Healthcare IT News April 3, 2024
As Kaiser Permanente closes its acquisition of the Pennsylvania-based IT innovator, Gesinger will be the first health system to join the nonprofit organization, which was created by Kaiser to speed the adoption of value-based care nationwide.
Kaiser Permanente has completed its acquisition of Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger, first announced a year ago, and the health system is now the inaugural member of Risant Health, a Kaiser spinoff focused on advancing and accelerating value-based care models.
WHY IT MATTERS
Risant Health plans to acquire four or five other community-based health systems in the next few years, according to Kaiser. But its addition of Geisinger as the first one sets a high bar for technology-enabled care innovation.
The aim is to focus on...