Southwestern Health Resources is the region’s most comprehensive clinically integrated network, dedicated to improving health outcomes, lowering costs and expanding access to care for North Texans.
Transforming Healthcare Across North Texas
Southwestern Health Resources (SWHR) is a network of trusted health care providers – including UT Southwestern Medical Center, Texas Health Resources and independent primary care doctors and specialists – working together to deliver connected care to communities across North Texas. The clinically integrated network includes 30+ hospitals and 7,500+ affiliated physicians and providers across a 15-county area.
Combining UT Southwestern’s world‑renowned academic medicine, Texas Health’s expansive ecosystem of providers and care facilities and an extensive network of affiliated providers, SWHR offers patients a full spectrum of care, from routine checkups and preventive services to advanced, specialized treatments. Patients benefit from expanded access to clinical trials, consistent care across different healthcare settings, and well-coordinated services that connect primary care, specialists, research and community health resources.
SWHR delivers value-based, population-health care to Medicare and Medicare Advantage patients through its Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model. It’s nationally ranked – third among 132 ACOs under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community (REACH) Health Model in 2023 – with a high-quality score. It has generated $300+ million in Medicare savings since 2017. By leveraging predictive analytics and machine learning tools, SWHR identifies patients at high risk for avoidable hospitalizations and deploys multidisciplinary care teams, resulting in a significant reduction in unplanned hospital visits for participants, from ~34% to just 8% in pilot studies, and leading to millions of dollars in cost savings.
Today, SWHR is building on its success with the Medicare ACO REACH program to deliver quality, cost-effective care to more patients, including those with commercial healthcare plans and through direct-to-employer strategies.
By combining UT Southwestern’s excellence in academic medicine, research, and clinical care with Texas Health’s deep community reach, SWHR delivers a unified, data-driven approach to improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs across the region.
Sources:
UT Southwestern Medical Center website: “Southwestern Health Resources,” accessed July 29, 2025. https://utswmed.org/why-utsw/southwestern-health-resources/
D Magazine: “How Southwestern Health Resources Prevented 80 Percent of Unplanned Hospital Visits,” published July 26, 2023. https://www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-business/2023/07/how-southwestern-health-resources-prevented-80-percent-of-unplanned-hospital-visits/
D Magazine: “Southwestern Health Resources Is a Top Three ACO, and Texas Health’s Sustainability Recognition,” published Dec. 4, 2024. https://www.dmagazine.com/healthcare-business/2024/12/southwestern-health-resources-is-a-top-three-aco-and-texas-healths-sustainability-recognition/
