“Delmarva Health Network is about transforming the way care is designed
and delivered,” says Dr. Jeffrey J. Heckert, M.D, CPE, FAAFP and
chairman of the Board of Delmarva Health Network. “We can integrate
communication across more providers as more physicians and health systems
join us. We can coordinate care for more people in our community.”
“That the leadership at Atlantic General has decided to join the
Network tells us that we’re on to something very positive and powerful,”
stated Jeffrey M. Fried, FACHE, President and CEO of Beebe Healthcare.
“This is an exciting partnership between two high-quality health
systems.” Beebe started Delmarva Health Network in May 2013 as means
of transforming the health care system and to deliver high quality care,
with the most value for the patients, at a low cost.
“Our primary care physicians have been working for several years
in our Patient-Centered Medical Home initiative, to slow the progression
of disease and keep people healthy,” said Michael A. Franklin, President
and CEO of Atlantic General Hospital and Health System. “Joining
Delmarva Health Network was a natural step for us along this progression
of caring for people differently. It is also an ideal complement to the
new hospital payment system in Maryland.”
Delmarva Health Network was approved to participate as a Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable
Care Organizations (ACO) starting in 2014. With the addition of Atlantic
General, approximately 17,000 people in Sussex, Worcester, and Wicomico
Counties who are Medicare beneficiaries will have access to high-quality,
coordinated care. Since passage of the Affordable Care Act, more than
360 ACOs have been established, serving over 5.3 million Americans with
Medicare. Beneficiaries seeing health care providers in ACOs always have
the freedom to choose doctors inside or outside of the ACO.
Delmarva Health Network will seek to participate in programs with other
insurance companies that pay for the value of the healthcare care provided,
not just the quantity of care.
Atlantic General Hospital has been providing quality health care to the residents of Worcester,
Wicomico, Somerset (Md.) and Sussex (Del.) counties since May 1993. Built
by the commitment and generosity of a dedicated community, the hospital’s
state-of-the-art facility in Berlin, Md., combines old-fashioned personal
attention with the latest in technology and services. It provides quality
specialty care such as weight loss surgery, orthopedics, outpatient infusion
for individuals with cancer or blood/autoimmune disorders, retina surgery
and a comprehensive women’s diagnostic center. Atlantic General
Health System, its network of more than 40 primary care providers and
specialists, care for residents and visitors throughout the region. For
more information about Atlantic General Hospital, visit
www.atlanticgeneral.org.
Beebe Healthcare is a not-for-profit community healthcare system with a charitable mission
to encourage healthy living, prevent illness, and restore optimal health
for the people residing, working, or visiting in the communities we serve.
It offers services throughout Southern Delaware including a 210-licensed-bed
hospital, a cancer center, and outpatient facilities at multiple sites
providing walk-in care, lab, imaging, and physical rehab services. For
more information, please visit us online at
www.beebehealthcare.org.