Since its inception in 2014, Baptist Physician Partners has generated just over $125 million in total savings via its value-based agreements. The organization first became an ACO through the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2018. By 2021, it was ranked in the 4% for total savings as compared to all participating ACOs. Since then, the program has recruited 1,150 physician members and garnered 88,000 covered lives. The ACO has also enhanced and broadened its home-based care model, set in place a leadership structure for its palliative care initiative, created a population health transformation team, shifted care coordination to a regional model, launched a remote monitoring strategy for patients with diabetes and hypertension, moved Baptist Health system to Epic EHR and much more. Moving forward, the ACO aims to expand the nine enhanced home-based models, broaden the serious illness management and advocacy program, increase the scope of the skilled nursing facility at home model, and develop a standardized model aimed at enhancing patient experience across 50 primary care offices.
