In a bold move to address the most pressing challenges in healthcare, four prominent nonprofit health systems have launched a new organization, Longitude Health, with the goal of revolutionizing how health systems operate.

The founding members—Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health, Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System, Winston-Salem-based Novant Health, and Renton-based Providence—are setting the stage for a transformative approach to delivering high-quality, affordable care.

In a statement, Longitude Health emphasized its mission to “identify, develop, and implement key performance solutions” aimed at enhancing access to care and improving the patient experience. The organization will focus on initiatives over the next five years, with plans to make an impact in the first two years by addressing critical areas of need.

The strategic objectives for Longitude Health include:

1. Transforming business models to tackle healthcare’s most complex challenges.

2. Enhancing performance in areas such as cost, quality, and patient experience.

3. Creating sustainable change and reinvesting in communities and patients.

Structured as a for-profit holding company based in Delaware, Longitude Health will launch three subsidiary startups focusing on pharmaceutical development, care coordination, and billing services.

According to Modern Healthcare, the pharmaceutical arm will prioritize the development of complex drugs, including monoclonal antibodies. The care coordination unit aims to reduce hospital readmissions and streamline care transitions, while the billing startup will enhance the patient experience by consolidating medical bills into a single, simplified invoice.

Longitude Health will be led by CEO Paul Mango, former Chief of Staff at CMS and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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