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April 27, 2023—Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Geisinger Health announced the launch of Risant Health and a definitive agreement to make Geisinger the first health system to join Risant to expand access to value-based care in communities across the country. Upon regulatory approval, Geisinger becomes part of the new organization through acquisition.
Risant is a new nonprofit organization created by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals with a vision to “improve the health of millions of people by increasing access to value-based care and coverage and raising the bar for value-based approaches that prioritize patient quality outcomes,” according to a joint press release from KP and Geisinger. Risant will acquire and connect nonprofit, value-oriented, community-based health systems; those systems will continue to operate as regional or community-based systems.