Bettering Health Outcomes for Older People Through Real-World Data

Older adults account for a sizeable portion of Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries, but healthcare is only one determinant of health. Non-medical benefits could help address other lifestyle and social determinants of health (SDoH). However, more data is needed to identify and address these factors. Real-world data (RWD) may be an avenue to do just that.

According to Paige Killian, MD, “Inovalon recently partnered with Tivity Health to analyze the impact of its SilverSneakers healthy aging program. Headquartered in Tennessee, Tivity Health offers health improvement, fitness, and social engagement solutions to 75 million MA members nationwide. Although healthy aging programs track valuable data on member participation, these programs and the MA plans that offer them have limited or no access to health care outcomes data for participating members, which is essential to understanding the value of the program.”

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(Source: AJMC, December 28^th, 2022)