Advocate Physician Partners

Advocate Physician Partners (APP) is a leading physician-hospital organization (PHO) that manages a collaboration between Advocate Health Care and more than 4,500 physicians across Illinois. The organization is a pioneer in clinical integration, focusing on improving healthcare quality, safety, and efficiency through value-based care models. APP provides its member physicians with the infrastructure, data analytics, and care management resources necessary to succeed in population health management and risk-based contracting. By aligning the incentives of hospitals and independent doctors, the entity aims to deliver highly coordinated care that reduces total medical spend while enhancing patient outcomes. It operates as a critical component of the Advocate Health system, one of the largest non-profit health systems in the United States.