Yo-Fi Wellness, Inc.

<p>On July 7, 2013 CMS announced the results of the Pioneer ACO demonstration. According to CMS, costs for more than 669,000 beneficiaries served by Pioneer ACOs grew by 0.3 percent in 2012. Costs for others grew by 0.8 percent in the same period. CMS stated that 19 out of 32 pioneer ACOs shared savings with CMS. The Pioneer ACOs earned an estimated $76 million. 2 Pioneer ACOs generated losses totaling an estimated $4 million. According to CMS the savings were due, in part, to <strong>reduction in hospital admissions and readmissions.*</strong></p> <p>Hospital readmission&nbsp;is a major ($50 billion annual, est.) cost factor in healthcare. CMS has instituted the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) which reduces payments for readmissions. Medicare/Medicaid providers have a major incentive to reduce readmissions.&nbsp;ACOs have a major financial incentive to reduce readmissions. Insurance providers have a major financial incentive to reduce readmissions. Self-insured employers have a major financial incentive to reduce readmissions.&nbsp;</p> <p>Yo-Fi Health will play an important role in the spectrum of patient care and recovery. Yo-Fi Health will provide shortened recovery time, reduce readmissions, reduce work loss, and provide cost savings and better outcomes.&nbsp;</p> <p>Yo-Fi will provide&nbsp;what the patient needs, when they need it. Yo-Fi will evaluate&nbsp;the most appropriate lifestyle and wellness attributes for a post-treatment protocol and delivers that to the patient. Yo-Fi will provide&nbsp;data to sponsors for compliance and treatment continuity.</p> <p>Recovery consists of key, and necessary physiological and psychological processes. Yo-Fi will provide&nbsp;physiological and psychological process acceleration and process improvement.</p> <p>Yo-Fi will reduce hospital readmissions for conditions such as COPD, mood disorders, substance disorders (addiction), diabetes, cardiac and co-morbidity conditions.</p> <p>*Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services</p>

<p>An estimated 20% of American hospitals belong to an ACO, and more than half of ACOs include a hospital. Hospitals that are part of the overall ACO framework have the same incentives as providers, and patients - better, cheaper and faster recovery. Yo-Fi Health will become a central feature for hospitals as they seek to reduce readmittances. As part of the discharge protocol, it is envisioned that hospitals will be provisioned with Yo-Fi&#39;s content and technology to provide appropriate access to lifestyle improvement content for patients for their early recoveries and behavior cange for the long-term.</p>

<p>Yo-Fi is a company built for partnerships. We have engaged in pilots, integrations, and product development relationships with many partners since our inception. Yo-Fi health welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with companies with similar missions of improoving post-treatment care for recovering patients to reduce hospital readmissions. Specific examples include; device companies (Yo-Fi integrates certain devices currently), pharmaceutical companies seeking to add value, payors, and ACO hospitals.</p> <p>For device companies, Yo-Fi can integrate data into the Yo-Fi platform to provide patients information on progress in real time. Along those same lines, Yo-Fi can provide data back to the provider as well as the partner.</p> <p>For pharmaceutical companies, Yo-Fi can provide actionable engagement content, which is clinically vetted, as a value addition for an already vital product. This is specifically important in competitive scenarios where brand awareness is critical.</p> <p>For ACO hospitals, Yo-Fi can become a part of the post-treatment protocol for discharged patients; placing a course of recommended activities and lifestyle changes in the hands of patients when they need it most. Data can be provided back to the sponsoring hospital to gauge compliance and progress.</p>