Bellin Medical Group

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Bellin Medical Group

• Improving Health / Stabilizing Cost
• George Kerwin
• Bellin Health System
• President/CEO
• gfkerw_at_bellin.org

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Life and Health Cycle
Primary Care Opportunity
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Bellin Health Overview
Serving a market of 600,000 people Bellin
Hospital, a 220-bed community hospital with
proven excellence in heart and vascular care
orthopedics and sports medicine family programs
and services cancer care and minimally invasive
procedures including robotic surgery Oconto
Hospital Medical Center, a critical-access
hospital in Oconto Bellin Medical Group and
NorthReach Healthcare, a 117-member primary care
group with 39 clinic sites and proven excellence
in disease management and wellness care Employer
Clinics, 41 clinics located within employer
facilities FastCare Retail Clinics, 5 retail
clinics located in grocery and discount retail
stores Physician Partners, Ltd, more than 170
independent specialty physicians Bellin
Psychiatric Center, a dominant provider of in-
and outpatient behavioral health services,
staffed by 6 psychiatrists, 41 psychologists and
22 therapists Unity Hospice, providing hospice
and palliative care services
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Bellin Health Access Platform

Compare Care Cost Quality Comparisons
AIM To facilitate timely and appropriate access
in the right place and at the lowest cost for the
identified health need.
Visits to Onsite Provider
FastCare Just 52 (incl. Lab)

• FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
• Knowledgeable consumer
• Access platform designed for the
  needs of the population
• Integrated system of care coordination

His Health Assessment Her Health Luncheons
Free
Free 24/7 Nurse On Call
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The Work of Primary Care

• To manage the life and health cycle, primary
  care needs to maintain a continuous relationship
  with people and coordinate care for both wellness
  and illness.

• Access Communication
• Patient Tracking
• Care Management
• Patient Self-management Support
• Electronic Prescribing
• Test Tracking
• Referral Tracking
• Performance Improvement
• Advanced Electronic Communication

National Committee for Quality Assurance Standards
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6,237
4,816
5,142
7,806
8,501
8,556
5,523
6,434
6,768
PEPY
Year
Note Average costs based on Hewitt data
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