Healthcare leaders devote enormous effort to managing high-cost care. But the path to a procedure, treatment or hospitalization often begins earlier, with a diagnostic test. An unnecessary test can trigger avoidable follow-up; a missed or poorly chosen test can delay the right care. For health plans, TPAs and self-insured employers, that makes diagnostics an opportunity to improve affordability and clinical decisions together.
Join Avalon Chief Medical Officer Dr. Varsha Chandramouli to explore how diagnostic intelligence connects clinical evidence, claims insights and actionable guidance to reduce waste and inform the next best action. Drawing on Avalon’s 2026 Lab Trend Report and real-world case studies—including $133 million in averted costs across selected health plan populations—she’ll examine what it takes to deliver the right test, right care and right cost.
During this session, Dr. Chandramouli will cover:
- How diagnostic decisions influence downstream care, healthcare spending and member experience
- Opportunities to address unnecessary testing, missed testing and site-of-service variation
- How to translate diagnostic insights into action and measure clinical and financial results