Geisinger's future as part of Risant Health
Making better health easier
Fulfilling Abigail’s vision into the future
When Abigail Geisinger founded a small community hospital in Danville in 1915, she directed her leadership team, “Make it the best.” As we carry her vision forward for the residents of central and northeastern Pennsylvania, we recently announced becoming the first member of Risant Health, a new nonprofit designed to bring accessible and affordable care to more communities in the United States.
Risant Health was created by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals to expand and accelerate the adoption of value-based care in diverse, multi-payer, community-based health system environments, like Geisinger. While this is an innovative move designed to improve the health of communities across the country, for us it provides the investment and support needed to make better health easier in the communities we serve for another 100 years and beyond. And more importantly, it honors Abigail Geisinger’s vision to make the health system she founded the best for the families who call our communities home.
For our patients and members
As part of Risant Health, we’ll maintain our name and mission and will continue to work with other health plans, employed physicians and independent providers. Our headquarters will remain in Danville, Pa.
What communities can expect from us won’t change. If you’re a patient or member, you’ll continue accessing and receiving care just as you always have. Our approach to care remains anchored around high-quality outcomes and providing quality care to our communities. And we’ll continue working with other health plans, employed physicians and independent providers.
Benefits of collaboration
As a leading nonprofit health system, Kaiser Permanente brings tools, expertise and capital to accelerate our charitable mission and strategy. We’ll continue making major investments in facilities, digital, automation and consumer-friendly tools to keep our communities healthy and expand our impact to communities across Pennsylvania — all as part of Risant Health.
Who is Kaiser Permanente?
To broaden our impact, we considered partners that would provide exceptional care and a robust health plan, as well as act as a leader in the transition to value-versus-volume care models. What we found was a like-minded organization in Kaiser Permanente — a best-in-class organization with 39 hospitals, strong physician groups and a health plan that operates across eight states and the District of Columbia.
Why value-based care is important
By bringing together the best of Kaiser Permanente with the skills and capabilities of leading health systems like Geisinger, Risant Health can make high-quality, equitable, evidence-based care available to many more communities across the country.
Frequently asked questions
Risant Health’s acquisition of Geisinger will have no impact on insurance premiums and deductibles.
We define value-based care as high-quality, affordable, evidence-based care that's accessible and equitable and delivers quality outcomes.
Something like Geisinger 65 Forward is a great example of value-based care. Not only can our Geisinger Gold members visit a doctor who sees fewer patients for longer periods of time, but they also have resources for fitness, nutrition and socialization. As a result, these patients don’t need expensive care like inpatient admissions or ER visits as often as those in what are known as “fee-for-service” models.
We’re doing this to accelerate our mission of making better health easier for the communities we serve.
We considered partners that were like-minded and focused on improving health outcomes, affordability and access. And there’s no one better in the industry than Kaiser Permanente — a best-in-class organization with a health plan that operates across 8 states and the District of Columbia, 39 hospitals and strong physician groups.
Being part of Risant Health allows us to access the tools, expertise and capital to accelerate our charitable mission and strategy and expand our impact to other communities across Pennsylvania and beyond.
Our name and mission — as well as what communities expect from us — will be preserved. Our headquarters remain in Danville, Pa. and we continue to manage operations locally. We’ll continue to work with other health plans, employed physicians and independent providers. Geisinger patients and members will continue accessing and receiving care just as they do today.