Brookfield-based Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin is expanding with the addition of SSM Health, a not-for-profit health system that includes St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, St. Mary’s Janesville Hospital and St. Clare Hospital in Baraboo, as well as 55 Madison-based Dean Clinic locations.
Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin’s other current members are: Agnesian HealthCare, Columbia St. Mary’s, Froedtert Health, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Hospital Sisters Health System, Ministry Health Care and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare.
The addition of SSM Health will expand the geographic coverage for Integrated Health Network into south central Wisconsin and increase the rapidly growing accountable care organization to 45 hospitals, 555 clinics and more than 5,700 physicians and participating providers.
“The scope of SSM Health, its hospitals and clinics, and their substantial experience in managing large patient populations through ownership of Dean Health Plan are significant, and we are eager to determine how to best leverage that to improve quality and control costs,” said Kurt Janavitz, chief executive officer of Integrated Health Network.
SSM Health provides comprehensive health care services across an 18-county area of south central Wisconsin. Also part of SSM Health are two skilled nursing facilities (St. Mary’s Care Center in Madison and St. Clare Meadows in Baraboo), Home Health United, Dean Health Plan serving more than 425,000 lives in Wisconsin, and Navitus, a pharmacy benefit management services company serving 4 million members in partnership with 63,000 pharmacies.
“We are pleased and excited to become part of this consortium that is transforming health care delivery,” said Damond Boatwright, SSM Health regional president of hospital operations. “To further enhance the patient experience, improve outcomes and make care more affordable, we must continue to provide a personalized and proactive approach. We look forward to doing just that through our partnership with IHN.”
