TheĀ new joint venture Quality Partners in Care, or QPIC, enlists Summit as one of 9 home medical equipment providers selected to service patients under the new initiative’s Whole Health plans available to employers. The QPIC program, a partnership between the Baptist Health System, HealthTexas and Aetna, is designed to reduce hospitalization and readmission penalties under the new Affordable Care Act by providing improved service coordination for plan members and reducing health plan expenses incurred by employers.