Dan Hilferty, President and CEO of Independence Blue Cross (Independence), and Ralph Muller, CEO of University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), co-authored an Op-Ed, ?A new health-care first in Philadelphia,? in the April 19, 2017, edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The two leaders discuss what drove UPHS to join the Independence Facilitated Health Networks model, which is about shared accountability, the exchange of robust data, and strengthening the coordination of patient care.