SPRINGFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Coventry Health Care of Illinois and St. Johns Hospital are pleased to announced a new high-performance network in Springfield, IL.

The new product, Carelink from Coventry: A St. Johns Hospital Partnership, is effective September 1, 2013. The goal of this collaboration is to improve quality of care and lower overall health care costs in the Springfield community. The partnership demonstrates a commitment to deliver more value to the patient, no matter what his or her health care needs may be.

St. Johns Hospital is pleased to partner with Coventry to deliver coordinated care to the Springfield community, said St. Johns Hospital Interim President and CEO Larry Schumacher. Our partnership will allow us to offer our community a new and improved path to healthy living. From the primary care physicians office to our specialists and facilities, patients will have a more coordinated health care experience.

Jered Wilson, Coventrys Vice President of Network Development, said, Coventry is excited to announce the collaboration with St. Johns Hospital. This partnership shows our commitment to promote high-quality care, coordination of care and an improved patient experience all while lowering health care costs. This approach provides aligned, performance-based incentives between St. Johns Hospital, its physicians and Coventry. Our combined goal is to keep those in the communities we live in, and serve in, healthy.

St. Johns Hospital is an affiliate of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a multi-institutional health care system that operates 13 hospitals in 12 communities across Illinois and Wisconsin and an integrated physician network. HSHS is sponsored by the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis. St. John's Hospital provides a ministry of exceptional health care services to the people of central Illinois in the Catholic tradition of compassion, justice and reverence for life.

High-performance network model drives focus on more coordinated care

A high-performance network collaboration consists of a group of health care providers who assume responsibility for the quality and cost of care for a group of patients.

Coventry works with health care organizations throughout the state to develop products and services that support value-driven, patient-centered care. For more information on this specific high-performance network, please visit http://www.chcillinois.com > Health Care Solutions > Our Products > Carelink from Coventry.

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Coventry Health Care of Illinois and St. John’s Hospital Collaborate to Form High-Performance Network