First company to win all 3 Innovation Roundtable Academies – Employer (EHIR), Health Plan (HPIR), and Provider (PHIR).

Ilant Health, which provides a value-based approach to obesity treatment, is the first company to win all 3 Innovation Roundtable Academies – Employer (EHIR), Health Plan (HPIR), and Provider (PHIR). These groups represent over 100 innovative companies, 14 innovative health plans, and 11 leading provider systems and judging was conducted by individuals from innovative member companies such as State Farm, Premera, and Cleveland Clinic.

Companies are assessed for fit with market needs, innovative approach, operational fundamentals, and potential industry impact. Ilant consistently scored above competitors in each of these categories. Jimmy Lee, former Anthem executive and experienced start-up counselor, commented, “I really enjoyed working with the Ilant team. They are passionate about improving the lives of those living with obesity while reducing healthcare costs and have backed that aspiration with a compelling analytical approach.”

Ilant’s win comes in the context of increasing interest in obesity treatment and managing GLP-1 spend. Elina Onitskansky, Ilant’s CEO commented, “These wins are meaningful because they show that our approach – focused on individualized, evidence-based care and value across stakeholders – provides a differentiated solution in a market that to-date has largely been filled with companies focused on either liberal direct-to-consumer prescribing or rigid step-therapies. We believed we could create an approach to obesity treatment and GLP-1 management that worked better for all parties – and we’re seeing that message and approach resonate.” Onitskansky, previously an executive at Molina Healthcare, Help at Home, and McKinsey & Co., saw a unique opportunity to combine the power of analytics, clinical care, lived experience, and technology to create a solution that works for members, employers, health plans, and health systems. The Ilant approach is focused on engaging the right members, supporting the right treatment, and providing the right care.

Unlike alternative models, Ilant is able to avoid over- and under-utilization of treatment through its proprietary Ilant Metabolism Matters (IMM), an analytical decision support algorithm, powered by predictive modeling and machine-learning. The IMM supports obesity medicine clinicians in optimizing treatment at an individual level across the full-spectrum of options – including behavioral therapy, pharmacotherapy, and surgery. The approach integrates not only medical factors, but also nutritional, behavioral, and emotional needs, unlocking great care for individuals and significant value for employers and health plans. Because the model delivers real value, Ilant is able to offer risk-based pricing.

Ilant provides both utilization management and care provision capabilities in a configurable model that optimizes access, support, and price across different segments. This allows Ilant to support different employer types, Medicare, and Medicaid plans, making it one of the few organizations addressing obesity health equity needs. In working with health systems, Ilant brings much needed expertise and sensitivity around obesity treatment that supports quality outcomes, population health, and enables safer access to critical services, like cardiac care.

Commenting on Ilant’s success at the academies, Chandler Scoggins, Head of Innovator Relations noted, “Our mission as an organization is to accelerate the pace of innovation in healthcare, and our Academy program could not ring more true to that mission. A program that is surfacing early-stage solutions, like Ilant, to industry leaders at the epicenter of healthcare disruption is invaluable in shaping a more collaborative future of healthcare.”

ABOUT ILANT HEALTH

Ilant Health is an obesity treatment company, focused on increasing access to obesity treatment while reducing total cost of care for employers and payers through value-based care. Ilant Health provides the single front door for individuals with obesity, delivering end-to-end evidence-based solutions (bariatric surgery, medication, intense behavioral therapy) through a technology-enabled and analytics-driven obesity medicine practice. To learn more about Ilant Health, please visit their website at https://www.ilanthealth.com/.

ABOUT INNOVATION ROUNDTABLE

At Employer Health Innovation Roundtable (EHIR), a World 50 Group community, we create private, invitation-only communities comprised of executive leaders from Fortune 500 companies looking to stay ahead of the curve amid a rapidly changing competitive landscape. The Innovation Roundtable Academy program is a virtual accelerator for high-potential, early-stage solutions that are fundamentally changing the healthcare landscape. Through a week-long, virtual program, these solutions gain exposure and actionable insights from progressive healthcare buyers and industry leaders. Since its inception in 2020, there have been over 120 Academy program graduates.

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