IRVING, Texas, July 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- USMD Physician
Services (USMD) and UnitedHealthcare have launched an accountable
care program to improve people's health and their satisfaction with
their health care experience.
The new accountable care program will dedicate more resources to
care coordination and make it easier to share important health
information. USMD member hospitals, clinics and physicians will
share in the resulting savings generated through providing care
under a value-based, patient-centric care model focused on keeping
people healthy.
All Dallas/Fort Worth-area
residents enrolled in UnitedHealthcare's employer-sponsored health
plans are eligible to benefit from this collaboration. More than
19,000 UnitedHealthcare employer-sponsored plan participants access
USMD's services each year.
USMD, an affiliate of USMD Holdings, Inc., is based in
Irving and serves the D/FW
Metroplex with more than 250 physicians and associate
practitioners, and provides health care services to patients in
more than 20 different specialties at its two hospitals, four
cancer treatment centers and nearly 50 physician clinics, many of
which are multispecialty.
"We have a long history of partnering with UnitedHealthcare to
apply our expertise in health care innovation and patient-centered
programs to improve the health of their plan participants and
advance toward overall population health management," said
John M. House, chairman, president
and CEO, USMD. "Working together, we expect to achieve even better
health outcomes and improve patient satisfaction, while continuing
to provide our patients with world-class, cost-effective care."
Many people who have gone to the doctor or hospital –
particularly those with complex or chronic illnesses – have found
they often have to connect information from each of their doctor
visits themselves, and have sometimes received duplicative tests or
care that isn't coordinated.
UnitedHealthcare will supplement USMD's own data to help support
overall population health, giving the entire care team clear,
actionable data about individual patients' health needs, potential
gaps in care and proactive identification of high-risk patients.
Patient navigators may also be used to support community-based care
coordination, such as helping with planning after a patient is
discharged from the hospital and scheduling follow-up
appointments.
"UnitedHealthcare and USMD are working together to help people
receive more personalized and better connected care, which will
significantly enhance people's ability to live healthier lives,"
said Tom Quirk, CEO,
UnitedHealthcare of Texas.
UnitedHealthcare serves more than 4.4 million Texans with a
network of 512 hospitals and more than 69,000 physicians and other
care providers statewide.
More than 14 million people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare plans
across the country have access to accountable care programs,
delivered in part through more than 750 accountable care
arrangements nationwide as the organization engages in deeper, more
collaborative relationships with physicians and hospitals.
Care providers nationwide are showing strong interest in a shift
to value-based care. UnitedHealthcare's total payments to
physicians and hospitals that are tied to value-based arrangements
have tripled in the last three years to more than $48 billion. By the end of 2018, UnitedHealthcare
expects that figure to reach $65
billion.
For more information about UnitedHealthcare's full spectrum of
value-based initiatives, visit
www.UHC.com/valuebasedcare.
About USMD Holdings, Inc.
USMD is a publicly held
(NASDAQ: USMD), physician-led, integrated health system committed
to exemplary patient care. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, USMD serves the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area with more
than 250 physicians and associate practitioners, and provides
healthcare services to patients in more than 20 different
specialties at its two hospitals, four cancer treatment centers and
nearly 50 physician clinics, many of which are multi-specialty. All
29 of USMD's primary care clinics have been accredited by the
Patient-Centered Medical Home Program, a recognition program that
is part of the National Committee for Quality Assurance. This
recognition means that USMD's primary care clinics successfully
display and utilize evidence-based, patient-centered processes that
focus on highly coordinated patient care and long-term patient
relationships. For more information about USMD, visit
www.usmd.com.
About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated
to helping people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying
the health care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness
needs, and sustaining trusted relationships with care providers.
The company offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for
individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and
their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and
contracts directly with more than 1 million physicians and care
professionals, and
6,000 hospitals and other care facilities nationwide.
UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group
(NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being
company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at
www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
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