WellSpan Health’s Medicare ACO is dedicated to shifting towards value-based care, focusing on payment for outcomes over volume. Serving 67,205 members, the ACO ranks in the top 20% for quality and top 10% for savings. In addition, the WellSpan/Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage collaboration has expanded to include 9,700 members and four co-branded health plan products. The ACO also saw meaningful reductions in admissions for patients with various multiple chronic conditions. In 2022, the ACO’s performance saved patients and the Medicare program $21.9 million. The program is one of 16 ACOS in the history of the MSSP program to distribute 100% of earned shared savings to ACO participants in all performance years, cumulatively giving more than $16 million to ACO participants thus far. The ACO has plans to double this in the 2023 and 2024 performance years.
