HealthPartners at a glance

• Founded in 1957 as a cooperative, HealthPartners is an integrated health care organization providing health care services, health plan financing and administration, medical education and research. It is the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation.
• Serves 1.25 million medical and dental health plan members nationwide.
• 10,000 physicians, dentists and employees in 70 locations in the Twin Cities, St. Cloud, Duluth and western Wisconsin.
• U.S. News & World Report/NCQA rates HealthPartners among the top 50 best commercial health plans in the nation for four years in a row.
• Modern Healthcare named HealthPartners one of the best places to work in healthcare.
• HealthPartners is the national benchmark in seven areas in a 2008 report sponsored by the National Business Coalition on Health.

HealthPartners health plan

• One of the largest open access networks in the region with more than 36,000 providers and 200 hospitals; national network of more than 650,000 providers and 6,000 hospitals.
• HealthPartners offers a full portfolio of health plans: national networks, open access networks, tiered networks, co-pay plans, deductible plans, self insured plans, Medicare plans, individual plans, dental plans and consumer-driven health plans including health savings accounts.
• Excellent customer service available all day with Member Services, HealthPartners Nurse Navigators^SM program, BabyLine Phone Service and an after-hours CareLine^SM Service.
• One of the first in the nation to implement a pay-for-performance program, awarding more than $20 million to medical groups and hospitals for meeting quality goals in 2008.
• HealthPartners Mail Order Pharmacy has an industry-leading prescription accuracy rate of 99.97 percent. Members can easily refill their prescriptions 24/7 online at healthpartners.com/mailorder or over the phone. Mail Order Pharmacy's unique combination of technology and hands-on, trained pharmacy personnel results in the ability to fill up to 12,500 prescriptions per day while ensuring high levels of quality and value.

Health improvement

• HealthPartners award winning 10,000 Steps program was recognized with an Innovation in Prevention award from the Dept. of Health and Human Services.
• JourneyWell, a HealthPartners business, offers employee health and wellness services including a health assessment and customized programs based on an individual's health potential score.
• 100 health and wellness coaches for online courses, phone courses, disease management.
• 15 personalized phone and online courses on issues such as losing weight, quit smoking, improve nutrition, manage back pain, cholesterol and stress.
• HealthPartners Frequent Fitness Program awards $20 off monthly club memberships for working out at least 12 times a month.
• Health discounts for exercise equipment, weight loss and other programs.

HealthPartners Medical Group

• 700 physicians,25 primary care clinics, 9 specialty care clinics, 8 urgent care clinics, 17 pharmacies, 6 eye care centers, Integrated Home Care, Hospice of the Lakes
• Online Patient Services offering secure, web-based services including online test results, refill prescriptions, print immunization records, schedule an appointment, e-visits
• Approximately 4,000 physicians, nurses, dentists and other medical staff access electronic medical records for HealthPartners and Regions Hospital patients
• HealthPartners provides care at four work site clinics for employees at Hennepin County, Grede Foundries, TURCK and Wilson Tool International.

HealthPartners Dental Clinics

• 60 dentists, 16 dental clinics

HealthPartners Central Minnesota Clinics

• More than 150 physicians, dentists and other health professionals serving the St. Cloud area. Regions Hospital
• Level I Trauma Center and teaching hospital in St. Paul. Specializes in trauma care, award winning heart and stroke care, burn care, emergency care, surgical services, international health.
• 970 physicians, 427 beds, second largest provider of charity care in Minnesota HealthPartners Specialty Center
• 27 specialty clinics, largest freestanding multi-specialty center in the East Metro Westfields Hospital
• Serving western Wisconsin with primary, acute, emergency and outpatient services Hudson Hospital & Clinics
• Offerings primary, specialty and emergency services in Hudson, Wisconsin HealthPartners Research Foundation
• Approximately 250 projects annually with a primary goal to apply research to medical practice Regions Hospital Foundation
• Receives more than 4,000 charitable contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations each year to support compassionate care, cutting-edge research and medical training.

Institute for Medical Education

• Programs train more than 500 resident physicians at Regions Hospital each year
• More than 240 continuing medical education programs for medical professionals
• First comprehensive simulation center for patient safety in the U.S.

HealthPartners Uganda Health Cooperative
Funded by a grant from the USAID, HealthPartners Uganda Health Cooperative is a community-owned system of prepaid healthcare to improve the health of dairy farmers and their families.

Community partners
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
East Metro Adult Crisis Stabilization
Minnesota Palliative Care Partnership
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Minnesota