Speaker Presentation from U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow leadership summit, November 2-4, 2016 in Washington, DC. Find out more about this forum at www.usnewshot.com.

1. Population Health Management
at Partners HealthCare
Timothy Ferris, MD, MPH
SVP, Population Health Management, MGH, MGPO and
Partners HealthCare
US News Best Hospitals
November 3, 2016

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• Founded by Mass General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
PHS also includes:
• Community and specialty hospitals
• Managed care organization
• Community health centers
• Physician network
• Home health and long-term care services
Background on Partners HealthCare (PHS)
• In 2012, we entered new commercial and Medicare contracts that put us at risk
for medical expense trend
• PHS currently has over 500,000 lives under accountable care contacts
PHS by the Numbers
• 1.5M patients served annually
• 6,500 physicians
• 9,100 nurses
• 64,000 employees
• $10.9B in revenue

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The path we’re traveling at Partners
Pressure to reduce
cost trend
New contracts with
risk for trend
Internal Performance
Framework (IPF)
Investment in Population
Management Infrastructure
Changes to Partners
organization structure
Primary Care
Specialty Care
Care Continuum
Patient Engagement
IS/Analytics
Improved quality and lower cost trend
Implement new local
incentives/compensation
Network
Composition
New relationships with
community hospitals
and doctors

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