110 ACOs to know | 2017

In its sixth edition, Becker's Healthcare is pleased to highlight a variety of Medicare and commercial payer accountable care organizations led by hospitals, health systems, physician groups and other organizations.

Leavitt Partners, a Salt Lake City-based healthcare consulting firm, reports 934 active public and private ACOs in the United States during the first quarter of 2017 covering 2.2 million lives. Over the past year, 138 new ACOs began operation and 46 dropped their accountable care contracts, leading to an 11 percent growth year-over-year, according to Health Affairs.

Several ACOs represented on this list participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Tracks 1 and 2 have limited provider risk; participants can benefit from shared savings but aren't at risk for loss. MSSP Track 3, added in 2016, creates shared savings opportunities with greater risk. Track 3 ACO providers can share up to 25 percent of savings, but are at risk for loss. The most recently reported data for MSSP ACOs is the 2015 performance year.

CMS launched the Next Generation ACO Model in 2016, requiring providers to shoulder greater financial risk with the potential of earning more shared savings. The Next Generation ACOs qualify as advanced alternative payment models under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act's Quality Payment Program in the 2017 reporting year. There are currently 45 participants in the Next Generation ACO Model.

These governmental contracts are in addition to commercial ACO arrangements, which at 715 in number, represent the plurality of all contracts, according to Health Affairs. Commercial ACOs tend to cover more lives than their Medicare counterparts.

Becker's included ACOs on this list based on several factors, such as cost performance, participation in CMS ACO models and participation in innovative commercial agreements. ACOs are presented in alphabetical order. ACOs with multiple contracts are listed by the health system or provider group name.

Contact Laura Dyrda at ldyrda@beckershealthcare.com with any questions or comments on this list.

Note: ACOs cannot pay for inclusion on this list. 

ACOs 2017 logo

Accountable Care Coalition of Chesapeake (Houston). In 2013, Universal American Corp. and a group of primary care physicians collaborated to launch Accountable Care Coalition of Chesapeake. [CLICK HERE] 

Accountable Care Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin (Milwaukee). Accountable Care Coalition of Southeast Wisconsin renewed participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2016 in partnership with Milwaukee-based Independent Physicians Network. [CLICK HERE]

Accountable Care Coalition of Texas (Houston). Accountable Care Coalition of Texas is a Track 1 Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO. [CLICK HERE] 

Accountable Care Collaborative (Denver). Accountable Care Collaborative is Health First Colorado's primary ACO, which began in 2011 with one participating practice and 500 enrollees. [CLICK HERE] 

Accountable Care Options (Boynton Beach, Fla.). Accountable Care Options is a Next Generation ACO serving Medicare beneficiaries in South Florida's Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties. [CLICK HERE] 

Advocate Health Care (Downers Grove, Ill.). Advocate Health Care became an ACO in 2010 after entering the agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, the first of its kind for the payer. [CLICK HERE] 

Aledade (Bethesda, Md.). Farzad Mostashari, MD, founded Aledade in 2014. Aledade is a Track 1 Medicare Shared Savings Program participant and contracts with commercial payers including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. [CLICK HERE] 

Alegent Health Partners (Omaha, Neb.). Alegent Health Partners was founded in 2013 as part of UniNet Healthcare, a clinically integrated network of employed physicians and advanced practice clinicians in Nebraska. [CLICK HERE] 

Allina Health (Minneapolis). Allina Health's ACO, officially Allina Integrated Medical Network, joined the Pioneer ACO Model in 2012 and transitioned to the Next Generation ACO Model in 2017. [CLICK HERE] 

AMITA Health Accountable Care Organization (Arlington Heights, Ill.). AMITA Health ACO has participated in the Medicare Shared Savings Program since 2013. [CLICK HERE]

Arizona Care Network (Phoenix). Arizona Care Network is a physician-led and -governed clinically integrated organization formed through a partnership between San Francisco-based Dignity Health, Dallas-based Tenet Health Systems and Phoenix Children's Hospital. [CLICK HERE] 

Ascension Care Management (Nashville, Tenn.). Ascension Risk Service, MissionPoint Health Partners and US Health Holdings joined together in 2016 to form Ascension Care Management, an Ascension Health subsidiary formerly known as MissionPoint Health Partners. [CLICK HERE] 

Atrius Health (Newton, Mass.). Atrius Health spent five years in the Pioneer ACO Model before transitioning to the Next Generation ACO Model in 2017. [CLICK HERE] 

Aurora Accountable Care Organization (Milwaukee). Aurora ACO joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2012 and joined Track 3 in 2017. [CLICK HERE]

Banner Health Network (Mesa, Ariz.). Banner Health Network includes more than 5,000 providers that serve 400,000 patients in Arizona. [CLICK HERE] 

Baroma Health Partners (Miami). Baroma Accountable Care, known as Baroma Health Partners, joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2013 and transitioned to a Next Generation ACO in 2016. [CLICK HERE] 

Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance (Dallas). Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance formed commercial accountable care agreements with Aetna in 2014 and UnitedHealthcare in 2015. [CLICK HERE] 

Beacon Health (Brewer, Maine). Brewer-based Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems' Beacon Health became a Track 1 Medicare Shared Savings ACO in 2012 and transitioned to the Next Generation ACO Model in 2016. [CLICK HERE] 

Bellin Health Partners (Green Bay, Wis.). Bellin Health Partners is a clinically integrated network of 86 independent physicians, 220-bed Bellin Health, Bellin Psychiatric Center, 147-member Bellin Medical and Specialty Group and Bellin Oconto (Wis.) Hospital & Medical Center. [CLICK HERE] 

Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization (Westwood, Mass.). Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization is a Track 3 Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO including more than 2,500 primary care physicians and specialists. [CLICK HERE] 

BJC HealthCare ACO (St. Louis). BJC HealthCare ACO launched in 2012 as one of the first in St. Louis. A Track 3 Medicare Shared Savings Program participant, the ACO is designed to distribute 50 percent of shared savings to ACO physicians and 50 percent to BJC Hospitals. [CLICK HERE] 

Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.). After forming a patient-centered medical home in 2008, Carilion Clinic was ready to adopt the ACO model in 2011 through an agreement with Aetna. [CLICK HERE]

Catholic Medical Partners-Accountable Care IPA (Buffalo, N.Y.). Buffalo-based Catholic Health and Catholic Health Partners, a network of more than 900 independent physicians, formed Catholic Medical Partners-Accountable Care IPA in 2012. [CLICK HERE] 

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. CHOP earned Level 1 ACO accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance in 2013, becoming the first children's hospital in the country to earn the distinction. [CLICK HERE] 

Christus Health Quality Care Alliance (Irving, Texas). Christus Health Quality Care Alliance participates in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. [CLICK HERE] 

Cleveland Clinic Medicare ACO. Cleveland Clinic launched an ACO and joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2015. [CLICK HERE] 

Coastal Medical (Providence, R.I.). Coastal Medical launched its ACO in July 2012 as part of the Medicare Shared Savings Program. [CLICK HERE] 

Collaborative Care of Florida (Orlando). Collaborative Care of Florida launched in 2013 as a collaboration between Orlando Health, Orlando Physicians Network, Orlando Health Physician Associates, Southwest Orlando Family Medicine and West Orange Physicians Group. [CLICK HERE] 

Collaborative Health ACO (Natick, Mass.). Collaborative Health ACO is a joint venture between Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital and MetroWest Accountable Care Organization, which is comprised of Boston area primary care physicians and specialists. [CLICK HERE] 

Cornerstone Health Enablement Strategic Solutions (High Point, N.C.). Cornerstone Health Enablement Strategic Solutions is a physician-led company jointly owned by Winston-Salem-based North Carolina Baptist Hospital; High Point, N.C.-based Cornerstone Health Care; and Burlington, N.C.-based Laboratory Corporation of America. [CLICK HERE]

Dartmouth-Hitchcock (Lebanon, N.H.). Dartmouth-Hitchcock joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2012 and transitioned to the Next Generation ACO Model in 2016. [CLICK HERE]

DaVita Medical ACO California. In 2012, DaVita acquired HealthCare Partners in a $4.42 billion deal and the combined organization launched DaVita Medical ACO. [CLICK HERE] 

Deaconess Care Integration (Evansville, Ind.). Evansville-based Deaconess Health System established Deaconess Care Integration in 2012. [CLICK HERE] 

DeKalb Physician Hospital Organization (Decatur, Ga.). DeKalb Physician Hospital Organization incorporated in 1994 and has ACO contracts with several payers. [CLICK HERE] 

Delaware Valley ACO (Villanova, Pa.). Delaware Valley ACO participates in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and includes more than 670 primary care physicians. [CLICK HERE] 

Dignity Health (San Francisco). Dignity Health launched an ACO pilot program in 2009 with Blue Shield of California and Hill Physicians Medical Group for about 44,000 CalPERS members. [CLICK HERE] 

Essentia Health (Duluth, Minn.). Essentia Health, which serves patients in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Idaho, launched an ACO and joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2012. [CLICK HERE]

Fairview Health Services (Minneapolis). Fairview Health Services, an eight-hospital system in Minneapolis, was one of 32 ACOs to join Medicare's Pioneer ACO program in 2012. [CLICK HERE] 

Franciscan ACO (Mishawaka, Ind.). Franciscan Health's Franciscan ACO, formerly Franciscan Alliance ACO, was the only ACO in Indiana to participate in Medicare's Pioneer ACO program in 2011. [CLICK HERE] 

Genesis HealthCare ACO (Kennett Square, Pa.). Genesis HealthCare ACO joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in January 2016. [CLICK HERE] 

Hackensack Meridian Health (Edison, N.J.). Hackensack (N.J.) University Health Network and Neptune, N.J.-based Meridian Health merged in July 2016, joining their ACOs — Hackensack Alliance ACO, Meridian Accountable Care Organization and Meridian's co-branded ACO with Aetna. [CLICK HERE] 

Health Choice Preferred (Phoenix). Health Choice Preferred is a physician-led, non-exclusive ACO that includes accountable care networks in Arizona and Utah. [CLICK HERE] 

Henry Ford Physician ACO (Detroit). Henry Ford Physician ACO launched Jan. 1, 2016. [CLICK HERE] 

Heritage California ACO (Northridge, Calif.). Heritage California ACO is an affiliate of Northridge-based Heritage Provider Network. [CLICK HERE] 

Hill Physicians Medical Group (San Ramon, Calif.). Hill Physicians Medical Group participates in four ACOs across California: CalPERS ACO, City & County of San Francisco ACO, University of California Employees in San Francisco ACO and San Joaquin County ACO. [CLICK HERE] 

HSHS ACO (Springfield, Ill.). HSHS ACO became a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO in 2016. [CLICK HERE] 

Indiana University Health (Indianapolis). In 2017, CMS selected Indiana University Health ACO to participate in the Next Generation ACO Model. [CLICK HERE]

Integra Community Care Network (Providence, R.I.). Integra Community Care Network covers more than 120,000 lives and 19,000 Medicare beneficiaries through the Medicare Shared Savings Program. [CLICK HERE] 

John Muir Health (Walnut Creek, Calif.). John Muir Health's Muir Health Medicare ACO participates in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. [CLICK HERE] 

Johns Hopkins Medicine Alliance for Patients (Glen Burnie, Md.). Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine launched Johns Hopkins Medicine Alliance for Patients in 2014. [CLICK HERE] 

KentuckyOne Health Partners (Louisville, Ky.). KentuckyOne Health Partners incorporated in June 2012 and covers 115,000 lives. [CLICK HERE] 

Lahey Clinical Performance ACO (Beverly, Mass.). Lahey Clinical Performance ACO includes more than 30 participants. In the 2015 performance year — the third year of its first agreement period — the ACO reported shared savings of $4.61 million. [CLICK HERE] 

MedStar Accountable Care (Baltimore). Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health-affiliated physicians and community members lead MedStar Accountable Care, which joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2016. [CLICK HERE] 

Memorial Hermann ACO (Houston). Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System's 12 hospitals, numerous specialty institutes, outpatient facilities and a network of affiliated physicians participate in Memorial Hermann ACO. [CLICK HERE] 

MemorialCare Regional ACO (Fountain Valley, Calif.). MemorialCare Health System's five hospitals, imaging centers, providers and skilled nursing facilities participate in the health system's Next Generation ACO. [CLICK HERE] 

Mercy ACO (Des Moines, Iowa). Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines owns and manages Mercy ACO. Founded in 2012, the organization is comprised of more than 2,000 physicians and 147 healthcare affiliate sites. [CLICK HERE] 

Mercy Health Select (Cincinnati). Mercy Health Select participates in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. [CLICK HERE] 

Michigan Pioneer ACO (Southfield). Michigan Pioneer ACO, affiliated with Detroit Medical Center, was one of the original 32 Pioneer ACOs in 2012 and became a Next Generation ACO in January 2017. [CLICK HERE] 

Mid-Atlantic Collaborative Care (Houston). Mid-Atlantic Collaborative Care became a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO in 2017. [CLICK HERE] 

Millennium ACO (Fort Myers, Fla.). Millennium ACO, a Millennium Physician Group company, participates in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. [CLICK HERE] 

Monarch HealthCare ACO (Irvine, Calif.). Monarch HealthCare ACO was among the five ACOs chosen for the Brookings-Dartmouth ACO Pilot in 2011. [CLICK HERE] 

Montefiore ACO (Bronx, N.Y.). Montefiore ACO was established in 2012 and transitioned to the Next Generation ACO Model in 2017.[CLICK HERE] 

Mount Sinai Care (New York City). Mount Sinai Care participates in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. [CLICK HERE] 

National ACO (Beverly Hills, Calif.). National ACO is owned and operated by physicians. [CLICK HERE] 

National Rural Accountable Care Consortium (Beaverton, Ore.). A group of rural physicians and hospital administrators established the National Rural Accountable Care Consortium in 2013. [CLICK HERE] 

NH Accountable Care Partners (Concord, N.H.). NH Accountable Care Partners is a nonprofit organization formed through a joint venture between five hospitals and ACO clinical and non-clinical participants. [CLICK HERE] 

Northwell Health ACO (Manhasset, N.Y.). North Shore-LIJ MSSP ACO, known as Northwell Health ACO, was selected to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2016. [CLICK HERE] 

Northwestern Medicine Physician Partners (Oak Brook, Ill.). Northwestern Medicine Physician Partners is an ACO associated with Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine. [CLICK HERE] 

Oakwood ACO (Dearborn, Mich.). Oakwood ACO is a partnership between physicians and Royal Oak, Mich.-based Beaumont Health, which includes more than 1,000 physician members and offers 18-plus health plans. [CLICK HERE] 

OneCare Vermont (Colchester). OneCare Vermont works with Medicare, Vermont Medicaid and the Commercial Exchange Shared Saving Programs. [CLICK HERE] 

Optum ACO (Phoenix). Independent physicians across Arizona's Maricopa County partnered to form Optum ACO. [CLICK HERE] 

Collaborative Care of Florida (Orlando). Collaborative Care of Florida formed in 2013. Orlando Health, Orlando Physicians Network, Orlando Health Physician Associates, Southwest Orlando Family Medicine and West Orange Physicians Group participate in the ACO. [CLICK HERE] 

OSF HealthCare System (Peoria, Ill.). OSF HealthCare created an ACO under the CMS Pioneer model in 2011 and landed its first commercial accountable care agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois for 40,000 beneficiaries in 2013. [CLICK HERE] 

Palm Beach ACO (Palm Springs, Fla.). Palm Beach ACO, a Medicare Shared Savings Program participant, is wholly owned and operated by physicians. [CLICK HERE] 

Park Nicollet Health Services (St. Louis Park, Minn.). Park Nicollet Health Services participated in the Pioneer ACO program from 2012 to 2015. [CLICK HERE] 

Partners HealthCare (Needham, Mass.). Boston-based Partners HealthCare has two ACOs: one that participates in the Next Generation ACO model and Partners Care Connect, a Medicaid ACO. [CLICK HERE] 

Partners for Kids (Columbus, Ohio). Partners for Kids is affiliated with Columbus-based Nationwide Children's Hospital. Founded in 1994, PFK is one of the nation's oldest ACOs. [CLICK HERE] 

Physician Organization of Michigan ACO (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Physician Organization of Michigan joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2013. [CLICK HERE] 

Physicians of Southwest Washington (Olympia). Thurston County physicians formed Physicians of Southwest Washington in 1995 as an independent physician association; today, the group has more than 400 members in 93 practices and two hospitals. [CLICK HERE] 

Pioneer Valley Accountable Care (Springfield, Mass.). Pioneer Valley Accountable Care serves Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in the Pioneer Valley. [CLICK HERE] 

Premier Health ACO of Ohio (Dayton). Premier Health ACO of Ohio joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2012 and transitioned into the Next Generation ACO Model in 2017. [CLICK HERE] 

ProHEALTH Accountable Care Medical Group (Lake Success, N.Y.). ProHEALTH Care Associates employees and partners participate in ProHEALTH Accountable Care Medical Group.[CLICK HERE] 

ProHealth Solutions (Waukesha, Wis.). ProHealth Solutions formed in July 2012 through a joint venture between ProHealth Care and Waukesha (Wis.) Elmbrook Health Care. [CLICK HERE] 

ProMedica Health Network (Toledo, Ohio). ProMedica Health Network is a physician-led ACO, consisting of more than 50 participants. [CLICK HERE] 

Qualuable Medical Professionals (Kingsport, Tenn.). Qualuable Medical Professionals renewed participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in January 2016.[CLICK HERE] 

RGV ACO Health Providers (Donna, Texas). RGV ACO Health Providers participates in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. [CLICK HERE]

Rio Grande Valley Health Alliance (McAllen, Texas). Eighteen members from 16 independent practices participate in the Rio Grande Valley Health Alliance. [CLICK HERE]

Robert Wood Johnson Partners (New Brunswick, N.J.). New Brunswick-based Robert Wood Johnson University Health System, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and New Brunswick-based Rutgers University formed Robert Wood Johnson Partners in 2012. [CLICK HERE]

Rush Health Chicago. More than 1,100 physicians and 300 nonphysician clinicians partake in Rush Health Chicago. [CLICK HERE]

Scripps Health (San Diego). Scripps Health is a Track 3 Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO that includes approximately 1,300 physicians across four Scripps-affiliated hospitals. [CLICK HERE]

SERPA-ACO (Crete, Neb.). SERPA-ACO is a Track 1 Medicare Shared Savings Program participant with 16 clinics across Nebraska. [CLICK HERE]

Sharp HealthCare ACO – II (San Diego). The 800-physician Sharp Community Medical Group and 500-physician Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group participate in the Sharp HealthCare ACO – II along with seven hospitals. [CLICK HERE] 

St. Luke's Clinic Coordinated Care (Boise, Idaho). St. Luke's Clinic Coordinated Care joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2013 as a Track 1 ACO and transitioned to the Next Generation ACO Model in 2017. [CLICK HERE]

Summa Health – NewHealth Collaborative (Akron, Ohio). Summa Health - NewHealth Collaborative, founded in 2012, is a Track 1 Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO.[CLICK HERE]

Tenet Healthcare (Dallas). More than 1 million patients are covered by Tenet Healthcare's ACO-affiliated hospitals, which represent 80 percent of the system's 80 hospitals.[CLICK HERE]

ThedaCare ACO (Appleton, Wis.). ThedaCare ACO is a Next Generation participant that includes seven medical centers and more than 6,800 medical professionals. ThedaCare ACO joined the Next Generation model in collaboration with Appleton-based ThedaCare and a cohort of independent physicians in 2016. [CLICK HERE]

Torrance (Calif.) Memorial Integrated Physicians. Torrance Memorial Integrated Physicians launched in 2012 and is currently a Track 3 Medicare Shared Savings Program participant, taking on two-sided risk to foster greater savings. [CLICK HERE]

TPN Health Partners (Omaha, Neb.). TPN Health Partners is a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO that includes five hospitals operated by Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and The Physician Network. [CLICK HERE]

Triad HealthCare Network (Greensboro, N.C.). Triad HealthCare Network holds various risk-based contracts with payers including Medicare, UnitedHealthcare and Humana, covering patients across five North Carolina counties. [CLICK HERE]

Trinity Health ACO (Livonia, Mich.). Trinity Health coordinates care for patients across Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey and Ohio as a Next Generation ACO. [CLICK HERE]

UNC Senior Alliance (Morrisville, N.C.). UNC Senior Alliance is a physician-led ACO comprised of UNC Health Care-employed and independent providers. [CLICK HERE] 

UnityPoint Accountable Care (West Des Moines). UnityPoint Health founded UnityPoint Accountable Care, formerly known as Iowa Health Accountable Care, in 2012 as a Pioneer ACO. [CLICK HERE] 

University Hospitals (Cleveland). University Hospitals gained CMS approval to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2012 and recorded $5.6 million in shared savings during its third performance year. [CLICK HERE]

UT Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network (Dallas). The Southwestern Health Resources Accountable Care Network manages more than 300,000 lives in North Texas. [CLICK HERE]

UW Health ACO (Madison, Wis.). UW Health ACO became a Track 1 Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO in 2013. [CLICK HERE]

WakeMed Key Community Care (Raleigh, N.C.). More than 370 primary care and 750 specialty care providers representing WakeMed Health & Hospitals and Key Physicians make up WakeMed Key Community Care. [CLICK HERE]

Weill Cornell Physician Organization (New York City). In 2012, Weill Cornell Physician Organization and Cigna rolled out the first New York City-based ACO partnership between a physician group and a health plan. [CLICK HERE]

WellStar Health Network ACO (Marietta, Ga.). CMS selected WellStar Health Network ACO to participate as a Track 1 ACO in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2012. [CLICK HERE]

West Florida ACO (Trinity, Fla.). West Florida ACO joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2012 and generated $9.8 million in shared savings for performance year 2015. [CLICK HERE]

Copyright © 2024 Becker's Healthcare. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. Cookie Policy. Linking and Reprinting Policy.

 

Articles We Think You'll Like

 

Featured Whitepapers

Featured Webinars