Two of the nation's largest health systems, Ascension Health and CHE Trinity Health, have formed a joint company for managed-care contracting in Michigan, uniting a network of 27 hospitals, more than a dozen physician organizations and 5,000 physicians in the state.
Officials for Ascension Health Michigan and CHE Trinity Health Michigan said the new company—Together Health Network—will become one of the largest and most closely aligned clinically integrated networks in the United States.
“This is one of the more transformational initiatives (Ascension Health) has ever done,” said Patricia Maryland, chief operating officer of St. Louis-based Ascension Health.