GAM’s Data-Driven Insights Will Help Lantern Maintain and Grow Its Network of Leading Specialists and Facility Partners across the Country
Dallas, Texas, [January 14, 2025] — Lantern, the specialty care platform, has partnered with the Global Appropriateness Measures (GAM) physician consortium to incorporate their patented appropriateness measures into its Network of Excellence of leading surgeons and specialists across the country.
As the leader in clinical appropriateness analytics, the GAM physician consortium uses the principles of practice pattern measurement, clinical wisdom, and evidence from the medical literature to create novel quality metrics that identify patterns of low-value and potentially inappropriate medical care.
“Lantern’s goal is to ensure its millions of members across the country have access to the top-performing physicians and facility partners, and we can bring data-driven metrics rooted in clinical wisdom to help them achieve that,” said Marty Makary, MD, MPH, Co-Founder of GAM. “Our real, actionable data measures medical-decision making itself, advancing high-quality, high-value healthcare.”
“Whether it’s the need for a surgery, or a cancer care diagnosis, navigating specialty care is too complex and costly. Our goal at Lantern is to connect America’s workforce with the best-of-the best physicians and empower them to provide the best possible care,” said Jason Tibbels, MD, Chief Medical Officer, at Lantern. “Working with GAM, a physician-led organization, will help us better identify the top doctors to add to our Network of Excellence, ensuring employees get care with the best clinical quality and the best outcomes.”
With the addition of GAM, Lantern will have insights on physician appropriateness of care, patient satisfaction and cost-efficiency, helping Lantern ensure their members have access to the physicians who provide the best care and experience.
“Since the start of GAM, we have sought after partnering with mission-oriented organizations that can utilize our quality and appropriateness insights to help drive better quality and lower cost care,” said Will Bruhn, MD, Co-Founder of GAM. “We are thrilled to enter into this partnership with Lantern to help further their mission of providing access to the best specialty care for patients all across the United States.”
Lantern offers members a network that includes facilities and health care providers in the top 75 markets, meaning 98 percent of members are within driving distance of their appointments. There are top-performing providers nationwide delivering high-quality care and achieving enviable outcomes. Lantern identifies these quality providers through an extensive vetting process that weighs clinical, cost, and satisfaction metrics, as well as volume of procedures.
Since 2011, Lantern has supported more than 60,000 good outcomes for surgery members, including 40,000 in the last two years alone, with a less than 1 percent complication rate and surgery avoidance rate of up to 30 percent. Lantern delivered these results while significantly reducing members’ financial burdens by an average of $4,000. Lantern offers $17,000 average per-member savings for its employer clients and a roughly 2 percent total spend reduction.
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About Lantern
Lantern is the specialty care platform connecting people with the best care when they need it most. By curating a Network of Excellence comprised of the nation’s top specialists for surgery, cancer care, infusions and more, Lantern delivers excellent care with significant cost savings to employers and their workforces. Lantern also pairs members with a dedicated care team, including Care Advocates and nurses, for the entirety of their care journey, helping them get back to good health, back to their families and back to work. With convenient access to specialists nationwide, Lantern means quality care is within driving distance for most. Lantern is trusted by the nation’s largest employers to deliver care to more than 6 million members across the country. Learn more about us at lanterncare.com.
About GAM
GAM is a consortium of physicians that develops novel, data-driven and clinically sophisticated healthcare quality and appropriateness measures. GAM partners with organizations to help empower care navigation decisions, preferred provider network design, and quality improvement initiatives. Learn more about GAM at www.gameasures.com.
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