Engagys Playbook Best Practices Risk Adjustment

Using the power of member engagement to complete risk adjustment

Health plans face a number of headwinds: rising medical costs, pressure on pricing, and scrutiny from the public and government. Consistent, complete, and accurate risk adjustment (RA) coding remains one lever that you control. Since the annual wellness visit is the ideal platform, it is critical to engage your members and convince them to act. But, the work needs to be done in an orchestrated manner in a way that balances multiple trade-offs: member abrasion v. satisfaction, standardization v. flexibility, and investing in technology v. controlling costs.

Engagys is the only firm that blends expertise in the operational challenges of balancing member engagement and completing risk adjustment.

Our capabilities span all the work needed to address the last mile of member engagement and complete the AWV.

Jack Newsom
  • Jack Newsom

During a 25-year career in healthcare, Dr. Newsom has specialized in building teams focused on improving consumer engagement with an emphasis on integrating communications, analytics, and delivery. At Engagys, Dr. Newsom continues the practice of using analytics to drive better health outcomes and improve the results of consumer communications. Additionally, he has led the Healthcare Consumer Engagement Practices survey since its inception in 2017. As Chief Program Officer at Caravan Health, Dr. Newsom lead a team of more than 40 professionals across analytics, quality, events, content management, and delivery to help practices succeed in accountable care frameworks. Prior to that, he created the analytics functions at Silverlink Communications and CenseoHealth. Dr. Newsom holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics, Master of Business Administration, and Master of Science in Clinical Evaluative Science from Dartmouth College, as well as a Doctor of Science in Health Services Research from Boston University where he taught at the School of Public Health for five years.