Landmark Behavioral Health Treatment Effect Study Shows 64% Reduction in Inpatient Utilization

Ontrak, Inc (NASDAQ: OTRK) (“Ontrak” or the “Company”), a leading AI-powered and telehealth-enabled, virtualized healthcare company, today announced that its new study, “Treatment Effect of the Ontrak Program,” finds that the Ontrak program produces a statistically significant reduction in hospitalizations and inpatient stays, while increasing utilization of preventative behavioral healthcare office visits among individuals who have untreated behavioral health needs and medical comorbidities. The cost savings for members who completed the 12-month program were notable at $486 per member per month and statistically significant at (p<0.001).

The research team for the Treatment Effect Foundational Retrospective Observational Study is led by Ontrak’s Dr. Hilary Placzek whose work focuses on measuring the impact of social and behavioral health interventions at scale. Dr. Placzek has a PhD in Clinical and Population Health Research from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and an MPH in Global Health/Epidemiology from Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Placzek’s methodological training includes Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Boston University School of Public Health. Her work has been published in journals such as PLoS Medicine, Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, Vaccine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and American Journal of Public Health.

Advisors to Dr Placzek’s team include Robert M Kaplan, faculty member at the Stanford School of Medicine Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC) and also a Distinguished Research Professor of Health Services and Medicine at UCLA, and Jill Glassman PhD, Biostatistician and Senior Center Manager of Quantitative Analysis at the Stanford School of Medicine Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC).

The research team created a simulated control group of 900 individuals to compare with those enrolled in the Ontrak program of the same number. The control group were members who were eligible to participate, but did not enroll in the program. The treatment group were those that enrolled and completed the Ontrak program. The study was conducted over 36 months, and data such as utilization of emergency departments and hospitalizations was analyzed for 12 months prior to enrollment in the program, and again for 24 months post-enrollment, to measure outcomes and determine whether the behavioral changes were durable over the long-term as a result of Ontrak’s approach.