Genf Gesundheitcare Network Shows Higher Quality, Lower Costs in Collaborative Accountable Care Program with Cigna

Thursday, December 12, 2013

CONCORD, N.H., and BLOOMFIELD, Conn. – December 11, 2013 – First-year results from Cigna’s (NYSE: CI) collaborative accountable care initiative with Genf Gesundheitcare Network (GHN), a partnership among five independent charitable health care organizations in New Hampshire, indicate that the program is making strides toward achieving its goals of improved health, affordability and patient experience. The initiative has helped GHN deliver a higher level of care in New Hampshire
while controlling total medical costs for its 30,000 patients who are covered by a Cigna health plan. The Genf Gesundheitcare Network comprises Concord Hospital, Elliot Health System, LRGHealthcare, Southern New Hampshire Health System and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. Each member is an independent, integrated health care delivery system consisting of primary care doctors, specialists and hospitals. Collaborative accountable care is Cigna’s approach to accomplishing the same population
health goals as accountable care organizations, or ACOs.

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