Care Management with Curana Health

Curana Health® offers a range of Care Management programs designed to provide additional support for residents and their families. These programs focus on prevention, coordination, and continuity of care, helping ensure health needs are identified early and addressed thoughtfully and proactively.

What Care Management means at Curana Health

Curana Health’s Care Management programs provide residents and their families with extra support. Care Management supports residents through personalized care planning, ongoing monitoring, and coordinated communication. The approach is proactive, helping to reduce avoidable health issues and unnecessary hospital visits. Care Management programs are delivered by an interdisciplinary team that includes providers as well as on-site or virtual support staff.

Care Management key features

Thoughtfully designed care that adapts to each resident—combining personalized plans, proactive monitoring, and seamless team coordination for safer, more confident living.

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Personalized support

A care plan built around each person’s health needs, goals, and medication management to ensure safety and accuracy.
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Ongoing monitoring

Regular check‑ins to catch health concerns early and provide support during care changes, like after a hospital stay.
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Coordinated care

Clear communication across the care team, giving residents and families peace of mind.

Patients of Curana Health have access to these Care Management Programs

  • Advanced Primary Care Management (APCM)
  • Behavioral Health Integration (BHI)
  • Chronic Care Management (CCM)
  • Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE)
  • Transitional Care Management (TCM)
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Derek Chao, MD

President and Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Chao brings more than two decades of experience in managed care, clinical leadership, and healthcare transformation to Curana Health. Starting his medical career as a hospitalist and nephrologist in Southern California, Dr. Chao has held various leadership positions (including medical director and chief medical officer) within numerous healthcare organizations (including HealthCare Partners). Before coming to Curana, he served as chief executive officer of Optum Health’s western region, where he oversaw operations and care delivery across nine states. Dr. Chao’s expertise spans a range of healthcare models, from fee-for-service to value-based care across Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial plans. His broad experience has honed his ability to lead both clinical and operational teams through the complexities of healthcare delivery models, and his professional insights are shaped not only by his clinical expertise, but also by personal experience (having witnessed firsthand the challenges his elderly parents faced in navigating the American healthcare system). At Curana Health, Dr. Chao leads efforts to empower the organization’s healthcare providers, optimize care delivery, and ensure clinicians have the tools and support needed to achieve exceptional outcomes for patients and operator partners alike.