Healthcare IT News December 2, 2019
Bill Siwicki

The health system used its new population health tools to better manage patient care, ER use, pre-visit planning and value-based care.

Bridges Health Partners is a Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organization. It was formed in 2017 and comprises four independent, non-profit health systems in the Pittsburgh metropolitan market and surrounding communities: Butler Health System, Excela Health, St. Clair Hospital and Washington Health System.

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The organization was interested in assimilating employed and affiliated independent ambulatory provider groups focusing on quality and outcome improvement throughout the integrated, regional care network.

“We had four health systems that shared common approaches to providing high-quality healthcare come together to form a clinically integrated network to deliver on accountable care organization and...

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