Carrum Health announced a new collaboration with Tenet Healthcare’s Northeast Baptist Hospital to make it easier for self-insured employers to lower healthcare costs for employees while also working with providers to improve patient outcomes.
The Covid-19 pandemic put a temporary halt on elective surgeries, and as state restrictions are lifted, local health systems are rescheduling much needed surgeries that had been deferred. Carrum Health will work with Northeast Baptist, their physicians and patients, to reschedule procedures in accordance with strict safety guidelines. Northeast Baptist, which is a designated Center Of Excellence, has certified to the State of Texas that it meets all requirements to resume scheduled procedures.
Carrum Health’s technology-powered platform helps employers avoid variation in cost and guide patients to the most appropriate care options. This agreement with Tenet makes it easier to provide patients high quality, more affordable care. Carrum’s existing customers across the country – many of whom have employees living and working in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana – can now receive world-class bariatric and hip or knee replacement surgeries at Northeast Baptist for little to no out-of-pocket costs.
“Our collaboration with Carrum Health expands direct-to-employer offerings so we can offer high-quality and affordable healthcare to a larger population,” said Phillip Young, CEO at Northeast Baptist Hospital. “We are excited about bringing Northeast Baptist’s orthopedic and bariatric care to Carrum Health’s customers and their plan members in Texas and beyond.”
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