New Kidney Health Support Coming to New York in 2026
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Mon, Nov 24, 2025
Highmark is bringing a new level of kidney health support to our New York members.
Kidney Health Management from Healthmap
Highmark has partnered with Healthmap Solutions (Healthmap) to launch an enhanced Kidney Health Management (KHM) program for your commercial and ACA patients in New York beginning Jan. 1, 2026.
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This collaboration aims to provide comprehensive and proactive care for individuals living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 3b, 4, and 5.
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This collaboration aims to provide comprehensive and proactive care for individuals living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) stages 3b, 4, 5, and End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
As a leading national kidney health management company, Healthmap brings a wealth of expertise and innovative solutions to our network. Through this partnership, we will be able to offer advanced care coordination services designed to support your patients and integrate seamlessly with your existing practice workflows.
How Healthmap Supports Your Practice and Patients
- Proactive Care Coordination: Healthmap may reach out to you if you have patients with kidney disease or chronic conditions that could lead to kidney disease, to help facilitate timely and effective care.
- Collaborative Clinical Decision Support: Healthmap provides actionable recommendations and insights — powered by robust data analytics and industry-proven best practices — to help you more effectively anticipate and deliver the right clinical care.
- Workflow-Friendly Integration: The KHM program is designed to complement your patient’s current plan of care, providing valuable support without disrupting your established office routines.
Many New York providers may already be familiar with Healthmap Solutions. If you’ve treated Blue Card patients from other regions with kidney health needs, you may have encountered Healthmap's services and their commitment to collaborative patient care. This new partnership brings that same level of dedicated support directly to our New York members.
Please look for further outreach from Highmark and Healthmap as we introduce this valuable KHM program. Our goal is to empower you with the resources and information needed to optimize outcomes for your patients with kidney disease.
For additional information about Highmark’s Kidney Care Management powered by Healthmap solution, visit the Condition Management Programs page on the Provider Resource Center.
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End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Care Management Program with ECMC
Highmark is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) to launch a comprehensive, no-cost ESRD care management program for our commercial and Medicare Advantage members in Western New York, effective Jan. 1, 2026.
This program is designed to complement the excellent care you provide by offering holistic, multi-disciplinary support to your medically complex ESRD patients within their local community. The focus is on improving overall health and well-being through a range of services, including:
- Personalized Care Planning: Tailored assessment and care plan development.
- Integrated Management: Dietary, medication, and symptom management.
- Patient Empowerment: Education, lifestyle counseling, and psychosocial support.
- Coordination Services: Guidance for dialysis, transplantation, and transitions of care.
- Enhanced Communication: Seamless information sharing between the care team, patient, PCP, and nephrologist.
The care team will work with patients on a weekly basis, remotely, and can meet with them at office visits if preferred by the patient, to support engagement and care coordination. Providers will receive regular updates through their preferred communication method and frequency, including enrollment notifications and progress updates. The team will be scheduling brief meetings with offices to establish communication preferences and ensure seamless coordination of care.
For additional information about ECMC ESRD Care Management Program, please reach out to ECMC at 716-961-7951.
Healthmap Solutions (Healthmap) is a separate company that provides kidney population health management services.
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