Dr. Samyukta Mullangi Talks Cost Reductions through Care Navigation

The Thyme Care virtual navigation program demonstrated a $594 reduction in total costs per member per month for navigated cancer patients compared with a control group, emphasizing the scalability of the independent virtual navigation model across various contracts, with opportunities to adapt to different populations and needs in the evolving landscape of value-based care arrangements.

Samyukta Mullangi, MD, MBA, medical director of oncology at Thyme Care and medical oncologist at Tennessee Oncology, goes into detail about the reduced per member per month costs for Medicare Advantage members with cancer who used Thyme Care's navigation program, and the scalability of these findings across contracts. Mullangi sat down with The American Journal of Managed Care® (AJMC®) to further discuss these findings following her panel at the 2023 Patient-Centered Oncology Care® (PCOC) meeting, “Building Trust: Tools and Strategies for Patient Engagement."

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