Here are five things to know:
1. The organization exceeded its quality goals due to better care coordination and sharing of clinical and financial data.
2. More patients received preventative care, managed chronic health conditions, stayed out of the emergency room and bought lower-cost generic prescriptions in the first year of the program.
3. In 2014, breast cancer screenings increased by 7 percent from 2012, and unnecessary emergency room use decreased by 4 percent from 2012.
4. More than 114,000 UnitedHealthcare employer-sponsored health plan members can use IHN services through the ACO.
5. UnitedHealthcare includes more than 1.5 million Wisconsin residents.
“Our initial results with IHN clearly illustrate that aligning integrated data leads to better health and better care experience,” said Dustin Hinton, president and CEO, UnitedHealthcare of Wisconsin.
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