"Maintaining our long-standing relationship with West Penn Allegheny was very important to us and our members," Highmark President and CEO Kenneth Melani said, in a statement. "The system plays an important role in the health care of our region, and we are pleased to be able to have their services available to Highmark members."
As part of the agreement, all West Penn Allegheny hospitals, including Allegheny General, Allegheny General-Suburban Campus, Western Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania-Forbes Regional Campus, Alle-Kiski Medical Center and Canonsburg General, again will participate in Highmark's Quality Blue Pay for Quality Program.
The initiative is designed to enhance patient care by sharing provider-specific data, identifying areas of improvement and developing plans to create systems and processes that ensure clinical quality and patient satisfaction.
"We are most gratified to have come to this agreement," said West Penn Allegheny President and CEO Christopher T. Olivia, in a statement. "We look forward to advancing our efforts with Highmark to provide high quality, cost-effective health care to Western Pennsylvania in the years to come."
The Highmark-West Penn Allegheny deal also provides access to Allegheny General's organ transplant program.
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