AbsoluteCare Partnership with Louisiana Healthcare Connections

An Owings Mills, Maryland resident, Alan S. Cohn graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law and holds a juris doctor. Alan S. Cohn serves as the chairman of AbsoluteCare Medical Center & Pharmacy.

AbsoluteCare began a partnership in August 2021 with Louisiana Healthcare Connections, a regional care organization. The goal of the partnership is to improve the quality of life and patient care for Medicaid members in New Orleans, as well as create job opportunities for people in the area. Louisiana Healthcare Connections benefits from AbsoluteCare’s patient care model, which focuses on patients who are vulnerable or facing clinically complex conditions.

The partnership enables both organizations to address individual struggles of the patients such as homelessness, food insecurity, and transportation. The organizations serve patients both on-site, in healthcare facilities, and in the comfort of the patient’s home. In this way, the partnership offers cost-effective patient care solutions while improving the quality of care. The two will also partner with healthcare organizations and community groups to address challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the state.

How Levindale Nursing Home Traces Its Legacy to Jewish Refugees

Alan S. Cohn is the former CEO AbsoluteCare, an LGBTQ+ positive healthcare provider that began as a place for people with HIV+ to be treated with compassion, and retains an honorary status on the board of directors. In addition to his work, Alan S. Cohn has volunteered to help vulnerable people at the Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center & Hospital.

Levindale began as a stopping point for Jewish refugees in the late 1800s. They were fleeing persecution in Europe and needed a place to start anew. In response to the growing needs of these refugees, the Jewish community in Baltimore built the Hebrew Friendly Inn in 1890. This was not originally meant to be a permanent home for anyone, but a resting place for Jews who were making their way into America for the first time after leaving Europe.

As Baltimore’s Jewish population grew, it also aged, and community leaders at the time responded by acquiring more properties to house and comfort more refugees and immigrants. By 1905, the Hebrew Friendly Inn had been renamed the Hebrew Friendly Inn and Aged Home, with additional spaces for hospice and critical care units. As of now, the institution functions as a hospital and care home for the elderly, and cares for up to 210 people at a time.

HCFA – Managing Medicaid to Offer Care to Vulnerable Populations

An accomplished entrepreneur whose career spans more than three decades, Alan S. Cohn guides AbsoluteCARE, an ambulatory-patient ICU, as president and chief executive officer. After graduating from George Washington University with a degree in public affairs, Alan S. Cohn worked in the office of the attorney advisor of the federal Health Care Financing Administration.

The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) is one of the federal agencies that make up the Department of Health and Human Services. The HCFA’s programs are managed from its Baltimore headquarters and 10 regional offices across the country. It is tasked with managing the government’s largest health care financing programs, setting regulations and evaluating results in order that broad populations in the U.S. are assured of quality health care services.

HCFA oversees the Medicaid program, through which states provide care and medical assistance to 33 million persons with low income. For Medicaid, the HCFA’s guidelines cover service eligibility, payment rates, and other aspects. Besides offering health care services for various conditions, Medicaid provides long-term care for millions of seniors, as well as for individuals with disabilities residing in the community and in nursing homes.

Medicaid caters to individuals left out of the private healthcare system, which is mostly associated with employment. In recent times, HCFA was added responsibilities for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to provide health coverage for 11 million uninsured children across the U.S.

AbsoluteCARE’s Holistic Care Model Achieves Significant Results

Entrepreneur Alan S. Cohn draws on his experience as a healthcare executive to serve as a consultant for Avesis Managed Health Care on strategic business partnerships. Outside of Avesis, Alan S. Cohn is the CEO of AbsoluteCARE.

AbsoluteCARE is a patient-centered ambulatory ICU that caters to the 3-5 percent of US residents who consume 30-40 percent of all healthcare dollars. Through its patient-centered model, the company leverages a multidisciplinary approach to care for people with chronic illnesses, addressing their complex medical and psychological issues. Patients referred to AbsoluteCARE by insurance companies are assigned to a team that includes a physician, care manager, nutrition professional, and social and behavioral experts. By taking a holistic approach and availing these patients with integrated support services under one roof, AbsoluteCARE is able to achieve impressive results.

Since its inception, AbsoluteCARE has treated thousands of patients with chronic illnesses, managing complications that often lead to hospital admissions and reducing emergency room visits and length of stay. It has reduced insurance cost per member by 26 percent, inpatient admissions by 42 percent, and emergency visits by 43 percent. It has also improved hypertension control by 87 percent and diabetic HbA1c testing by 97 percent.