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22 Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 Atlantic Accountable Care Organization (Morristown, N.J.). Atlantic ACO was one of the first 27 ACOs to become a participant in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. It covers more than 55,000 beneficiaries and includes four hospitals: Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center, Newton (N.J.) Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J., and The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J. Atrius Health (Newton, Mass). Atrius is a nonprofit physician alliance with more than 1,000 physicians. CMS chose Atrius as one of the 32 Pioneer ACOs in 2011. Even though the Pioneer ACO took a financial loss in its first performance year, officials say Atrius Health remains committed to the program. Aurora Accountable Care Organization (Milwaukee). Milwaukeebased Aurora Health Care's Lakeshore Medical Clinic was selected as a Medicare Share Savings Program ACO in July 2012. Additionally, Aurora Health Care and Aetna launched an ACO in 2013: The Aurora Accountable Care Network. The ACO, which includes more than 1,500 providers, 15 hospitals and 160 clinics, offers plans to small- to mid-sized employers. Banner Health Network (Phoenix). Banner Health Network created a commercial accountable care product with Aetna in 2011. Later that year, it was the first organization accepted into CMS' Pioneer ACO program. BHN also has accountable care contracts with commercial payers like Humana and Cigna. The network includes Banner Health-affiliated physicians, Banner hospitals and other Banner services. Baptist Health System (San Antonio). Baptist Health System is a fivehospital system in south Texas. Baptist Health and its clinically integrated physician network joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in July 2012. As of April 2013, the ACO successfully completed 3,464 chart reviews in a six-week period to complete CMS' baseline Group Practicing Reporting Option Quality Audit, which helped identity further practices Baptist can adopt to improve population health. Barnabas Health ACO-North (West Orange, N.J.). Barnabas Health ACO-North was selected to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in summer 2012. It includes Barnabas' acute-care hospitals in northern New Jersey — Clara Maass Medical Center in Bellville, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston — and their affiliated physicians. BayCare Health System (Clearwater, Fla.). BayCare Health System's physician group, BayCare Physician Partners, launched two commercial ACOs in January 2013 — one with Cigna and one with Aetna. The contract with Cigna covers about 13,000 patients, and the Aetna ACO covers pa- Register Today! Becker's Hospital Review CEO Strategy Roundtable November 14, 2013 The Ritz-Carlton Chicago Co-chaired by Scott Becker, Publisher, Becker's Hospital Review, and Chuck Lauer, Former Publisher, Modern Healthcare To register, visit www.BeckersHospitalReview.com/ novhospitalevent.html, email registration@beckershealthcare.com or call (800) 417-2035. tients who received care from a BayCare Physician Partners provider within the last two years. BayCare Physician Partners has about 1,100 physicians. Baylor Quality Alliance (Dallas). Baylor Quality Alliance is the clinically integrated network and ACO of Baylor Health Care System, which includes 27 owned, leased or affiliated hospitals. The ACO finalized a commercial coordinated care contract with Aetna in November 2012. BQA includes approximately 1,400 independent and 600 employed physicians. Beacon Health (Brewer, Maine). Beacon Health is the Medicare Pioneer ACO of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, based in Brewer. EMHS' Pioneer ACO is named "Beacon Health" to reflect the success of the Bangor Beacon Community project, which improves health IT infrastructure and exchange capabilities in the community and was funded by the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The ACO includes three EMHS hospitals and their affiliated providers: Aroostook Medical Center in Presque Isle, Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor and Inland Hospital in Waterville. The ACO covers about 8,000 Medicare beneficiaries. Bellin-Thedacare Healthcare Partners (Green Bay, Wis.). Independent physicians partnered with Bellin Health and community health system ThedaCare, based in Neenah, Wis., to form Bellin Thedacare Healthcare Partners. The joint venture was selected to participate in CMS' Medicare Pioneer ACO in late 2011. The ACO includes eight major healthcare facilities and approximately 700 physicians. Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization (Westwood, Mass.). Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization, the ACO affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, includes more than 1,700 physicians. BIDCO is a Pioneer ACO. It saved 4.2 percent of its budget in the Pioneers' first performance year and generated a return of $7.79 million for itself. Billings (Mont.) Clinic. Billings Clinic is a community-owned healthcare organization with a multispecialty physician group practice, a hospital and a skilled nursing and assisted living facility. Billings Clinic was selected as a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO in January 2013. It also received ACO accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance. BJC HealthCare ACO (St. Louis). CMS chose BJC HealthCare ACO to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in July 2012. The ACO has more than 100 healthcare delivery settings and delivers care through an integrated network of providers. Sandra A. Van Trease serves as president of BJC HealthCare's ACO. Brown & Toland Physicians (San Francisco). Brown & Toland Physicians, an independent physician organization, was selected by CMS as a Pioneer ACO in late 2011. The ACO covers more than 18,000 Medicare beneficiaries and includes about 190 physicians. Brown and Toland Physicians helped generate savings for Medicare in its first performance year as a Pioneer. Cape Cod Health Network ACO (Hyannis, Mass). Cape Cod Health Network ACO is a collaboration between two-hospital Cape Cod Healthcare and Cape Cod Preferred Physicians. The organization was named as a Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO by CMS in July 2012. Carolinas HealthCare System (Charlotte, N.C.). Carolinas HealthCare System has more than 791 care locations throughout North and South Carolina. The system participated in the Partnership for Care Transformation Readiness Collaborative with Premier, which was launched in 2013 to help organizations decide if they should pursue an ACO model. In April, the system announced a collaboration with Aetna to support patient-centered medical homes and other accountable care initiatives. Cedars-Sinai Accountable Care (Beverly Hills, Calif.). Cedars-Sinai Accountable Care, which includes the 958-bed Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, was selected to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in January 2013. Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation providers are also participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO.

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