HealthCare Partners
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HealthCare Partners is a managed care
provider, based in Torrance, California
, United States
, which operates in California, Nevada, and Florida.
HealthCare Partners Medical Group was formed in 1992 when Los Angeles
based California Primary Physicians, Pasadena
based Huntington Medical Group, and East Los Angeles based Universal Medi-Co joined forces. By the end of 1997, Bay Shores Medical Group in Redondo Beach
and Memorial Medical Group in Long Beach
joined HealthCare Parnters.
In 1996, Alliance of Private Practice Physicians became the first of HealthCare Partners network of independent physician associations (IPAs). Unifiied Physicians of the South Bay followed soon afterward.
2000's
Growth in the 2000s included three staff-model medical groups teaming with HealthCare partners in California: Greater Valley Medical Group in the San Fernando Valley
, Harriman Jones Medical Group in the Long Beach
area, and Arroyo Seco Medical Group in Pasadena
.
In 2006, HealthCare Partners expanded outside of California with JSA Holdings, Inc. Including JSA Healthcare (dba JSA Medical Group) and AmeriDrug Pharmacy in Florida
and Pinnacle Health System in Nevada
(which became HealthCare Partners of Nevada). Also in 2006, to manage the growing number of physicians and patients, HealthCare Partners Medical Group in California implemented Allscripts
electronic medical record system.
In 2008, HealthCare Partners independent physician association
network acquired Physician Associates of the Greater San Gabriel Valley
in Pasadena. In 2009, Northridge Medial Group in the San Fernando Valley joined HealthCare Partners of California and Fremont Medical Centers joining HealthCare Partners of Nevada.
2010
In 2010, Talbert Medical Group of Orange County
was acquired by HealthCare Partners in California. In Nevada, Rainbow Medical Center and Advanced Medical Center joined HealthCare Partners.
HealthCare Partners, LLC, is the parent company of these healthcare-focused organizations. It manages the administrative systems of its own staff-model Medical Group and provides central support services to its independent physician association
(IPA) network. The organization oversees operations of medical groups in California, Florida and Nevada, as well as The Camden Group, a national consulting firm.
HealthCare Partners Medical Group
HealthCare Partners Medical Group is the Torrance, California
based medical group and independent physician association
that cares for more than 575,000 managed care
patients through its employed and independently contracted physicians.
HealthCare Partners’ medical group employs more than 700 primary care and specialty physicians at more than 60 locations. It is one of the largest single providers of Medicare Advantage services in California, and serves the Los Angeles, Pasadena/the San Gabriel Valley, South Bay, Long Beach, the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys, and Orange County areas.
HealthCare Partners’ independent physician association
(IPA) model consists of more than 900 primary care physicians, and is supported by 3,000 specialists. The IPA serves the San Fernando Valley, Pasadena, San Gabriel Valley, central Los Angeles, South Bay and Orange County areas.
JSA Healthcare
JSA was founded in 1969 as John Short & Associates, Inc., a hospital consulting firm, and began to provide primary healthcare services in 1985. The company was listed as one of the best places to work in healthcare by Modern Healthcare
in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and was also recognized as the best internal and family medicine practice in the Tampa Bay area by Florida Medical Business Newspaper. JSA Healthcare became part of HealthCare Partners in 2006.
HealthCare Partners of Nevada
HealthCare Partners of Nevada was founded as Summit Medical Group in 1996 and is a physician-run medical group that offers primary care, specialty care, urgent care
, hospital and sub-acute services, and home health, and is the largest private medical group in Nevada. It provides medical management and network management services through its Health Plan Solutions Division, a third-party administrator licensed by the state of Nevada. These Nevada businesses became part of HealthCare Partners in 2006.
The Camden Group
The Camden Group is a medical consulting firm that is a wholly owned subsidiary of HealthCare Partners, LLC. It provides consulting and management services for medical groups, MSOs, hospitals and other health care organizations across the country.
HealthCare Partners Institute for Applied Research and Education
The HealthCare Partners Institute for Applied Research and Education is a non-profit foundation that is controlled by an independent board. The purpose of the institute is to conduct applied research into health care programs with a focus on managed care.
HealthCare Partners is one of five medical groups nationally to participate in an accountable care organization
(ACO) pilot sponsored by the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at The Brookings Institution
and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
. This pilot focuses on improving patient outcomes with coordinated care while slowing the escalating costs of healthcare.
Hospitalist Program for Coordinated Care at California Hospital
HealthCare Partners implemented a hospitalist program at California Hospital Medical Center
in response to CHMC's challenges to care for a growing population of indigent and uninsured patients. The hospitalists see not only HealthCare Partners patients, but CHMC's uninsured population, bringing more coordination and oversight to these patients' care. Since its inception, the hospitalist program has resulted in 100% compliance with best care protocols for heart failure and pneumonia, a reduction in heart failure readmission rates, and a reduction in acute care readmission rates for patients over 64, as well as saving the hospital millions of dollars in charity care.
Research Projects at the HealthCare Partners Institute
The HealthCare Partners Institute for Applied Research and Education, a non-profit organization controlled by an independent board, supports and develops research to improve clinical outcomes and patient experience through education, delivery system redesign, and community programs. Current research is in partnership with the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of California at San Francisco, the Oregon Health and Science University, the Indiana University School of Medicine
, and in conjunction with California Healthcare Foundation and Lance Armstrong Foundation
grants.
Comprehensive Care Centers
In 2009 HealthCare Partners opened its first Comprehensive Care Center (CCC) in downtown Los Angeles, CA. The CCC’s provide special attention to high-risk patients with multiple chronic diseases and offer patients access to round-the-clock medical attention by a dedicated medical team. Care is coordinated by a team of the CCC’s physicians, nurses, and social workers to ensure that specialist appointments are scheduled, medications are taken and family and caregivers get the support they need in dealing with the patient’s complex medical and social issues. For patients in the high-risk program, hospital use has declined 20 percent over the two years of the program.
Clinical Trials Program
For over 20 years the HealthCare Partners Clinical Research Center has worked to find new and more effective treatments for a wide variety of health conditions. Currently HealthCare Partners conducts 60 - 70 Phase II clinical studies per year.
The Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) is a non-profit organization in California that promotes quality improvement, affordability and accountability of healthcare. It has recognized HealthCare Partners as a top-performing California medical group for the past seven years. The criteria for this award is based on clinical quality measures, patient experience measures, use of information technology and coordinated diabetes care. To determine top scorers, IHA compared 221 California physician groups that represent 35,000 physicians statewide, who care for 10 million patients.
2010 ABBY Award Finalist
HealthCare Partners was one of nine healthcare companies to be named a finalist in the Adaptive Business Leader (ABL) Organization's 2010 Innovations in HealthcareSM 12th Annual ABBY Awards. These awards based on a national competition to recognize companies whose innovations are reducing the cost of quality healthcare.
Quality of Care Report Card
HealthCare Partners Medical Group was one of the top ranked groups in the most recent annual report published by California’s Office of the Patient Advocate.
Managed care
...intended to reduce unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on...
provider, based in Torrance, California
Torrance, California
Torrance is a city incorporated in 1921 and located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance has of shore-front beaches on the Pacific Ocean, quieter and less well-known by tourists than others on the Santa Monica Bay, such as those of neighboring...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, which operates in California, Nevada, and Florida.
History
1990'sHealthCare Partners Medical Group was formed in 1992 when Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
based California Primary Physicians, Pasadena
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
based Huntington Medical Group, and East Los Angeles based Universal Medi-Co joined forces. By the end of 1997, Bay Shores Medical Group in Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach
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and Memorial Medical Group in Long Beach
Long Beach
-United States:*Long Beach, California, most populous city with this name**Long Beach Airport**Long Beach Naval Shipyard**Long Beach Search & Rescue**Long Beach Unified School District**Port of Long Beach*Long Beach, Indiana*Long Beach, Minnesota...
joined HealthCare Parnters.
In 1996, Alliance of Private Practice Physicians became the first of HealthCare Partners network of independent physician associations (IPAs). Unifiied Physicians of the South Bay followed soon afterward.
2000's
Growth in the 2000s included three staff-model medical groups teaming with HealthCare partners in California: Greater Valley Medical Group in the San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley
The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
, Harriman Jones Medical Group in the Long Beach
Long Beach
-United States:*Long Beach, California, most populous city with this name**Long Beach Airport**Long Beach Naval Shipyard**Long Beach Search & Rescue**Long Beach Unified School District**Port of Long Beach*Long Beach, Indiana*Long Beach, Minnesota...
area, and Arroyo Seco Medical Group in Pasadena
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
.
In 2006, HealthCare Partners expanded outside of California with JSA Holdings, Inc. Including JSA Healthcare (dba JSA Medical Group) and AmeriDrug Pharmacy in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
and Pinnacle Health System in Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
(which became HealthCare Partners of Nevada). Also in 2006, to manage the growing number of physicians and patients, HealthCare Partners Medical Group in California implemented Allscripts
Allscripts
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. is a publicly traded American company that provides physician practices, hospitals, and other healthcare providers with practice management and electronic health record technology, including electronic prescribing, care management, and revenue cycle software...
electronic medical record system.
In 2008, HealthCare Partners independent physician association
Independent practice association
An independent practice association is an association of independent physicians, or other organization that contracts with independent physicians, and provides services to managed care organizations on a negotiated per capita rate, flat retainer fee, or negotiated fee-for-service basis...
network acquired Physician Associates of the Greater San Gabriel Valley
San Gabriel Valley
The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of Southern California, United States. It lies to the east of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and west of the Inland Empire. It derives its name from the San Gabriel River that flows...
in Pasadena. In 2009, Northridge Medial Group in the San Fernando Valley joined HealthCare Partners of California and Fremont Medical Centers joining HealthCare Partners of Nevada.
2010
In 2010, Talbert Medical Group of Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
was acquired by HealthCare Partners in California. In Nevada, Rainbow Medical Center and Advanced Medical Center joined HealthCare Partners.
Structure
HealthCare Partners, LLCHealthCare Partners, LLC, is the parent company of these healthcare-focused organizations. It manages the administrative systems of its own staff-model Medical Group and provides central support services to its independent physician association
Independent practice association
An independent practice association is an association of independent physicians, or other organization that contracts with independent physicians, and provides services to managed care organizations on a negotiated per capita rate, flat retainer fee, or negotiated fee-for-service basis...
(IPA) network. The organization oversees operations of medical groups in California, Florida and Nevada, as well as The Camden Group, a national consulting firm.
HealthCare Partners Medical Group
HealthCare Partners Medical Group is the Torrance, California
Torrance, California
Torrance is a city incorporated in 1921 and located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Torrance has of shore-front beaches on the Pacific Ocean, quieter and less well-known by tourists than others on the Santa Monica Bay, such as those of neighboring...
based medical group and independent physician association
Independent practice association
An independent practice association is an association of independent physicians, or other organization that contracts with independent physicians, and provides services to managed care organizations on a negotiated per capita rate, flat retainer fee, or negotiated fee-for-service basis...
that cares for more than 575,000 managed care
Managed care
...intended to reduce unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on...
patients through its employed and independently contracted physicians.
HealthCare Partners’ medical group employs more than 700 primary care and specialty physicians at more than 60 locations. It is one of the largest single providers of Medicare Advantage services in California, and serves the Los Angeles, Pasadena/the San Gabriel Valley, South Bay, Long Beach, the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys, and Orange County areas.
HealthCare Partners’ independent physician association
Independent practice association
An independent practice association is an association of independent physicians, or other organization that contracts with independent physicians, and provides services to managed care organizations on a negotiated per capita rate, flat retainer fee, or negotiated fee-for-service basis...
(IPA) model consists of more than 900 primary care physicians, and is supported by 3,000 specialists. The IPA serves the San Fernando Valley, Pasadena, San Gabriel Valley, central Los Angeles, South Bay and Orange County areas.
JSA Healthcare
JSA was founded in 1969 as John Short & Associates, Inc., a hospital consulting firm, and began to provide primary healthcare services in 1985. The company was listed as one of the best places to work in healthcare by Modern Healthcare
Modern Healthcare
Modern Healthcare is a weekly, 70,037-circulation business publication delivering news and information to executives in the healthcare industry...
in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and was also recognized as the best internal and family medicine practice in the Tampa Bay area by Florida Medical Business Newspaper. JSA Healthcare became part of HealthCare Partners in 2006.
HealthCare Partners of Nevada
HealthCare Partners of Nevada was founded as Summit Medical Group in 1996 and is a physician-run medical group that offers primary care, specialty care, urgent care
Urgent care
Urgent care is the delivery of ambulatory care in a facility dedicated to the delivery of medical care outside of a hospital emergency department, usually on an unscheduled, walk-in basis. Urgent care centers are primarily used to treat patients who have an injury or illness that requires immediate...
, hospital and sub-acute services, and home health, and is the largest private medical group in Nevada. It provides medical management and network management services through its Health Plan Solutions Division, a third-party administrator licensed by the state of Nevada. These Nevada businesses became part of HealthCare Partners in 2006.
The Camden Group
The Camden Group is a medical consulting firm that is a wholly owned subsidiary of HealthCare Partners, LLC. It provides consulting and management services for medical groups, MSOs, hospitals and other health care organizations across the country.
HealthCare Partners Institute for Applied Research and Education
The HealthCare Partners Institute for Applied Research and Education is a non-profit foundation that is controlled by an independent board. The purpose of the institute is to conduct applied research into health care programs with a focus on managed care.
Impacting HealthCare
Brookings-Dartmouth Accountable Care Organization PilotHealthCare Partners is one of five medical groups nationally to participate in an accountable care organization
Accountable care organization
An accountable care organization is a type of payment and delivery reform model that seeks to tie provider reimbursements to quality metrics and reductions in the total cost of care for an assigned population of patients. A group of coordinated health care providers form an ACO, which then...
(ACO) pilot sponsored by the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at The Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and...
and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice is an organization within Dartmouth College "dedicated to improving health care through education, research, policy reform, leadership improvement, and communication with patients and the public." It was founded in 1988 by John...
. This pilot focuses on improving patient outcomes with coordinated care while slowing the escalating costs of healthcare.
Hospitalist Program for Coordinated Care at California Hospital
HealthCare Partners implemented a hospitalist program at California Hospital Medical Center
California Hospital Medical Center
California Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West.-Services:The emergency department at CHMC is certified as a level II trauma center for adults.-History:...
in response to CHMC's challenges to care for a growing population of indigent and uninsured patients. The hospitalists see not only HealthCare Partners patients, but CHMC's uninsured population, bringing more coordination and oversight to these patients' care. Since its inception, the hospitalist program has resulted in 100% compliance with best care protocols for heart failure and pneumonia, a reduction in heart failure readmission rates, and a reduction in acute care readmission rates for patients over 64, as well as saving the hospital millions of dollars in charity care.
Research Projects at the HealthCare Partners Institute
The HealthCare Partners Institute for Applied Research and Education, a non-profit organization controlled by an independent board, supports and develops research to improve clinical outcomes and patient experience through education, delivery system redesign, and community programs. Current research is in partnership with the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of California at San Francisco, the Oregon Health and Science University, the Indiana University School of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
The Indiana University School of Medicine is a leading medical school and medical research powerhouse connected to Indiana University. With several teaching campuses in the state, the School of Medicine has its predominant research and medical center at the Indiana University – Purdue University...
, and in conjunction with California Healthcare Foundation and Lance Armstrong Foundation
Lance Armstrong Foundation
The Lance Armstrong Foundation is a United States 501 nonprofit organization that provides support for people affected by cancer, founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong. The LAF states that its mission is 'to inspire and empower' cancer sufferers and their families...
grants.
Comprehensive Care Centers
In 2009 HealthCare Partners opened its first Comprehensive Care Center (CCC) in downtown Los Angeles, CA. The CCC’s provide special attention to high-risk patients with multiple chronic diseases and offer patients access to round-the-clock medical attention by a dedicated medical team. Care is coordinated by a team of the CCC’s physicians, nurses, and social workers to ensure that specialist appointments are scheduled, medications are taken and family and caregivers get the support they need in dealing with the patient’s complex medical and social issues. For patients in the high-risk program, hospital use has declined 20 percent over the two years of the program.
Clinical Trials Program
For over 20 years the HealthCare Partners Clinical Research Center has worked to find new and more effective treatments for a wide variety of health conditions. Currently HealthCare Partners conducts 60 - 70 Phase II clinical studies per year.
Quality and Awards
Integrated HealthCare Association (IHA) AwardThe Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) is a non-profit organization in California that promotes quality improvement, affordability and accountability of healthcare. It has recognized HealthCare Partners as a top-performing California medical group for the past seven years. The criteria for this award is based on clinical quality measures, patient experience measures, use of information technology and coordinated diabetes care. To determine top scorers, IHA compared 221 California physician groups that represent 35,000 physicians statewide, who care for 10 million patients.
2010 ABBY Award Finalist
HealthCare Partners was one of nine healthcare companies to be named a finalist in the Adaptive Business Leader (ABL) Organization's 2010 Innovations in HealthcareSM 12th Annual ABBY Awards. These awards based on a national competition to recognize companies whose innovations are reducing the cost of quality healthcare.
Quality of Care Report Card
HealthCare Partners Medical Group was one of the top ranked groups in the most recent annual report published by California’s Office of the Patient Advocate.