Network Health increases provider panel

SynergyHealth, West Bend, will now accept Network Health members

January 15, 2008

Menasha, Wis. –Network Health, working with SynergyHealth in West Bend, is expanding the number of health care providers available to Network Health members who work in Fond du Lac County and live in and around Washington County.

“We’re growing our provider panel to give Network Health members in Fond du Lac and Washington counties more choices, more locations and better access to physicians, hospitals and medical care,” said Richard Bond, vice president of Sales for Network Health.

SynergyHealth is a regional health system serving communities of Washington County, and it includes St. Joseph’s Hospital, an independent, non-profit community hospital serving the greater Washington County community since 1930. St. Joseph’s Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

Additionally, SynergyHealth includes the West Bend Clinic, with more than 70 physicians on staff that provides comprehensive primary care and specialty services for patients in West Bend, Hartford, Jackson and Kewaskum.

“We’re pleased to be able to bring into the Network Health provider network the quality physicians and health care facilities that SynergyHealth offers,” Bond said.

Network Health, based in Menasha, is a regional health care organization that provides services to 80,000 members of 1,400 employer groups throughout Northeast Wisconsin. In October, it was rated for the third consecutive year as one of the best health plans in the nation in terms of customer satisfaction and clinical performance by U.S. News&World Report/National Committee for Quality Assurance. Network Health is a wholly owned subsidiary of Affinity Health System.

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Network Health has offered customized commercial and Medicare health insurance services to area employers, individuals and families since 1982, and through its strong reputation for providing quality health care coverage and excellent customer service has grown to serve thousands of people in Northeast Wisconsin and beyond. Each year since 2002, Network Health has received the highest possible "Excellent" accreditation status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for its commercial HMO insurance plans, and annually since 2004 it has been ranked in the Top 50 Health Insurance Plans in U.S. News and World Report's NCQA Best Health Plans in America listing.