Partners Population Health
How do you improve overall health care trends by focusing on the needs of the individual patient?
That’s what Partners Population Health aims to do.
Partners Population Health is a team of teams dedicated to researching and redesigning clinical care in a way that focuses on the whole patient. We design population health management strategies, programs and tools to help improve patient outcomes and satisfaction, and reduce overall health care costs.
To identify and test meaningful interventions, Partners Population Health collaborates closely with clinicians on the ground. Our central team works with local teams across the Partners system to develop, implement and manage a system-wide value-based care strategy for all patient populations.
Innovative work is only as effective as the people implementing it. Population Health care redesign programs are shaped and delivered by the Partners care teams on the ground–from physicians and nurses, to social workers and community health workers, as well as unique support staff like recovery coaches and behavioral health support specialists. By leveraging the breadth and strength of the Partners HealthCare family, our population health management initiatives are able to impact the lives of over 700,000 patients across Massachusetts and beyond.
Our patients are managed under an Accountable Care Model (ACO). Since 2012, Partners has entered into new contracts with all the major insurers including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), commercial payers and MassHealth. ACOs have agreements with insurance companies to provide special services and care coordination for certain patient populations. These agreements set performance standards for quality and spending, which in turn, provides either shared-savings incentives or penalties based on performance. Partners Population Health helps manage Partners Accountable Care strategy and contract requirements. If you are a patient, visit our Patient ACO pages:
- ACO Overview
- MassHealth/Medicaid patients (Partners HealthCare Choice)
- Medicare patients (Next Generation/NextGen)
Take a deeper dive into everything we do at Partners Population Health:
Stories About Our Patients & Programs
Perspectives on Population Health
Partners Care Decisions
5 Things To Know About Population Health
