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Rise up, RISE National! 🌴 🕶️ 💡 Swing by Booth #625 to chat with Anima Banks, Sarah Vandersluis, and Ben Sommers from Bold. We're buzzing after these last 36 hours in Orlando, and excited to keep the conversations going on topics like AI for seniors, preventive care, gap closure, boosting Stars, and improving outcomes for Medicare members with chronic conditions. We even have some HOS-some swag you'll want to get your hands on. 🌶️ Plus, enter to win our Madness with a Mission giveaway — only at our booth! 🏀 Take your best guess at who will take home the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Championships this year, and help us make a donation to Meals on Wheels America to help provide nutritious meals and friendly visits to millions of seniors.

The countdown to RISE National is on! Two weeks until Medicare Advantage leaders come together in Orlando for face-to-face conversations on critical topics like:  📈 Putting lifestyle-based prevention into practice  🩺 Aligning member engagement with clinical outcomes  💡 Harnessing AI for more personalized care ⭐ Designing effective Stars strategies that lower cost of care The Bold team is excited to geek out over our latest outcomes and engagement learnings with MA plans, and share insights about how our preventive care solution is reducing total cost of care, boosting Star Ratings, and improving member trust and plan loyalty. Stop by Booth 625 to meet Ben Sommers, Anima Banks, and Sarah Vandersluis, or reach out to schedule a conversation while we're in Orlando!

Kaiser Permanente Medicare member Tom D. has spent his whole career in health care. Value-based care? He’s an expert. Prevention? He gets it. So when he learned about Bold through his benefits, he was intrigued. Here was something he could do from home and easily add to his existing routine. Since joining, Tom has built his balance in ways he’d never anticipated, inspired by the welcoming community of expert trainers. “The instructors tend to draw you in," Tom says. "It’s really cool — they encourage you during the class." Tom’s Bold story shows that fall prevention doesn’t have to feel like a chore. It can be educational, challenging — even fun. That’s the approach that today’s leading plans are taking on one of the toughest Stars challenges in Medicare Advantage. https://lnkd.in/e7hCwSV2

You’re back in seat, your calendar is filling up with 1-on-1s, and twenty different vendors are circling back with updated timelines and asks for meetings. And… breathe. January is about getting off on a strong note. That means focusing on the ‘big rocks’ on your To Do list — the strategic priorities that, if you execute, your members, colleagues, and providers will really feel the impact. For many Stars leaders, that means the Health Outcomes Survey (HOS), which sits in the middle of so much change in Medicare Advantage today. As the Proposed Rule made clear, MA is evolving to focus more on clinical outcomes and patients’ experience of care — and HOS measures are right at the center of the shift. You’ve got this. We’ve put together our best tips on tackling the HOS here:

As a record-breaking year for Bold comes to a close, we’re paying our success forward by partnering with Meals on Wheels America, an organization deeply aligned with our mission of supporting the well-being of seniors across the country. Powered by the participation of 10,000 Bold members in our year-end challenge, Bold is donating $50,000 to Meals on Wheels, which supports a nationwide network of local providers delivering meals and meaningful connections to older adults. Shout out to the Bold team for working tirelessly all year to provide an amazing member experience. Here’s to an even bigger, brighter, and bolder 2026!

Star leaders were out in full force at the RISE Star Ratings Master Class this week bringing the insights, learnings, and holiday cheer to Frisco, Texas. Here are just a few of the takeaways we’re carrying with us into the new year: 🌶️ HOS is heating up. With triple-weighted measures next year and HOS growing to 15% of overall Stars, the HOS is on every Quality leader's mind as a growing priority. The challenge is moving away from just-in-time interventions to holistic, year-round, data-driven HOS strategies to improve members’ perceptions of overall health. 🩺 Connecting the dots between Clinical and Stars teams is not optional. Providers were on everyone’s lips, and rightfully so - Stars leaders emphasized the multiplier effect of deeper collaboration with Clinical leadership, shared accountability to tie Star Ratings to clinical outcomes, and concrete strategies for regular partnership, trainings, and data deep dives with provider networks. ⏳ The 54 week countdown for 2027 Stars changes is on. Jessica Assefa, Ana Handshuh, CHC, and Melissa Newton Smith reminded us that 54 weeks is all the time we have until most of the 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D proposed changes go into effect. That is a blip in time in Stars land, so buttoning up strategies to drive wins and accelerating key decisions need to happen now. If you missed meeting the Bold team in-person, reach out - we’d love to connect on all things HOS, unlocking member engagement, and lowering total cost of care!

In a conversation with Laurie McGraw, Bold co-founder and CEO Amanda Rees shares how her experience as a caregiver has informed our work to make prevention more accessible to seniors across America. https://lnkd.in/dYbw2Ahf

Hacking cut points, unpacking the proposed rule, toasting to more Stars in the new year, and kicking off the HOS-idays with one last Quality gathering? Count Bold in. Meet the Bold team next week at The RISE Star Ratings Master Class. 👋 Stop by Booth 103 to dive into what HOS's growing importance to overall Stars means for your strategies in the year ahead, geek out over our latest member experience and engagement insights, and learn more about Bold's preventive care solution with Anima Banks and Sarah Vandersluis. See you in Texas!

PODCAST: In a conversation with Grace Vinton, Bold CEO Amanda Rees discussed our approach to breaking down barriers to digital adoption for older people, why falls represent a solvable crisis for the health care sector, and how technology can address America's chronic disease crisis. Listen below, or wherever you get your podcasts: https://lnkd.in/dC-4jaa9

Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is convening leaders from across health care to discuss the new ACCESS model and how digital health companies can contribute to improving life for seniors with chronic conditions. Bold is proud to be in attendance, represented by our co-founder and CEO Amanda Rees. ACCESS tests an outcomes-aligned payment model for Original Medicare members. Rather than paying for each individual test or treatment a member might receive, organizations that participate in the ACCESS model will be incentivized to deliver measurable improvements in Medicare members’ health. The model prioritizes prevention, ongoing engagement, and evidence-based lifestyle interventions, like regular physical activity and healthy nutrition, that have underpinned the Bold care model from day one. From our beginnings, Bold has been building for the 98% of seniors who suffer from one or more chronic conditions. We are encouraged by CMS’ efforts to expand access to innovative services that are grounded in rock-solid evidence and built for the way seniors live now, all while protecting the American taxpayer with a value-based approach.