ceresti Health and PacificSource to Activate Family Caregivers, Improve Outcomes for Medicare Members living with Dementia
Ceresti Health announced today it has deployed its proven dementia care program to family caregivers of PacificSource Medicare Advantage and DSNP (Dual Eligible Special Need Plan) members living with dementia. By increasing the knowledge, skills and confidence of family caregivers, Ceresti’s program aims to reduce avoidable and often-harmful member hospitalizations.
Article
What is Hidden in Your Claims Data: The Invisible Cost of Dementia
When looking at medical costs, dementia is the second most costly condition for people 65 and older. If that information surprises you, you’re not alone. Leaders of Medicare Advantage health plans and Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) tell me that – until recently – they did not realize that dementia is a cost multiplier, a major driver of avoidable hospitalizations and an exacerbator of chronic health conditions. Why is the cost impact of dementia often not recognized?
Press Release
Medicare Advantage and Value-based Care Veteran Christopher Ciano Joins Ceresti Health as Board Chair
Leading tech-enabled dementia care provider Ceresti Health is proud to announce that respected healthcare industry leader Christopher Ciano will head its Board of Directors. As Board Chair, Mr. Ciano brings formidable experience in growing healthcare businesses, including specific expertise in Medicare Advantage, value-based care and caregiving.