A trusted leader in providing faith-based, integrated healthcare, Franciscan Health brings together the latest technology, innovative procedures and the brightest, most compassionate people to serve our patients in Indiana, Illinois and Michigan.

Franciscan ACO, Inc., provides coordinated, comprehensive care across hospitals, physician practices and other healthcare providers to enhance the healthcare experience of patients under our care. Since 2011, Franciscan ACO, Inc., (formerly Franciscan Alliance ACO) has developed innovative care models. Currently participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), Franciscan ACO, Inc. has expanded to also include Accountable Care Organization partnerships with Medicare Advantage and commercially insured patient populations.

Within each of these programs attributed patients, known as beneficiaries, receive the added benefit of a more coordinated care experience. This includes coordination of preventive health services and care coordination support for persons with chronic health conditions, such as diabetes and congestive heart failure. Care coordination services are provided through the ACO. Better yet, beneficiaries maintain the ability to see any doctor or healthcare provider of their choice within their insurance plan, as well as the full benefits associated with their covered insurance benefits.

For general questions or additional information about Accountable Care Organizations, please visit www.medicare.gov/acos.html or call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048. Non-Medicare patients can call the customer service number located on the back of their insurance card to inquire if their primary care physician is participating in an Accountable Care Organization.

You can install Outlook, Teams or other Office 365 applications on your mobile device. The mobile guide will walk you through this process so that you can access your Franciscan email, calendar, etc. on the go.

For 145 years, Franciscan Alliance has stayed true to our founding mission to care for everyone who comes through our doors. We treat our patients with the best possible care by following the guiding ethical values embodied by our founding congregation, the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. Always mindful of our Christian stewardship to the Roman Catholic Church, we minister with joy, care and compassion according to the ideals of St. Francis of Assisi and our founder, Mother Maria Theresia Bonzel.

The selfless acts of St. Francis of Assisi a man who left behind all his worldly possessions to follow Christ's mission and care for those in need set forth the guiding values under which Franciscan Health began. In 1875, a group of Catholic Sisters from Olpe, Germany answered a call to bring St. Francis ministries of health and education to the Midwest United States. Here, they opened the doors of our system's first hospital what is now Franciscan Health Lafayette.

Founded by Mother Maria Theresia Bonzel, the congregation later became known as the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. The Sisters expanded the health system with more hospitals, schools, orphanages and homes for the elderly. And nearly a century after the first hospital opened its doors, the system was officially founded as the Sisters of St. Francis Health Services in 1974.

Our system recognized the evolving changes in the health care landscape and the need to reinforce the shared capabilities across our hospitals and other healthcare facilities. We adopted a new name Franciscan Health to strengthen our presence as a large, comprehensive healthcare system. In 2012, our health system was selected to participate in a Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) initiative by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The ACO model is designed to provide more coordinated care for Medicare beneficiaries, ultimately resulting in cost savings for patients.

In openness and concern for the welfare of the patients, especially the aged, the poor and the disabled, the staff works with select associations and organizations to provide a continuum of care commensurate with the individual's needs.

The witness of Franciscan presence throughout the institution encompasses, but is not limited to, joyful availability, compassionate, respectful care and dynamic stewardship in the service of the Church.

Christian stewardship is evidenced by just and fair allocation of human, spiritual, physical and financial resources in a manner respectful of the individual, responsive to the needs of society, and consistent with Church teachings.