2021 Member News

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6 ACOs in St. Louis produce $58M in Medicare savings
December 7
BJC HealthCare ACO 

UNC Senior Alliance Saves Medicare $24 million & Earns 99 Percent Quality Score in the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model for Calendar Year 2020
December 3
UNC Senior Alliance 

Deaconess Care Integration Receives Highest Quality Score in the Next Generation ACO Model
December 1
Deaconess Care Integration

Physician leaders, patient access drive Privia Health’s ACO success
November 30
Privia Health

UnityPoint Accountable Care Announces $28.2 Million in Shared Savings for Performance Year 2020
November 11
UnityPoint Accountable Care

Best Care Collaborative Accountable Care Organization Achieves High Quality Score and $12.1 Million in Shared Savings
November 10
Best Care Collaborative Accountable Care Organization 

Select Physicians Associates ACO Focuses on Sustainable Health Solutions Achieving 97.5% Quality Score in 2020, Saving Medicare $16.6 Million in the Last Two Years
November 9
Select Physicians Associates

Prominence Health Plan ACOs Saved Medicare $84.7 million in 2020
November 3
Prominence Health Plan 

Area ACO saves Medicare $12.5 Million
November 1
Triad HealthCare Network

Baylor Scott & White Health’s Record-Breaking Accountable Care Organization
October 29
Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance 

Franciscan ACO Awarded Perfect MSSP Quality Score Resulting In Significant Savings
October 22
Franciscan ACO 

Accountable Care Coalition of Southeast Texas Generates Nearly $64 Million in Shared Savings over Four Years Participating In Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model
October 22
Collaborative Health Systems

NW Momentum Health Partners Achieves $11M in Gross Savings as Participant in Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model
October 21
NW Momentum Health Partners Accountable Care Organization

Mass General Brigham Continues High Quality Care for Medicare Beneficiaries
October 19
Mass General Brigham 

Leveraging the ACO Infrastructure at UNC Health Alliance
October 11
UNC Health Alliance 

Q&A with Carilion Clinic President on Moving towards Value-Based Care
October 7
Carilion Clinic 

St. Luke's Controls Costs and Saves Medicare Almost $20 Million
October 7
St. Luke's Medicare ACO 

ACO Health Partners LLC to receive $2.4M in Medicare Shared Savings
October 5
ACO Health Partners 

Advocate Aurora’s ACO Success Is Setting Up Value-Based Healthcare
October 4
Advocate Aurora Health

Dr. Saeed Khan Speaks About ACOs, Shared Savings Programs and the Success of PBACO
October 1
Palm Beach ACO 

NOMS ACO Earns High Quality Marks, Saves Medicare Money
September 30
NOMS ACO 

Bridges Health Partners Improves Quality of Patient Care While Saving CMS Nearly $30 Million Through Its First 3 Years
September 29
Bridges Health Partners 

Mercyhealth’s Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Helps Save Medicare Millions
September 29
Mercy Health ACO 

U.S. Medical Management Accountable Care Partners (ACO) Improves Quality of Care and Generates Shared Savings through CMS Shared Savings Program in 2020
September 29
USMM Accountable Care Partners 

Lessons Learned from Aetna, Cleveland Clinic’s Joint ACO Model
September 29
Cleveland Clinic

Physician-Led Steward Health Care, Nation’s Largest Accountable Care Organization, Achieves CMS’ 100% Quality Ranking
September 20
Steward Health Care

Mayo Clinic Community Accountable Care Organization delivers high-quality care, Medicare savings
September 15
Mayo Clinic

WakeMed Key Community Care ACO Reports $20.4M in Annual Savings for BCBSNC Blue Premier Program Through Exceptional Quality and Care Management
September 15
WakeMed Key Community Care

Collaborative Health Systems MSSP ACOs Achieve $41 Million in Total Medicare Savings in 2020
September 13
Collaborative Health Systems

Trinity Health Earns Top Decile Quality Performance While Saving $68M
September 10
Trinity Health

Westmed Medical Group Announces Significant Savings for CMS During the 2020 Pandemic Year
September 9
Westmed Medical Group

Mount Sinai Health System Generates More Than $28 Million in Medicare Savings by New York Medical Partners ACO
September 8
New York Medical Partners ACO 

Three Atlantic Health System ACOs earn high quality marks for care in 2020, while reducing costs and saving millions for Medicare
September 8
Atlantic Health System 

UC San Diego Health Earns High Quality Marks, Saves Medicare Money
September 7
UC San Diego Health Accountable Care Network

CMS Releases Evaluation of Vermont All-Payer Model: Early Results are Promising
Sept. 3
OneCare Vermont

Rush Accountable Care Organization Achieves Record Medicare Savings
August 30
Rush Health 

Louisiana’s Largest Accountable Care Organization Announces Unprecedented Savings for Medicare Beneficiaries in 2020
August 26
Ochsner Accountable Care Network 

CommonSpirit Health Leads in Improving Quality and Outcomes for Patients while Reducing Medicare Spending by $136 Million
August 26
CommonSpirit Health

All Caravan Health Collaborative ACOs Earn Shared Savings for 2020 Performance
August 25
Caravan Health

Independent Practices Working With Aledade Will Earn More Than Double in Shared Savings This Year Across All Payers, Despite Pandemic
July 22
Aledade

ROI in risk-based contracts requires data and analytics
Summit Health
July 14

Caravan Health Founder Appointed to MedPAC
June 2
Caravan Health 

Risk Management News: Preparing Physician Practices for Direct Contracting, Risk Models
March 4
Collaborative Health Systems 

Greater Buffalo United Accountable Care Organization explores growth options outside WNY
February 9
Buffalo Business First

Evolent Next Generation ACO Partners Drive Down Cost Of Care, Reap Benefits
January 25
Evolent Health

CHESS Accountable Care Organizations Save Medicare Millions Through Innovation
January 20
CHESS Health Solutions 

NW Momentum Health Saves $1.3M in Shared Savings as Participant in Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model
January 14
MultiCare Connected Care 

Accountable Care Coalition of Tennessee Generates $21.2 Million in Shared Savings over Two Years under Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model
January 13
Accountable Care Coalition of Tennessee 

Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network Listed No. 1 in U.S. for Medicare Savings for Third Straight Year
January 13
Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network 

Collaborative Health Systems ACOs Generate $389 Million in Medicare Savings Since 2012
January 13
Collaborative Health Systems 

Best Care Collaborative Accountable Care Organization Achieves Top Quality Score and $7 Million in Shared Savings
January 13
Best Care Collaborative 

Accountable Care Coalition of Southeast Texas Generates $33 Million in Shared Savings over Three Years under Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model
January 13
Accountable Care Coalition of Southeast Texas 

Trinity Health ACO Achieves $24.4 Million in Shared Savings for 2019, saving Medicare $112.5M over all four years of participation
January 13
Trinity Health