– UK, London / USA, NY – Trellus Health plc (LON: TRLS), a healthcare company, announced the appointment of Brian Griffin to its Board as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.
Brian Griffin will also serve as Chair of the Audit Committee.
About Brian Griffin
Brian Griffin is an experienced healthcare executive with over 40 years of senior leadership and operational experience in various healthcare sectors, including at multiple Fortune 500 companies, with particular expertise in managed care. He currently serves as CEO for Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic surgery, a leading physician-led dermatology practice in the United States, with more than 150 offices in 14 states.
Prior to this, Mr Griffin served as Chairman and CEO at Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. (NYSE: DPLO), the largest independent specialty pharmacy and pharmacy benefit manager in the United States, until it was acquired by Optum Rx, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, in February 2020. Mr Griffin also spent over five years at Anthem, Inc. (now called Elevance Health), an American health insurance provider, where he led their $40bn+ revenue Commercial and Speciality businesses, including Anthem’s 14 national Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans. Previously, Brian also spent 25 years at Medco Health Solutions, later Merck Medco, from 1988, where he was appointed to senior executive roles at several Medco subsidiaries, and he led the creation of Medco’s international business.
Brian Griffin said: “I am passionate about services that can improve patient outcomes and lower the costs of care, and Trellus Health’s solution has been proven to achieve both. I believe my experience within managed care and pharmacy sectors can help the Company as it continues to commercialise its approach to chronic condition management, and I look forward to working with the rest of the Board.”
About Trellus Health plc
Trellus Health is a healthcare company providing value-based innovative solutions and services for chronic condition management that prioritises improved outcomes and member experiences while managing costs of care.
Trellus Health integrates its proprietary resilience-based methodology with the technology, tools, and expert coaching and educator team to deliver Trellus Elevate™, a whole-person technology-enhanced experience that meets each individual’s unique needs and empowers them to master their physical and emotional health. Trellus Elevate’s™ clinically proven solutions result in relieving disease burden, building self-management skills and promoting positive health behaviours that improve outcomes and enables thriving in the face of a chronic condition.
The Company’s proven whole person approach recognises the interconnectedness of various aspects of a person’s life and aims to address the whole spectrum of factors that influence behaviour, to promote comprehensive well-being and human flourishing in a way that aligns with value-based care. Trellus Health’s approach enables better health outcomes in a member-centric, personalised and comprehensive holistic solution.
The Company was founded by Mount Sinai faculty members Marla C. Dubinsky, MD and Laurie Keefer, PhD, both experts at treating and healing both the physical and emotional impacts of IBD and have been innovators for whole-person healthcare for a combined 50 years.
The Company is initially focusing on chronic costly GI conditions that have high mental health burden, such as inflammatory bowel disease which includes the chronic incurable conditions of Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis. Given the common emotional and mental health struggles often experienced by individuals suffering from a variety of chronic conditions, Trellus Health considers its approach to have potential utility and demand across many conditions.
The Trellus Elevate program incorporates the GRITT methodology and learnings on resilience from clinical research and practice conducted at the Mount Sinai IBD Center for more than seven years. This proprietary, resilience-driven methodology has been scientifically validated to demonstrate meaningful improvements in patient outcomes, 71% reduction in Emergency Department visits, and 94% reduction in unplanned hospitalisations, which the directors of the Company believe indicates the potential for significant cost savings for healthcare payers and health systems. Patients with IBD managed with the proprietary resilience methodology also experienced a 49% reduction in required opioid use and a 73% reduction in corticosteroid use 12 months following starting the program which is a major indicator of improved health outcomes.
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