ST. LOUIS (November 15, 2022) – Surround Care, with headquarters in St. Louis, closed on the
Navvis and Esse Health merger. Navvis and Esse Health will now operate as subsidiaries of
Surround Care, the newly formed parent. A first-of-its-kind company, Surround Care combines
innovation with practical applications and proven capabilities to accelerate the change needed
across health systems, health plans, and physician enterprises in population health and value-
based care.

Surround Care serves more than 4 million patients across nine markets including Florida,
Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, and Wisconsin. In the
coming months, the company plans to announce additional markets and expand its footprint
significantly. Surround Care employs more than 1,200 people and has 4,600 affiliated
physicians.

“The combination of Navvis and Esse Health will advance population health to a whole new
level. When the company delivering population health services is also delivering innovative
care, it is no longer theory; it is real. The clinical and operational brilliance of the Esse Health
model of care combined with the practical and proven Navvis population health solution
addresses affordability, enhances quality, expands access, and improves the patient experience
for healthcare services,” said Mike Farris, the chairman and CEO of Surround Care. “Our current
and future partnerships with health systems, health plans, and physician organizations will
experience transformational capabilities to surround physicians with what is needed to
surround patients with the care they deserve, improving the health of communities around the
country.”

Navvis and Esse Health will operate as business units and wholly owned subsidiaries of
Surround Care. Advisors to the Navvis and Esse Health merger were Polsinelli PC, Raymond
James Financial, Inc, and Thompson Coburn LLP.

About Surround Care
Surround Care is a St. Louis-based population healthcare company working to optimize the
most sacred relationship in healthcare, the physician-patient relationship. The organization is
transforming care delivery and delivering transformative care with the resources, services, and
operational management needed to support physicians, their care teams, and practices to
improve clinical and financial outcomes. Surround Care partners with health systems, health
plans, and physician enterprises and operates in nine markets across the country, supporting
more than 4,600 affiliated physicians and more than 4 million managed value-based care lives.
www.surround-care.com

About Navvis
Navvis is transforming healthcare for millions of people and thousands of physicians and their
practices. As an operating partner to some of the country’s most innovative health
systems, health plans, and physician enterprises, we provide solutions that accelerate the journey to value-based care. Our approach is market-based – we respect the unique needs of populations in
each community, including access to care, culture, values, and capabilities. Together with our
partners, we set a new national standard in healthcare performance that delivers the
affordability, quality, access, and experience that all patients deserve.
www.navvishealthcare.com

About Esse Health
Esse Health is a St. Louis-based, independent physician group that strives to improve the overall
well-being of its patients through patient education, lifestyle modification and prevention. Esse
Health’s adult and pediatric primary care offices have been awarded Patient-Centered Medical
Home (PCMH) 2014 Level 3 recognition by the National Committee on Quality Assurance. The
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Million Hearts Initiative recognized Esse Health
as a Hypertension Control Champion for its success in helping patients control their high blood
pressure. With 50 locations throughout the St. Louis and Metro East area, Esse Health’s services
include asthma, allergy and immunology, child psychiatry, family medicine, gastroenterology,
internal medicine, nutrition, orthopedics, pediatrics, radiology, and urology.  Esse Health is a
recognized leader in using technology in health care and physician accountability for both
quality and cost of care.
www.essehealth.com

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