Penn State Health

To promote, support, and further the Pennsylvania State university; to promote Health through the management and/or support of facilities and other assets that provide Health care services; to integrate community-based and academic medical center Health care in order to achieve improved outcomes and limit the costs of care via improved efficiencies; to support financially and operationally the Pennsylvania State university college of medicine; to support the Pennsylvania State university in the performance of its duties as successor trustee of the milton s. hershey medical center pursuant to that certain decree of the orphans court of dauphin county, Pennsylvania dated december 17, 1968 (the mshmc trust); and to do all lawful acts incidental to the accomplishment of said charitable, (continued in schedule o) educational, and scientific purposes.penn State Health plays a vital role in supporting, both operationally and financially, the Pennsylvania State university's college of medicine. The purposes of the two organizations are integrally intertwined and mutually supportive. Penn State Health offers the college of medicine additional platforms for education and research as well as generates shared revenue, whereas the college of medicine offers Penn State Health access to innovations, clinical trials, discoveries and a pipeline of clinicians and scientists.in recent years, the Penn State Health system has undergone substantial growth and made significant progress towards creating a high-quality, large scale integrated Health care delivery system to serve the population of southcentral Pennsylvania, by focusing on building an academic Health system supported by a community network, anchored by the academic tertiary/quaternary care resources of its related organization, milton s. hershey medical center.the Penn State Health system has five, nonprofit tax-exempt, acute care hospitals. The milton s. hershey medical center (mshmc) is a 639-licensed bed academic medical center located in hershey, Pennsylvania. St. joseph regional Health network (sjrhn) is a 204-licenced bed hospital in the berks county region. Holy spirit medical center (hsmc) was acquired on november 1, 2020 and is a 306-licensed bed hospital in cumberland county. Penn State Health hampden medical center (pshhmc), opened in october 2021, is a 110-licensed bed hospital alongside interstate 81 in hampden township. Penn State Health lancaster medical center (pshlmc), opened in october 2022, is a 142-licensed bed hospital located in lancaster county. All acute care hospitals provide inpatient, outpatient and emergency care services.penn State Health has three single member llcs as follows:penn State Health community medical grouppenn State Health's community medical group is charged with serving the regions surrounding hershey medical center and the college of medicine. Currently composed of 650 providers and 2,000 total staff, the community medical group staffs each of the four community acute care medical centers. Services include in-patient, specialty and primary care programs that focus on high quality care close to home. Primary care practices service dauphin, cumberland, berks and lancaster counties with a full array of adult and pediatric general services as well as walk-in and urgent care. Community medical group covers approximately 215,000 primary care patients. Subspecialty services are also robust in each county with quaternary care needs being referred to hershey medical center. In-patient services include hospitalist, emergency medicine, critical care, neonatology, obstetrics, anesthesia, as well as diagnostic and interventional radiology. Penn State Health life lion llcpenn State Health life lion llc (ll llc) is the Health system's community facing 911 emergency medical service (ems) provider. Incorporated in the summer of 2020 this brought together several established 3rd party ems entities under the psh umbrella and helped solidify and expand the 911 service these ems entities where providing for many years. Ll llc is comprised of approximately 270 clinicians and support staff and provides 24/7 911 emergency services to over 60 municipalities throughout cumberland, perry, york, lancaster and dauphin counties. Ll llc responds to over 30,000 calls for assistance in a given year and is dispatched through the 911 centers of the counties noted. Services are provided at both the basic life support (bls) and advanced life support (als) levels responding to any 911 call that requires pre hospital ems care. Ll llc is licensed by the commonwealth of pa dept. Of Health bureau of ems, and follows all clinical requirements and standards set forth by the pa doh for ems agencies. These 911 patients are transported to many different hospitals, not just Penn State Health hospitals. This is per the patient/family request or directed by commonwealth of pa ems protocols where indicated. By providing this service Penn State Health helps to alleviate these municipalities of the cost and burden of having to provide for ems services on their own. An ems program affiliated with a Health system also helps to provide a higher quality of ems than what many municipal agencies would be able to field on their own. In addition, ll llc also provides non-emergency transportation for patients requiring ambulance or wheelchair services out of, and between the various Penn State Health hospitals. Ll llc also provides community education and outreach for various community groups on cpr, first aid, safety and well-being and other pre-hospital services as needed. Ll llc works closely with multiple other first responder agencies, including police, fire and local and State emergency management agencies to plan for and mitigate emergency or disaster incidents when they arise. Central pa Health network, llccentral pa Health network, llc (dba: Penn State Health care partners) is the Penn State Health (psh) system's clinically integrated network (cin). Governed by a board of managers, the cin is a collection of Health providers that includes physicians, hospitals, and post-acute specialists who join together to coordinate care, improve the quality of care and reduce costs for populations. The cin has formed a collaboration between psh and 31 independent community practices across central pa and State college regions. The cin offers value-based care programs to this group of physicians and other care providers. The cin uses data from these programs to identify clinical interventions, increase adherence to care plans, share best practices, that provide financial rewards for improved clinical outcomes and cost control achievements. Our cin is currently administering a commercial payor value-based care programs for 26,000 pediatric patients for across the psh regions. In addition, the cin offers population Health management services to employer groups. These services include data analytics and care management services that have demonstrated improvements in patient adherence to care plans and reduction in inappropriate utilization translating to cost savings for an employer.