WARRENDALE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bridges
Health Partners LLC, a Clinically Integrated Network, and Cigna
(NYSE:CI) have entered into a Collaborative Accountable Care Agreement
for Cigna commercial customers in Western Pennsylvania. The agreement
becomes effective July 1, 2019 and will make it easier for Bridges
Health Partners LLC doctors to proactively help Cigna customers achieve
better health.
Formed in 2017 by affiliates of Butler Health System, Excela Health
System, St. Clair Hospital, and Washington Health System, Bridges Health
Partners LLC integrates the systems’ independent and employed medical
staff. The organization focuses on quality and outcomes improvement by
implementing an integrated, regional network of care.
“Our organization is extremely aware of the challenges that employers
continually face to better manage workforce health and healthcare
spending. This new value-based collaboration with Cigna, combined with
both organizations’ deep local presence in Pittsburgh, will create
synergies that promote and enable improved outcomes for this
population,” said Tom Boggs, president of Bridges Health Partners.
“Cigna’s success with Collaborative Accountable Care arrangements has
helped our customers receive higher quality care and value, while making
access to treatment more affordable,” said Dr. Laura Reich, market
medical executive for Cigna. “Bridges Health Partners LLC is aligned
with our commitment to put the patient at the center of all we do, with
enhanced coordination of care, a focus on prevention, and patient
education about chronic conditions and wellness.”
In Western Pennsylvania, Cigna has a sizable workforce of more than
2,000 people who serve commercial employers by providing health
engagement, disability management, and customer service locally in
Pittsburgh.
Working together, Bridges and Cigna will create a care management team
designed to:
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Use data insights to proactively manage the health care needs of the
Cigna customers through early care intervention, and educate customers
on the value of preventive care -
Provide patient-centered care that increases the quality of access to
medical services, reduce costs, and offer a better patient experience -
Ensure a seamless integration within inpatient and outpatient care
teams
“Through collaborative efforts with Cigna, we are excited to continue to
transform the medical care we provide to our patients; care that’s of
high quality, patient-centric and delivered close to home in the
communities we serve,” said Bridges Health Partners LLC chief medical
officer, Dr. Robert Zimmerman. “The Bridges care model will be augmented
by this relationship with Cigna, which shares our vision of engaging our
patients to provide evidence-based, cost-effective care to not only help
treat chronic medical problems, but to also encourage healthy lifestyles
to prevent them.”
About Bridges Health Partners LLC
Four independent, non-profit health systems in the Pittsburgh
metropolitan market and surrounding communities are the founding members
of Bridges Health Partners LLC, including Butler Health System, Excela
Health System, St. Clair Hospital and Washington Health System. Each
partner system, along with their independent and employed medical staff
are committed to transforming how healthcare services are delivered by
implementing an integrated, regional network of care that supports all
patient populations, no matter the payer. Together, Bridges Health
Partners LLC serves patients through a broad geography of outpatient,
community-based sites and inpatient facilities in Allegheny, Armstrong,
Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer,
Venango, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
Our commitment to quality has been recognized by numerous national and
independent authorities including HealthGrades, Truven Health Analytics,
The Leapfrog Group, CareChex, IBM Watson Top 100 Hospital, and U.S. News
and World Report’s High Performing Hospitals and Best Regional
Hospitals, to name just a few.
Bridges Health Partners LLC network comprises seven hospital campuses
with over 1,450 licensed beds, over 1,000 employed and affiliated
physicians with a network of primary care and specialty group practices,
ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care clinics, imaging and diagnostic
centers, skilled nursing, home health and hospice care. Bridges Health
Partners LLC are strong healthcare provider organizations individually;
collectively dedicated to delivering the best quality of care at a lower
cost to patients where they live and work. To learn more about Bridges
Health Partners LLC, visit www.bridgeshealthpartners.org.
About Cigna
Cigna Corporation (NYSE:CI) is a global health service company dedicated
to improving the health, well-being and peace of mind of those we serve.
Cigna delivers choice, predictability, affordability and access to
quality care through integrated capabilities and connected, personalized
solutions that advance whole person health. All products and services
are provided exclusively by or through operating subsidiaries of Cigna
Corporation, including Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company,
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Life Insurance Company of
North America, Cigna Life Insurance Company of New York, Express Scripts
companies or their affiliates. Such products and services include an
integrated suite of health services, such as medical, dental, behavioral
health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related
products including group life, accident and disability insurance.
Cigna maintains sales capability in over 30 countries and jurisdictions,
and has more than 160 million customer relationships throughout the
world. To learn more about Cigna®, including links to follow
us on Facebook or Twitter, visit www.cigna.com.
Contacts
John M. Grese
Bridges Health Partners
(724) 300-8104
[email protected]
Jim Angstadt
Cigna
(215) 761-8748
[email protected]
