Hospital Sisters Health System finalizes agreement to join Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin
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Hospital Sisters Health System finalizes agreement to join Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin
Addition increases network’s broad choice of providers
Milwaukee, Wis. (Jan. 12, 2015) – Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) and Prevea Health in Wisconsin have finalized a previously announced agreement to join Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin (IHN), a clinically integrated network of major health care systems and the Medical College of Wisconsin. With the addition of HSHS and Prevea Health, Integrated Health Network has grown to include 42 hospitals, 500 clinics and more than 5,000 physicians spanning northern, western, central and eastern Wisconsin.
Through IHN, the network members leverage a sophisticated data and care management infrastructure to provide the higher quality, more efficient and more affordable health care. On behalf of the network, IHN negotiates value-based contracts with insurance providers and employers who share in cost savings when quality care is offered more efficiently.
“The high standards demonstrated by HSHS and Prevea Health make them an excellent addition to IHN as we continue to create a collaborative, statewide network of hospitals, clinics and providers dedicated to offering the kind of health care we all want,” said Catherine Jacobson, IHN board chair and president and CEO of Froedtert Health. “With the addition of HSHS and Prevea Health, more people will benefit from IHN’s goal to provide exceptional health care close to home, by doctors they know and trust, at a cost they can afford.”
Hospital Sisters Health System operates HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center, Green Bay; HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital, Oconto Falls; HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan; HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire; and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital and HSHS Medical Group, Chippewa Falls.
Prevea Health, a Green Bay-based physician partnership with Hospital Sisters Health System Eastern Wisconsin Division (HSHS-EWD), has more than 350 primary and specialty care providers, 35 health centers and 26 employer-based clinics in the northeastern Wisconsin region. Prevea Health, together with HSHS-EWD and Dean Health Plan, jointly own Prevea360 Health Plan, which serves residents of northeast Wisconsin.
“I’m impressed by the caliber of the IHN partners and how well they function as a clinically integrated network,” said Therese Pandl, president and chief executive officer of HSHS-EWD. “IHN offers a network of coordinated care that improves quality and lowers costs with an excellent geographic coverage throughout the state.”
Prevea Health president and chief executive officer Ashok Rai, MD, said, “Joining this pioneering group of collaborative partners enables us to develop new, cost-effective ways to coordinate care, share best practices and succeed in the coming era of population health management. It will also help strengthen our Prevea360 Health Plan offerings in northeast Wisconsin.”
About Hospital Sisters Health System
Hospital Sisters Health System’s mission is to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through our high quality Franciscan health care ministry. Sponsored by the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, HSHS provides state-of-the-art health care to our patients and is dedicated to serving all people, especially the most vulnerable, at each of our 14 Local Systems and physician practices in Illinois (Belleville, Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Highland, Litchfield, Springfield and Streator) and Wisconsin (Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Oconto Falls, Sheboygan, and two in Green Bay). For more information about HSHS, visit www.hshs.org.
About Prevea Health
Prevea Health’s mission is to take care of people with passion, pride, and respect. Founded in 1996, Prevea Health partners with HSHS St. Mary’s and HSHS St. Vincent Hospitals in Green Bay, HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan and HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls to provide access to more than 200 physicians in over 60 specialty areas. Prevea has more than 35 locations throughout the greater Green Bay area and in Luxemburg, Marinette, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Lena, Gillett, Mountain, Suring, Plymouth, Pulaski, Seymour, Sheboygan, Oostburg and Sturgeon Bay. www.prevea.com
About Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin
Based in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin is a clinically integrated network of major health systems, hospitals and physicians working together to improve the quality, efficiency and value of health care services in the markets served by its members. Integrated Health Network’s current members include Agnesian Healthcare, Columbia St. Mary’s, Froedtert Health, Hospital Sisters Health System, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Ministry Health Care, and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, representing more than 5,000 physicians, 500 clinics and 42 hospitals in northern, central, western and eastern Wisconsin. The Integrated Health Network vision is to redefine the delivery of health care through innovation and integration. www.ihnwi.com
