Michigan hospital system adds PPO to bring in national clients.(Trinity Health, preferred provider organization)(Brief Article)

Health Care Strategic Management, October, 2005

Trinity Health in Novi, Ml, is expanding its insurance business by establishing a national preferred provider organization (PPO).

Called Care Choices, the PPO is designed for large, self-insured employers and will be eligible to be accompanied by health savings accounts, which require high-deductible insurance plans.

The PPO includes 95% of the nation's PPO providers. The 46-hospital Trinity system has operated a fully insured health maintenance organization and statewide PPO through its Farmington, MI-based Care Choices subsidiary since 1986. Adding a national PPO is expected to give Trinity entry into the market for multistate employers.