Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) and Prevea Health in eastern Wisconsin will join Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin (IHN), a clinically integrated network of independent Wisconsin health care systems and the Medical College of Wisconsin.
The organizations have signed a letter of intent and will work to finalize the agreement in the next several weeks.
The addition of HSHS and Prevea Health will increase Integrated Health Network’s growing accountable care organization to 42 hospitals, including HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital, Oconto Falls, 500 clinics and more than 5,000 physicians spanning northern, central and eastern Wisconsin.
“When we launched our accountable care strategy in 2010, our intent was to create a statewide network of hospitals, clinics and physicians that would offer what all of us want: care in our own community from a doctor we know and trust, at a cost we can afford,” said Peter Pruessing, chief executive officer of Integrated Health Network. “IHN is well on its way to that goal. Hospital Sisters Health System and Prevea Health are a perfect complement to our geographic footprint and support our approach to care management.”
Prevea Health, a Green Bay-based physician partnership with Hospital Sisters Health System, has more than 300 primary and specialty care providers, 20 health centers and 27 employer-based clinics in the northeastern Wisconsin region.
Prevea Health, together with HSHS and Dean Health Plan, jointly own Prevea360 Health Plan, which serves residents of northeast Wisconsin.
As a result of successfully achieving full clinical integration, Integrated Health Network can contract directly with health insurers on behalf of its members collectively under a single signature. Members must meet specific goals for care quality and coordination to participate.
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