Boulder Community Health & Optum Launch New, Comprehensive Relationship to Advance Quality Care & Improve Experiences for Pat...
July 14 2020 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Optum Will Manage Key Functions Including
Data and Analytics, Revenue Cycle Management and Care
Coordination
Relationship Will Strengthen BCH’s Ability
to Maintain Its Independence
Boulder Community Health (BCH) and Optum today announced a
comprehensive new relationship focused on advancing delivery of
high-quality, convenient and affordable health care to patients
across Boulder County and surrounding communities. Optum brings an
extensive set of capabilities to this innovative partnership to
help BCH further advance its clinical and operational
performance.
This new relationship strengthens BCH’s ability to maintain its
independence. Like all hospitals and health systems, BCH is facing
increasing economic pressures that require thoughtful solutions.
This innovative approach with Optum creates cost savings and
efficiencies, while allowing BCH to remain a strong, independent,
community-based health system.
Optum will provide BCH with valuable services, resources and
scale, including managing a broad set of essential functions
spanning data and analytics, revenue cycle management and care
coordination. BCH clinicians and leaders retain all decision-making
authority regarding patient care and strategic planning to ensure
the organization stays responsive to the evolving needs of the
people and communities it serves.
BCH and Optum will work together to:
- Improve health outcomes for patients by expanding use of data
and analytics to target medical interventions more accurately, as
well as create analytics platforms that bring together disparate
clinical, financial and socio-economic data to better inform
doctors and their patients.
- Enhance BCH’s clinical services by collaborating to improve
care coordination, quality outcomes and efficiency.
- Reduce costs and drive revenue improvement through best
practice management of patient scheduling and billing services
across both the hospital and clinic settings.
- Accelerate the organization’s ability to identify, prioritize
and execute on key strategic initiatives through advanced
analytics, best practice research and enhanced project
management.
“This innovative relationship with Optum flows directly from
BCH’s strategic vision of partnering to create and care for the
healthiest community in the nation,” said Dr. Robert Vissers, BCH
president and CEO. “Together, we will innovate to enhance and
further personalize the patient experience at BCH. Our physicians
and nurses will be able to bring more data-driven insights to the
care of our patients using Optum’s clinical technologies and
advanced analytic tools. This really accelerates our ability to
build upon the transformational care we provide the community while
lowering our operating costs.”
“We have heard from our community, our physicians and our
employees that remaining independent is critical to keeping health
care decision-making local and in the best interest of the
communities we serve,” said Jeff Morgan, chair of the BCH Board of
Directors. “Partnering with Optum helps us overcome the significant
financial challenges facing smaller health systems and maintain
innovative, patient-centric medical care in our community.”
“BCH is one of the most respected and innovative community-based
health systems in the country, and we are thrilled to partner with
them to support their mission, vision and values,” said Robert
Musslewhite, CEO of OptumInsight. “Together we will work to
accelerate clinical and operational performance, improve outcomes
and experiences for patients and providers, and lower costs.
Community hospitals are critical to the communities they serve and
supporting them in their ambition to remain independent helps
ensure that care remains continuous, integrated and
affordable.”
As part of this comprehensive relationship, approximately 280
BCH employees will become Optum employees. They will continue to
support BCH’s work and mission as part of Optum. With access to new
skill-development opportunities, technologies and processes at
Optum, these team members will build on their successful work in
making BCH the health system of choice for people in Boulder and
the surrounding communities.
About Optum
Optum is a leading information and technology-enabled health
services business dedicated to helping make the health system work
better for everyone. With more than 165,000 people worldwide, Optum
delivers intelligent, integrated solutions that help to modernize
the health system and improve overall population health. Optum is
part of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH). For more information, visit
www.Optum.com.
About Boulder Community Health
Boulder Community Health is a non-profit, independent,
integrated, regional health system with facilities throughout
Boulder County. Boulder Community Health is known across Colorado
for its clinical excellence in heart care, neurosurgery, stroke
care, orthopedics and cancer care. Our mission is to provide our
community with the highest value health care in an innovative,
patient-centric environment. Our vision: Partnering to create and
care for the healthiest community in the nation. For more
information, visit www.bch.org and connect with BCH on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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Optum Media Contact: Gwen Holliday 202-549-3429
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Boulder Community Health Media Contact: Rich Sheehan
720-352-8651 rsheehan@bch.org
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