Dean: Exports successful health plan model to new market
Helps move Prevea Health and St. Vincent Hospital toward integrated health care delivery system
MADISON, Wis., July 12, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dean Health Plan (DHP)
signed an agreement with Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Prevea Health and
St. Vincent Hospital to offer health insurance products through an
integrated, managed care provider network in northeastern Wisconsin.
Beginning in the fall of this year, pending approval from the Wisconsin
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, products will be sold to
residents and businesses in the Green Bay, Brown County and surrounding
region. The products will feature a proprietary network of hospitals,
physicians and ancillary providers that is based on Prevea’s
multi-specialty physician group and partner hospitals, including St.
Mary’s and St. Vincent’s Hospitals in Green Bay and St. Nicholas
Hospital in Sheboygan. Products will be marketed under the brand name
of Prevea360 Health Plan and will be underwritten and administered by
Dean Health Plan.
“Over the past 28 years, Dean Health Plan, and our owners, Dean Clinic
and SSM Health Care of Wisconsin (SSMHC/WI), have been approaching
health care differently than much of the country,” said Lon Sprecher,
DHP President and CEO. “Dean’s success revolves around aligning the
interests of doctors, hospitals and insurance providers in one
integrated system that shares the risks and rewards associated with
patient outcomes. That’s a model we feel compelled to replicate in
other markets, and Prevea Health is an ideal pairing of values and
interests.”
Like the Dean/SSM Healthcare of Wisconsin system, Prevea Health is
aligned with its own network of physicians and hospitals. Together,
they offer two critical components of health care delivery, according
to Craig Samitt, MD, MBA, President and CEO of Dean Clinic.
“What’s missing in the Green Bay region and other markets is a partner
with the expertise to integrate all three components of health care
delivery — hospital, physician and, now, insurance,” Dr. Samitt
explained. “Dean Health Plan’s brand of managed care is a great fit
with Prevea Health and St. Vincent Hospital, as we, together, focus on
efficiently providing the most effective patient care, and rewarding an
emphasis on preventive care and management of chronic diseases.”
Sprecher noted that as health care in the U.S. continues to evolve,
Dean will continue to look for opportunities to spread its brand of
health care integration. “The path to quality health care for all is
cooperation with the health care industry itself,” Sprecher said. “In
the end, relationships like the one created between Dean and Prevea
Health and St. Vincent Hospital will provide better care, at a lower
cost and improve patient satisfaction.
Dean Health Plan Communications
(608) 827-4460
pete.thompson@deancare.com
Established in 1983, Dean Health Plan is the insurance services
subsidiary of Dean Health System and SSM Health Care. It maintains a
position of leadership in insurance services through a physician-led
integrated health system.
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