Industry Bulletins | January 16, 2019
WellStar Announces Hospital Quality Partnership With Humana
WellStar Health System (WellStar) will be the first health system in Georgia to participate in Humana’s new Hospital Incentive Program (HIP). WellStar is a Georgia-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing world-class health care, and one of the most integrated health systems in the country.
Through the program, Humana will work with selected health systems to deliver integrated care and to decrease the rates of duplicative services, hospital readmissions, and complication rates in acute care inpatient admissions. HIP specifically focuses on three key areas regarding health care consumers—experience, safety, and outcomes. Humana anticipates that the program . . .