HERMANN – Hermann’s hospital is one of two dozen independent healthcare facilities across the state that today is formally launching an effort to give a greater voice to smaller hospitals.

Hermann Area District Hospital Administrator and Chief Executive Officer Bill Hellebusch joined his counterparts from 23 other facilities in formally unveiling the Show-Me High Value Network, a consortium formed in the past year that is aimed at giving smaller rural hospitals a larger voice in such things as negotiating with state and federal agencies, bolstering purchasing power and expand the quality of healthcare.

The statewide collaboration is designed to strengthen participating hospitals individually while improving healthcare quality, affordability and value in the communities they serve.

The cornerstone of the network is a clinically integrated network, or CIN, designed to expand the value of care. The network provides a framework for hospitals and providers to collaborate on quality improvement, care coordination, data sharing and value-based care to the benefit of more than 1.8 million Missourians served by hospitals in the network.

According to the announcement of the launch, Hermann Area District Hospital will engage with network members on committees focused on the quality and value of care. Through this work, participants will benefit from systems that enhance quality and care coordination while reducing administrative burdens for providers. The committees also will develop a common set of quality measures, and lead the implementation of a clinical data-sharing platform to support the members’ work with insurers on value-based care arrangements and best practices.

Additionally, the network will establish a committee of operational leaders to share best practices,discuss opportunities and challenges and identify strategies to improve efficiency across member organizations.

While participants will collaborate through the Show-Me High Value Network, each hospital

remains independent and locally governed. The network is designed to provide the advantages

of scale and shared resources without requiring hospitals to give up local decision-making.

Additional services will be optional for participants and available where engagement best fits

their local needs.

Along with HADH, Show-Me High Value Network partners include Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia; Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton; Cass Regional Medical Center in Harrisonville; Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs; Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar; Community Hospital – Fairfax in Fairfax; Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall; Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare in Clinton; Hannibal Regional Hospital in Hannibal; Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany; Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston; Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada; Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains; Pershing Health System in Brookfield; Phelps Health in Rolla; Pike County Memorial Hospital in Louisiana; Ray County Hospital and Healthcare in Richmond; Salem Memorial District Hospital in Salem; Samaritan Hospital in Macon; Scotland County Hospital in Memphis; Washington County Memorial Hospital in Potosi; and Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg.