HealthPartners

HealthPartners is a nonprofit insurer working to improve the health of their members, patients and the community by providing the best care and best experience at a more affordable cost. According to a 2009 industry report, "HealthPartners was the first organization of its type to be recognized as a medical home." Through the HealthPartners BestCare program, the insurer is:

• Improving care for patients across our clinics and hospitals.
• Engaging patients to keep members and patients healthy.
• Measuring results and sharing results to help innovation spread.
• Partnering with the community to improve health.
• Supporting healthy lifestyles outside the doctor’s office.

In 2011, HealthPartners joined Park Nicollet’s Pioneer Accountable Care Organization. The ACO, which cares for 12,100 Medicare patients, met or exceeded goals on 33 quality measures in 2013 improving care and efficiency that reduced medical costs by $3.1 million.