Kaiser, Emory Strike Deal On Model Of Care For 2 Atlanta Hospitals

Emory Healthcare and Kaiser Permanente announced a new collaboration Wednesday that will make two Emory hospitals the primary facilities for Kaiser doctors and patients in metro Atlanta.

Under the agreement, Kaiser will introduce its national model of hospital care to Emory University Hospital Midtown and Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital. The California-based nonprofit insurer, which operates 39 hospitals in other states, said it would be able to implement its hospital “playbook’’ for its members at the two Emory Atlanta facilities.

The Emory set-up, which begins in October, will differ from Kaiser’s current arrangement with Piedmont and Northside in that the insurer operated under the latter two hospitals’ guidelines with its patients there, Kaiser said.