ST. LOUIS– Surround Care, with headquarters in St. Louis, closed on the Navvis and Esse Health merger. Navvis and Esse Health will now operate as subsidiaries of Surround Care, the newly formed parent. A first-of-its-kind company, Surround Care combines innovation with practical applications and proven capabilities to accelerate the change needed across health systems, physician enterprises, and health plans in population health and value-based care.
Surround Care serves more than 4 million patients across nine markets including Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, and Wisconsin. In the coming months, the company plans to announce additional markets and expand its footprint significantly. Surround Care employs more than 1,200 people and has 4,600 affiliated physicians.
“The combination of Navvis and Esse Health will advance population health to a whole new level. When the company delivering population health services is also delivering innovative care, it is no longer theory; it is real. The clinical and operational brilliance of the Esse Health model of care combined with the practical and proven Navvis population health solution addresses affordability, enhances quality, expands access, and improves the patient experience for healthcare services,” said Mike Farris, the chairman and CEO of Surround Care. “Our current and future partnerships with health systems, health plans, and physician organizations will experience transformational capabilities to surround physicians with what is needed to surround patients with the care they deserve, improving the health of communities around the country.”
Navvis and Esse Health will operate as business units and wholly owned subsidiaries of Surround Care. Advisors to the Navvis and Esse Health merger were Polsinelli PC, Raymond James Financial, Inc, and Thompson Coburn LLP.
