COASTAL MEDICAL JOINS LIFESPAN TEAM

After signing a letter of intent in February 2020, Coastal Medical and Lifespan finalized their partnership agreement in April 2021. With a team of over 125 providers located in 20 medical offices across Rhode Island, Coastal is a leader in coordinated primary care and serves 120,000 patients.

Combining Lifespan’s vast specialty care capabilities with Coastal’s primary care expertise will benefit patients across the state, offering enhanced value through a continuum of coordinated, high-quality patient care. This partnership plays a key role in Lifespan’s efforts to elevate its population health strategy, also a major facet of the Lifespan 2025 Initiative—Coastal has achieved great success with population health management and is now seen as a national model. In September 2021, Coastal President G. Alan Kurose, MD, was appointed senior vice president of primary care and population health for Lifespan. As one of the founders of Coastal Medical in 1995, Dr. Kurose has been a driving force in positioning them at the forefront of healthcare delivery system transformation, both locally and nationally.

“This is a critical time in healthcare and elevating the primary care role and expanding population health and value-based care for more patients is extremely important. This strategic decision will benefit patients, physicians, and all members of the healthcare team and is good for the future of healthcare locally.”

- G. Alan Kurose, MD president , Coastal Medical senior vice president of primary care and population health for Lifespan