SSM Health Care, Anthem BCBS Start Accountable Care Relationship

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri has announced St. Louis-based SSM Health Care will join its patient-centered care program, Enhanced Personal Health Care.

This new partnership will create an accountable care model to help Anthem members with chronic conditions improve their overall health through coordination of care and sharing of information.

Under this new model, SSM Health Care will help reduce duplicative tests and services by sharing patient data with Anthem and other participating providers. This will result in more timely care for patients and allow SSM Health Care to share in savings that are made possible by improved care coordination.

"Anthem's Enhanced Personal Health Care is a new approach to an age-old problem — caring for the chronically ill," said Kate Lichtenberg, DO, physician director of Enhanced Personal Health Care at Anthem, in a news release. "I look forward to working with SSM Health Care's primary care physicians to help improve care for those with multiple chronic conditions."

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