Yes, with one important distinction. Care management conventionally means assessment, coordination, monitoring, and advocacy carried out on a patient's behalf as one continuous function. Strata performs those functions privately and independently.The distinction is who it serves. Institutional care management programmes are operated by a hospital or an insurer for members enrolled in their plans, and include a clinical treatment plan written by a licensed provider. Strata is hired by you, works only for you, and produces an informational structure rather than a treatment plan. If you have met this term through a United States insurer or hospital, that programme is billed to your plan. Strata is not billed to insurance and does not replace it.

In practice the three overlap. Care management is the broadest of them: assessment, coordination, monitoring, and advocacy treated as one ongoing responsibility. Care coordination is the narrower task of keeping multiple providers aligned. Patient advocacy is the act of representing your interests within a system that is not built to hear you.Strata performs record-based care management and coordination, and informational advocacy, which means we equip you with the document and the language to advocate for yourself. We do not negotiate with insurers, and we do not attend appointments on your behalf.

Strata is not for anyone seeking urgent or emergency medical care, a diagnosis, or a prescription. It is also not the right fit if your care is already well coordinated by a single provider who holds your full record.

Yes, you can begin with Implementation if you already have organized health records and are ready to focus on applying your health education.

No. Strata is a private, client-paid service. This is deliberate. Because no insurer or hospital pays us, there is no third party whose interests compete with yours in what we recommend you ask, track, or question.

No. Strata is a health education service. We organize your health data and build your health literacy, we do not provide medical care, clinical therapy, or treatment of any kind.

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Recent lab work is not mandatory but highly recommended to provide a comprehensive understanding of your health.

After the 4-week Implementation phase, you will review your progress and adjust your health plan as needed with your Strata advisor.

If your symptoms worsen during Implementation, we recommend consulting your primary healthcare provider and informing your Strata advisor for adjustments.

No, and the service is designed on the assumption that it never should. Your physicians decide diagnosis and treatment. Strata organises what they have already decided, clarifies what requires monitoring, and builds the structure you follow between visits. Most clients forward their completed brief to their own doctors, and it is written to be read by both you and them.