AVALON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS

The value of Precision Medicine/PGX

Today’s healthcare practices very often lead to the over prescribing of medications, and the lack of coordination across multiple providers. Avalon provides a comprehensive platform to address this issue.  By combining sophisticated risk stratified analytics, with the highest quality laboratory services, and Doctors of Pharmacy available to consult with patients and providers, we ensure that individuals are prescribed the clinically minimum level of the appropriate medications.

Two very measurable outcomes are generated with the introduction of PGx into our treatment practices.  The first, at the individual level an improvement in health is realized.  The second, across populations a reduction in medication and related health care costs is experienced.

Sectors that would benefit from PGx

• Self-Insured Employers: Often employers, Third Party Administrators (TPAs) and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) do not consider looking into medication utilization at the individual level of the employees and their dependents. By offering PGx as a benefit within the plan design you will achieve the outcomes listed above.  Additionally, many Human Resource metrics will be positively affected such as; shortened return to work windows, turnover, recruitment, retention, workers compensation and morale.
• Long Term Care in both the institutional and home-based models: It is a fact that many of our Seniors are involved in very complex poly-pharmacy situations.  This creates the risk of non-metabolizing, contraindication, and toxicity.  The effect of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are well documented in our Senior population. PGx will help to mitigate this inherent risk driving better health, improving longevity, and saving costs for systems.
• Children’s Behavioral Health: Infants, toddlers and older children that present with behavioral health challenges too often experience medications as the appropriate intervention to target behaviors. Based on the design and function of the Primary Care Pediatrician model, in the moment medication is often seen as the best solution.  When the child’s journey ultimately reaches an accurate diagnosis and evidenced based treatment interventions, the child is often on multiple medications that negatively effect the health of the child and the value of the therapy.
• Pain Management: When an individual is recovering from an illness, injury, or surgery they are often prescribed an ineffective pain medication or are over prescribed medication. PGx will target the effective medication and suggested dosing size.  This will ensure pain mitigation, accelerate the time to functionality, and lower the risk of addiction.  For surgical events, PGx as a pre-operative step would be a clinically wise step.

Cost

Avalon has relationships with both national and regional PGx laboratories.  We have negotiated pricing models that will not only create improved health but generate measurable returns on investment.