Stonebrook Risk Solutions announced a strategic partnership with Cylinder Health to expand its specialty ecosystem into digestive disease management, one of the fastest-growing drivers of medical and pharmacy spending in commercial populations. Through this partnership, Stonebrook will offer Cylinder Health’s multidisciplinary digestive management program nationwide. The program is designed to support earlier intervention, stabilize high-acuity cases, and improve predictability across medical and pharmacy spending.
Cylinder operates as a digestive health center of excellence, delivering structured, longitudinal management across the full gastrointestinal acuity spectrum—from digestive symptoms and disorders of gut-brain interaction to complex inflammatory bowel disease. The program integrates gastroenterologists providing direct virtual care and clinical oversight, nutrition therapy delivered by registered dietitians, lifestyle and behavioral health interventions, and ongoing symptom monitoring with data-driven care adjustments. This model emphasizes appropriate triage, specialty drug optimization, and proactive early intervention to help prevent avoidable hospitalizations and unnecessary treatment progression.
Addressing Fragmented Care
For many employees, digestive disease is marked by delayed diagnosis, recurrent flares, and fragmented care, often cycling through urgent care visits and specialty appointments before receiving coordinated support. Cylinder replaces this reactive pattern with proactive, multidisciplinary intervention that connects members experiencing gastrointestinal symptoms to the right level of care earlier. By focusing on structured intervention and appropriate escalation, the program helps reduce unnecessary emergency department visits, avoid duplicative diagnostics, and manage high-cost pharmacy utilization.
Dr. Hau Liu, Chief Medical Officer at Cylinder Health, stated that “digestive disease is too often treated only after symptoms escalate” and that their approach “centers on early, coordinated management that supports members across acuity levels.” By aligning clinical oversight, nutrition, and behavioral health support in one virtual-first model, the partnership aims to help employers and health plans stabilize costs while improving long-term health outcomes.
Stonebrook’s ecosystem is designed to reduce catastrophic claims exposure, strengthen chronic disease management, and deliver advanced analytics through its integrated platform. The addition of Cylinder Health establishes digestive disease as a distinct specialty category within that strategy. Together, the partners aim to set a new standard in digestive disease management by addressing what they describe as one of the most overlooked and complex drivers of total cost of care.
This article is an AI-assisted summary. All facts and figures are drawn from the original report: https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/26/02/g50785705/cylinder-health-and-stonebrook-risk-solutions-announce-strategic-partnership-to-strengthen-digesti