agilon health announced that it has formed long-term partnerships with five new physician practices across the U.S. to enable their transition to a full-risk, value-based care model. The new partners include Graves Gilbert Clinic in Kentucky, Mankato Clinic in Minnesota, Springfield Clinic in Illinois, and Twin Cities Network in Minnesota, The Twin Cities Network is comprised of three independent practices located in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota: Edina Sports & Family Medicine, France Avenue Family Physicians and Northwest Family Clinics. as well as an independent, multi-specialty practice in North Carolina to be named at a later date.

With these new partnerships, agilon?s Physician Network will grow to include over 3,000 primary care physicians who are delivering value-based care to more than 700,000 senior patients in 30+ communities. Additionally, agilon will enter the state of Illinois for the first time and expand its existing broad footprint in Kentucky, Minnesota and North Carolina. By partnering with agilon, physician practices make a joint commitment to transform health care delivery by shifting to a value-based Total Care Model for their Medicare patients that improves outcomes and lowers cost.