Last September, it was announced that HMSA and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas joined Stellarus, a health care technology and strategic solutions company as co-founders. The not-for-profit health plans joined Blue Shield of California to use Stellarus’ technology innovation platform powered by artificial intelligence, to provide access to care that’s smarter, personalized, and more affordable for the members and communities we serve.
The adoption of modern technology is vital to providing our members with quality health care experiences, but advanced digital capabilities require investments that most health plans can’t afford.
Stellarus tips the scales back toward community-focused health plans and will enable HMSA to leverage modern technology and artificial intelligence to improve the way we serve our members. The Stellarus platform improves the member experience and makes health plans more efficient.
“The people of Hawaii deserve world-class care,” said HMSA CEO Mark M. Mugiishi, M.D., F.A.C.S. “With Hawaii’s size and geographic position, we are better off if we enhance our ability to innovate and grow our technological capacities by investing in Stellarus with like-minded, mission-driven health plans that are trying to accomplish the same things. Together, we can achieve remarkable advances and provide the best possible care for our community, while remaining uniquely independent and local.”
Stellar health care transformation
Stellarus makes it seamless for health plans to integrate into its technology platform, which is comprised of core foundational components including:
- Experience Cube: An intelligent data hub that brings together disparate sources of information into a single source of truth.
- Digital health record: A comprehensive, longitudinal health record for every member that draws in data from the Experience Cube in near real-time.
By combining more than 60 data sets – ranging from clinical health and social demographic information to provider, billing, and claims data – Stellarus’ platform provides leading capabilities such as:
- Member and physician access to a comprehensive digital health record that facilitates truly personalized care.
- Fully automated, near-real-time completion of transactions such as prior authorization.
- Technology-enabled, personalized support for patients with conditions such as diabetes.
As early adopters, HMSA, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, and Blue Shield of California, will have early access to these capabilities, provide valuable insights on what health plans need, and guide Stellarus to power a health care system that’s worthy of our family, friends, and neighbors.
For Stellarus, this partnership with three Blue plans means they can leverage $40 billion in revenue and 6 million members to power their technology development, giving their platform powerful scale while the plans maintain local governance.
For more information on Stellarus, please visit stellarus.com.
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