Hans Wiik is an experienced healthcare strategist. He sees the details in the big picture and delivers clinically integrated accountable solutions that improve quality and lowers healthcare costs for employers and insurers, working with hospitals and aligned physician groups that increases the overall value of care for our patient communities.
Hans’ experience covers the spectrum of healthcare in the United States:
- COO and CEO of hospitals in California, Oregon, and Colorado
- President and CEO of Centura Health Integrated Physician Network
- CEO of Health Solutions LLC
- President for the VHA Mountain States Region (a network of 60-plus hospitals and aligned physician practices across the region)
Hans’ combination of healthcare leadership positions and his long-standing clinical background as a pharmacist allows him to understand medication therapy management (MTM), medication reconciliation, medication adherence, providing clients a variety of added perspectives from the ground floor to the corner office, and several floors in between.
This unique point of view allows Hans to see solutions among the silos. Where others are committed to competition, Hans brings insight, intelligence, and community based strategies that go beyond the typical healthcare discussions to find common ground between groups who previously believed they had competing interests.
If we could get people to be as competitive about their health and wellness as they are about their frequent flyer miles — that would be a big step in the right direction.
~Hans Wiik
For example, co-locating behavioral health and integrating pharmacists into the primary care setting are key parts of Hans Wiik’s vision. Also, clinical information, data analytics, validated patient registries, benchmarking, and better coordination among all providers is critical for long-term success for the triple aim of healthcare (improved cost and quality and a better patient experience).
Hans has recently embarked on a new vision and challenge as President and CEO of the Hans Wiik Health Group, LLC – a Colorado-based consulting group that will focus on assisting providers, payers, and employers on guidance and strategies around ACO development and performance, clinical integration, care coordination, co-location of behavioral health and pharmacists in the primary care setting, population health management, value based benefit design, that leads to overall performance improvement in healthcare quality, cost reduction, and better outcomes.
From 2008-2014, Hans was the President and CEO of the Centura Health Integrated Physician Network (iPN). The iPN was formed in 2004 when a group of independent practices and physicians in the North Denver metropolitan area began implementing a common/enterprise-wide EHR to improve the quality of clinical performance and care. This adoption of a common EHR made the iPN one of the first clinically integrated networks of independent practices in the nation. The iPN currently has over 260 providers represented in 25 different multi-specialty practices across 45 separate practice sites. Over 120 of these providers are primary care providers (PCPs) — all certified by the NCQA as Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) providers. This is the largest group of PCPs with Level 3 NCQA- and PCMH-designation in Colorado.
The iPN is sponsored by (and partners with) Colorado’s largest not-for-profit healthcare system – Centura Health. Practices include both primary care and specialty practices, including a large, successful Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) – Clinica Family Health Services, which has 5 clinic locations.
Practices currently include Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Ob-Gyn, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology, Cardiology, and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery. The practices are integrated through a series of population-based quality initiatives, which focus on quality of care, patient satisfaction, and the sharing of best practices.
The iPN supports its members in many ways:
- Single signature payer contracting
- IT/EMR and CQI implementation and support
- Quality performance reporting and analytics
- Care coordination
- Extensive MSO services that help improve practice financial performance and productivity
As a developing ACO in the Colorado market, the Centura Health Integrated Physician Network has negotiated and implemented several payer and employer agreements, with included shared savings and quality metrics integral to annual performance objectives.
