St George Corporation

Programs: St. George corporation is a supporting organization of the palos health system, which includes palos community hospital an irc section 501(c)(3) organization. During 2017, the organization supported by st. George corporation provided service for 20,000 inpatients and 190,000 outpatients at palos. Home health operations provided 148,000 visits to patients in their homes and the doctors at palos medical group provided 133,000 office visits. St. George corporation committed resources to the formation of chicago health colleagues (chc), a physician led, clinically integrated network (cin) in 2015. There are currently about 420 members representing over 90 practices and about 45 specialties, working together with palos to improve quality, cost and effectiveness of health care services. As hospitals continue to be held more accountable for patient outcomes and cost, chc is prepared for new value based care and accountability through the use of proven clinical protocols, measures and analytics to demonstrate improved patient care, decreased cost and increased efficiency. The technology and analytics to support clinical integration and population health enables robust data analytics and information sharing even with independent physicians across disparate computer systems. Chicago health colleagues has contracts with new and existing payors in the market including large payors for performance based shared savings contracts that offer incentives for the hospital and chc members working together to improve quality, care coordination and efficiency of care. A land exchange agreement between the st. George corporation, st. George wellness center and the village of orland park was entered into on july 18, 2016 and executed on january 3, 2017. Pursuant to this agreement property (owned by the st. George corporation), and its improvements - st. George wellness center facility, also known as the palos health and fitness center, and its associated personal property were exchanged for 6. 74 acres of vacant property owned by the village of orland park which will be used for further development. This land exchange agreement was noted to be of great benefit to the village of orland park as it allows for the continued operation of and access to the health and fitness center facility for members and the community at large.