Ribera Salud is a healthcare provider based in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

. 90% is owned by Centene and 10% by

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. It was originally awarded the contract to the Hospital de la Ribera in

Alzira, Valencia Alzira ( es, Alcira) is a city and municipality of 45.088 inhabitants (62,094 floating population) in Valencia, eastern Spain. It is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Ribera Alta in the province of Valencia. The city is the heart of the sec ...

under a

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scheme in 1999. In 2003, the contract was extended to include primary care (including mental health and home care). It developed a unified IT system across all services for further integration. The model has become known as the Alzira model and is recognised as a case study for successful integration of healthcare. Ribera Salud has since expanded to operate similar models in

Torrevieja Torrevieja (; ca-valencia, Torrevella ) is a seaside city and municipality located on the Costa Blanca in the province of Alicante, in the southern part of the Valencian Community, on the southeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain. Torrevieja ...

(starting in 2006), Denia (2008),

Manises Manises (, ) is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Horta Oest in the Valencian Community, Spain. Located in the province of Valencia, it had 30,693 inhabitants in 2018 (NSI) and is famous for its pottery and being the location of Valencia Airpo ...

(2009),

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(2010) and Torrejón (2011). On June 28, 2019, Centene purchased an additional stake in Ribera Salud moving its 50% ownership to 90

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External links

{{Official website, https://www.riberasalud.com/ Medical and health organisations based in Spain