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Now, more than ever, employers in Wisconsin are looking for a local health plan they can count on. One that will be by their side for the long haul.

That’s why we are expanding options to meet employer needs by:

Offering a level-funded solution to deliver predictable monthly premiums and protection against large claims.

Simplifying the underwriting process.

Providing the dual option of Anthem’s affordable Well Priority network alongside a broader, more robust network.

Updating employer tools to make health plans simpler.

We’re also supporting employee whole-person health by: the country, which gives employers both large and small a range of options from which to choose. UnitedHealthcare is the region’s largest provider of private-sector health insurance, followed by Anthem Network Health is a provider-owned health plan that is jointly owned by Froedtert Health and Ascension Wisconsin. It provides health insurance throughout southeastern and northeastern Wisconsin.

Providing programs for holistic care.

Integrating virtual care with digital support through SydneySM Health app.

Simplifying communication among care providers.

Expanding behavioral health network access and resources.

If we know one thing — it’s that nothing is more important than the health of the businesses we serve. This is the essence of who we are and what we can deliver.

Integrated Health Care Delivery

Southeast Wisconsin is served by five multi-hospital health systems that integrate physician services and outpatient clinics with inpatient services to provide coordinated medical care. Integrated care can improve quality and efficiency through better patient engagement, electronic record sharing and the elimination of duplicate diagnostic tests.

Advocate Aurora Health is the region’s largest integrated health system, serving eastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois. One of the largest health systems in the nation, it is the result of the merger of Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care and Chicago-based Advocate Health Care. In 2022, Advocate Aurora merged with Atrium Health, which has hospitals in North Carolina, South Carolina. Alabama and Georgia, to become the nation’s fifthlargest health system.

The second-largest integrated system in the region is Ascension Wisconsin, which includes the former Columbia St. Mary’s health system and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare. Ascension Wisconsin is part of St. Louis-based Ascension Healthcare. Ascension also includes the former Ministry health system, which provides care in northern Wisconsin, and the former Affinity Healthcare, which provides health care in northeastern Wisconsin. Ascension Wisconsin is one of the largest divisions of Ascension Health, which is the secondlargest health system in the country.

The region’s other integrated health systems are Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, which combines an academic medical center with several community hospitals, a tertiary care hospital and the region’s only Level I trauma center; ProHealth Care, which serves the greater Waukesha area with three hospitals and more than a dozen medical clinics in Waukesha County;

Children’s Wisconsin, which has pediatric hospitals and clinics in southeastern and northeastern Wisconsin, as well as northern Illinois.

Advocate Aurora Health

Advocate Aurora Health is the largest fully integrated health system in Wisconsin and serves eastern Wisconsin through 17 hospitals and more than 150 clinic sites. It employs 39,000 team members, including 1,800 physicians throughout eastern Wisconsin. Aurora received the top performance award in a six-year quality demonstration project conducted by Medicare. The health system operates 12 medical centers throughout southeastern Wisconsin, including St. Luke’s Medical Center, its flagship, tertiary-care hospital. aurorahealthcare.org

Ascension Wisconsin

Ascension Wisconsin includes the former Columbia St. Mary’s Health System and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Services. The system includes 11 hospitals, more than 75 community clinics, the Columbia College of Nursing, physician medical groups and several urgent/express care centers in southeastern Wisconsin. Columbia St. Mary’s Regional Burn Center is the only one of its kind in the eastern half of the state. ascension.org

Children’s Wisconsin

Children's Wisconsin is one of the nation's top pediatric facilities with hospitals located in Milwaukee and Neenah. It offers outpatient care in more than 70 medical specialties and has an academic affiliation with the Medical College of Wisconsin. It is ranked in nine specialty areas in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 Best Children’s Hospitals report. Children’s provides primary, specialty, urgent and emergency care, as well as community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services, and family resource centers. chw.org

The Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Health Network

The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin regional health network is a partnership between Froedtert Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin supporting a shared mission of patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health network operates eastern Wisconsin’s only academic medical center and adult Level I Trauma Center at Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, an internationally recognized training and research center engaged in thousands of clinical trials and studies. The Froedtert & MCW health network includes 10 hospital locations and more than 45 health centers and clinics, draws patients from throughout the Midwest and the nation.Workforce Health, the employer services arm of the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network, provides health care services to businesses throughout the region. froedtert.com/workforce-health

ProHealth Care

ProHealth Care is an integrated health care system serving Waukesha County and surrounding communities. It offers a network of more than 800 physicians that provide cancer, heart and vascular care, orthopedics, neurosciences and other specialty services. It has four hospitals, 15 clinics, urgent care centers, surgery centers, hospice care and other services. It also offers online scheduling and virtual health services. prohealthcare.org

We are committed to partnering with families and communities to help nurture kids’ physical, mental and social health.

Here are a few of the ways we’re caring for kids:

• Our school-based mental health program helps kids across the state to access counseling right down the hall from their classrooms.

• Pediatricians at our primary care locations care for kids and families in the neighborhoods where they live, work and play.

• Our school nursing program brings full-time nurses to Milwaukee Public Schools, helping keep kids healthy so they can learn.

• Through advocacy, we support local, state and federal legislation that improves health and well-being for kids and families.

• We provide the kids of our community the highest quality care available anywhere in the world — right here in Wisconsin.

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