The purpose of the SRHO is to establish a national forum to produce value among individual SRHOs that were previously not connected by providing one source of information and support to address their unique challenges. Our goal is to help emerging SRHOs advance their common interests and create the fundamental building blocks to manage risk while sustaining their overall organizational autonomy. In addition, SRHOs allow organizations to create scale by developing a regional or statewide market and achieving strategic cost reductions greater than 20% cost. The Strategic Regional Healthcare Organization, The National Association allows members to: Share experiences, successes, challenges and best practices Accelerate the ability to improve costs for SRHO members Build businesses on a national scope that are not feasible at an individual level Increase industry awareness of SRHOs, promote the role of SRHOs nationally and, perhaps, have access to organized advocacy on a national level In 2016, SRHO held its first national conference in Philadelphia and formally created an Advisory Board consisting of 12 SRHOs. Those SRHOs represent more than 500 hospitals nationwide. The acronym describes the variety of provider networks, alliances, collaboratives or ACOs in healthcare today that meet the following criteria: Strategic — Two or more significant healthcare organizations looking to achieve economies of scale at least equal to competitors and build the infrastructure and capabilities necessary to succeed in population health initiatives. Regional — Comprised of healthcare organizations situated across contiguous geographies, including intra-state, statewide and multi-state markets. Healthcare Organization — A formal and legal structure comprised of two or more separate and distinctive healthcare provider organizations that can take different forms depending on the criteria and goals of the parties involved.