Dignity Health Report

Dignity Health Report. 

Dignity Health is one of the nation’s largest health care systems. The health system operates more than 400 care centers, including hospitals, urgent and occupational care, imaging and surgery centers, home health, and primary care clinics in 22 states, through its network of more than 9,000 physicians and 63,000 employees. 

Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health have signed a definitive agreement to combine ministries and create a new, nonprofit Catholic health system.

The new health system will include more than 700 care sites and 139 hospitals, offering people and communities access to quality care delivered by approximately 159,000 employees and more than 25,000 physicians and other advanced practice clinicians. The organizations are geographically complementary with no overlap across hospital service areas.

Working with an Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) has evolved over the years with accounts becoming larger, although fewer in number. Medical device and pharmaceutical sales reps no longer sell directly to pharmacists or physicians as business operations and profit have become as, if not more, important than clinical decisions.

Working successfully with IDNs is dependent upon knowing and understanding which, and how many, types of site of care and decision-makers there are in the organization. This will not include hospitals but also medical groups, long-term care, outpatient centers and clinics, specialty pharmacy, and strategy for bundled payments and population health.

AMI’s June 2018 report on Dignity Health will identify:

• The organization’s sites of care and decision-makers.
• Hospital locations and number of beds.
• Medical Groups, ACOs and decision-makers.
• Population health and bundled payment activities.
• Financial and Statistical information.
• Recent Activities.

The report’s Table of Contents:

• Executives – pg. 4
• Background – pgs. 4-5
• Hospitals – pgs. 6-8
• Medical Groups – pg. 9
• Accountable Care Organizations – pg. 10
• Bundled Payments/Population Health – pgs. 11-12
• Financial/Statistical Information – pgs. 13-14
• Recent Activities – pg. 15
• Sources – pg. 16