Partners in Primary Care to Open Five New Senior-Focused Primary Care Centers in Houston
May 08 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Partners in Primary Care and the University of
Houston will collaborate to enhance quality-based care and support
the use of best practices in the delivery of care to seniors
People with Medicare and Medicare Advantage in and around
Houston will have access to senior-focused, primary care centers
when Partners in Primary Care opens five new medical centers in the
metro area.
Partners in Primary Care, a subsidiary of Humana Inc. (NYSE:
HUM), is part of a family of senior-focused, primary care centers
that deliver care to 35,000 Medicare Advantage patients. Each
Partners in Primary Care center serves members from many different
Medicare health plans. Like its existing centers, each new Partners
in Primary Care center will be staffed by board-eligible physicians
and care teams who have been specially trained to treat the senior
population.
“At our Partners in Primary Care practices, physicians spend
more time with their patients and our care teams focus on creating
personalized care plans designed to help patients achieve their
best possible health,” said Renee Buckingham, president of Humana’s
Care Delivery Organization. “Senior-focused care goes well beyond
treating you when you’re sick; it can include helping patients with
social, behavioral and financial needs as well.”
Four centers will open this summer with one more opening in the
fall in Meyerland. The first four new centers will open in the
following locations:
- Downtown East, 5104 Harrisburg Blvd.,
Ste. 800, Houston , TX 77011
- Gulfgate, 545 Gulfgate Center Mall,
Houston, TX 77087
- Jacinto City, 1910 John Ralston Road,
Ste. 200, Houston, TX 77013
- Pasadena, 3915 Spencer Highway,
Pasadena, TX 77504
Members of the community can learn more by calling (713)
804-8061.
The new primary care centers are also designed to foster
collaboration with the University of Houston and its Humana
Integrated Health System Sciences Institute. The institute fosters
interprofessional team-based care, with a focus on health
professions training programs in the colleges of medicine, nursing,
optometry, pharmacy and social work. In September 2018, Humana and
the University of Houston announced a long-term strategic
relationship to train future health care leaders with a focus on
advancing population health, improving health outcomes and
expanding the use of value-based payment models.
Partners in Primary Care and the University of Houston will
collaborate in a wide variety of ways to enhance quality-based care
and support the use of best practices in the delivery of care,
including:
- Partners in Primary Care centers will
be used as learning labs to host University of Houston pharmacy and
social work students in rotations to learn about integrated care
first-hand and serve the communities closest to the university.
Future rotations will also include physician and nursing
students.
- Partners in Primary Care and the
University of Houston will collaborate using data and technology
resources to innovate and enhance primary care delivery for
seniors.
- Partners in Primary Care will provide
input into the development of curriculum about integrated models of
care for the new University of Houston College of Medicine’s class
of physicians.
“Our goal is to improve health care delivery and the health of
our communities by empowering students to become agents of change,”
said Lamar Pritchard, Ph.D., Dean of the UH College of
Pharmacy. “Collaborating with Partners in Primary Care will
not only help seniors live their best lives, but our students will
experience the effectiveness of integrated care first hand.
That’s a win-win.”
“Seniors have different medical and physical challenges than
other adult patients, and those challenges become more unique as
they age. Houston has one of largest and fastest growing
populations of seniors and we’re excited about the impact Partners
in Primary Care will have on their quality of life,” said Kate
Blackmon, Vice President for Partners in Primary Care. “The
partnership with the University of Houston makes these primary care
centers truly stand out, and together we will focus on finding ways
to better care for our aging population to ensure they live their
best life.”
The centers will include:
- A pharmacist who will be embedded in
the care model as part of the care team. This pharmacist will
consult with patients and physicians to drive optimal drug therapy
and support quality of care initiatives.
- A clinical advocate who will be part of
the care team to consult on social services and other behavioral
health needs.
- A community center that will offer free
health and fitness programming, games and wellness activities that
are open to anyone in the community with a goal to help seniors
stay active and form social circles.
- Partnerships with the local food banks,
churches, and community organizations to support the social and
well-being needs of patients.
For more information on Partners in Primary Care centers in
other states, visit www.PartnersInPrimaryCare.com.
About Partners in Primary
Care
Partners in Primary Care (Partners) is a primary care medical
group practice operating centers in Kansas, Missouri, North
Carolina and South Carolina, and is expanding into Texas in 2019.
Partners has a strong emphasis on senior-focused primary care to
members of Medicare Advantage health plans. Partners is committed
to providing personalized, high-quality primary care combined with
an excellent patient experience. Partners has experience in both
the treatment and management of most chronic and acute-care
conditions. The practices also provide health education and
value-added, well-being services at their centers and around their
neighborhoods to help both patients and community members improve
their health. The management services organization for Partners is
a wholly owned subsidiary of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM). For more
information visit www.PartnersInPrimaryCare.com.
About Humana
Humana Inc. is committed to helping our millions of medical and
specialty members achieve their best health. Our successful history
in care delivery and health plan administration is helping us
create a new kind of integrated care with the power to improve
health and well-being and lower costs. Our efforts are leading to a
better quality of life for people with Medicare, families,
individuals, military service personnel, and communities at
large.
To accomplish that, we support physicians and other health care
professionals as they work to deliver the right care in the right
place for their patients, our members. Our range of clinical
capabilities, resources and tools – such as in-home care,
behavioral health, pharmacy services, data analytics and wellness
solutions – combine to produce a simplified experience that makes
health care easier to navigate and more effective.
More information regarding Humana is available to investors via
the Investor Relations page of the company’s web site at
www.humana.com, including copies of:
- Annual reports to stockholders
- Securities and Exchange Commission
filings
- Most recent investor conference
presentations
- Quarterly earnings news releases and
conference calls
- Calendar of events
- Corporate Governance information
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