Bill Kerr, MD, has been the chief executive officer of Avalon Healthcare Solutions since its inception in 2013. Working with health plans across the United States, Avalon now covers more than 40 million lives and delivers 7% to 12% outpatient lab benefit savings. Before co-founding Avalon, Dr Kerr was the chief medical and growth officer at CareCentrix and chief medical officer at WellCare Health Plans and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida.
Contributor: The Convergence of Value-Based Care and Lab Testing Growth
Today, health plans are shifting dollars to more value-based contracts along with investments in population health management. Digitizing lab results across all care settings and unlocking the potential of lab values can help health plans reach the Triple Aim of improving the patient experience, improving the health of populations, and reducing the per-member cost of health care.