Suburban Health Organization

About Suburban Health Organization

Suburban Health Organization is comprised of eighteen community-based Indiana hospitals working together to improve access to the highest quality healthcare possible. Incorporated in 1994, SHO serves its owners by providing a collaborative forum to facilitate desired integrations and outcomes, while allowing care to remain local and preserving deep-rooted ties to hospital communities. For more than 30 years, this synergetic group has created value by forming shared services, leveraging combined purchasing power, sharing best practices, and founding innovative solutions to some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. Through partnership, we are ensuring that vital, independent community health systems continue to thrive. Together, we are creating healthier communities.

Additional partners include Apire Indiana, Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Decatur County Memorial Hospital, Goshen Health, Hancock Regional Health, Hendricks Regional Health, Jane Pauley Community Health Center, Johnson Memorial Health, Logansport Memorial Hospital, Major Health Partners, Margaret Mary Health, Marion Health, Meridian Health Services, Riverview Health, Rush Memorial Hospital, Vantage Healthcare of Ohio, and Witham Health Services. These hospitals regularly collaborate with the following tertiary systems for patient care and community-based health initiatives: Ascension St. Vincent, Franciscan Health, and Indiana University Health.

Learn more about how we are building Strength Through Partnership at www.suburbanhealth.com.

Independence

The common goal of remaining independent and moving healthcare forward in our communities is at the heart of everything SHO does.

Why Does Hospital Independence Matter?

An independent hospital is a vital part of a community. When decisions are made within the walls of an organization, employees and patients benefit. Independence also fosters more personal relationships with patients and their families, along with a better understanding of community needs.

SHO recognizes the importance of hospital independence and provides:

• Economies of scale without mandates of a larges system
• Benefits of collective stability while allowing care to remain local and preserving deep-rooted ties to hospital communities

“Suburban Health Organization has allowed Henry Community Health to retain its locally owned and operating focus while giving us the leverage of a large scale health system. Through our collaborations, we are able to have stronger negotiating power which enables us to reduce healthcare costs for our system and our patients. The Affinity Groups provide a forum to share expertise and enhance the value we bring to our community in patient care, quality and patient safety initiatives.” – Brian Ring, President and CEO, Henry Community Health

The following are a few ways Henry Community Health is leveraging our partnership with SHO:

• Accountable Care Organization
• Advocacy
• Affinity Group Collaboration
• Anthem Contracting
• Clinical Integration
• Continuing Education
• Group Contracting
• Insurance Programs
• Long Term Care Collaborations
• Payer Contracting
• Payer Credentialing
• Provider Recruitment
• Risk Retention Group/Captive
• SHO Direct
• Value-Based Contracting