About Us


The Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance (Alliance) is a physician-led network sponsored by Saint Alphonsus Health System. The Alliance represents a new model of healthcare delivery, known as a Clinically Integrated Network. Our Clinically Integrated Network is based on a strategy to tightly align physicians, hospitals and payers to provide better access to care, better clinical quality and control costs.

The Alliance's work in the health reform environment is advanced through various innovative initiatives such as:

  • Advancing an open and pluralistic model of both employed and independent physicians to participate in clinical integration initiatives
  • Deliver effective, compassionate, and integrated care through a patient-centric model.
  • Educating our communities on health insurance coverage offerings through the Idaho and Oregon health insurance exchanges by helping residents of the communities we serve compare and select competitive health coverage based on the unique needs of their own families and household budgets

At the heart of our physician-led organization is a Clinically Integrated Network (CIN), which works to advance quality, efficiencies and overall care coordination across the continuum. The CIN focuses on common clinical guidelines, data sharing and performance measurement.

Mission

Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance serves in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming, healing presence within our communities.

Vision

Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance will be the clinical delivery system of choice, providing the highest quality value-based healthcare in the communities we serve.

For Clinicians

The Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance (Alliance) is the physician-led network sponsored by Saint Alphonsus Health System.  The Alliance represents a new model of healthcare delivery, known as a Clinically Integrated Network.  Our Clinically Integrated Network is based on a strategy to tightly align physicians, hospitals and payers to provide better access to care, better clinical quality and control costs.

The Alliance is unique in its intention to bring both employed and independent physicians together to build a better healthcare system. Over half of the physicians on our Alliance Board and governing committees are in private practice.

Those who directly care for the patient, making the diagnoses, managing their medications, arranging follow-up care, creating the medical record – those providers of care are leading this transformation. Collectively, these physicians share the same values of collaboration, innovation and transparency that is essential to deliver care that is in the best interests of patients and the communities they serve.

Value Benefits for the Physician

  • Access to a number of commercial contracts
  • Participation in physician-led network with a philosophy of engaging both independent and employed physicians to improve the health of our community in measurable terms by being part of the solution to spiraling healthcare costs
  • Obtaining the tools to measure physician practice's patient care performance relative to peers
  • Rewarded with additional reimbursement for practices that achieve and demonstrate value and quality, not only the volume, of care provided
  • Collaboration with Alliance providers driven to create innovative solutions for building a better healthcare system
  • Access to population health management and clinical performance reporting systems needed to achieve physician quality goals
  • Enhanced revenue through performance-based incentives that link reimbursement and outcomes performance
  • Demonstrate clinical quality to current and future patients