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Two competitors – Allina and HealthPartners – joined forces and have successfully reduced hospital visits and cut health costs. The NW Alliance has targeted everything from opioids to readmissions to depression to obesity, with statistically positive results. Alina Paramedic Diane Bauer met cardiac patient Anna Losness at Losness' home to make sure she is OK back home and at low risk of going back to the hospital.