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95 generated $2.8 million in savings. Aurora Health Care (Milwaukee). In 2012, Aurora was selected to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which includes more than 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries in the Mil- waukee area. Aurora also holds ACO agreements with two major payers. Its agreement with Aetna, called the Aurora Accountable Care Network, went into effect January 2013 and includes more than 1,500 physician participants. e system announced an accountable care agreement with Humana in January. Banner Health Network (Mesa, Ariz.). A Pioneer ACO, Banner Health Network includes more than 2,600 Banner-affiliated physicians and 13 acute care hospitals. In performance year 2014, Banner Health Network generated $18.7 million in shared savings. Banner also has accountable care agreements with Aetna, launched in 2011, with Cigna, launched in 2012, and with UnitedHealthcare, launched in 2014. Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance (Dallas). With more than 3,800 primary care physicians participating, BSWQA is one of the largest ACO networks in the country. BSWQA formed ac- countable care agreements with Aetna in 2014 and with United- Healthcare in 2015. e network also joined the MSSP program as of Jan. 1, 2015. In March, the ACO received Level 2 ACO Accreditation Status from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, indicating the ACO has a high level of preparation to improve health care quality and efficiency while reducing costs. Beacon Health Partners (Brewer, Maine). Beacon Health is a subsidiary of 11-hospital Eastern Maine Health System. e ACO was selected as a Pioneer ACO in 2011 and achieved shared savings of $2 million in its first performance year. Approximately 600 providers participate in the ACO. Beacon Health has grown from covering 9,000 patients to more than 100,000, making it one of the largest statewide ACOs in Maine. Bellin-edaCare Healthcare Partners (Green Bay, Wis.). Another of the original Pioneer ACOs, Bellin-edaCare Healthcare Partners is a collaboration between Bellin Health and edaCare, two health systems located in eastern Wisconsin. In 2013, the ACO ranked No. 1 among the 23 Pioneer participants with a quality score of 94.11. e ACO achieved $3.2 million in savings that year. Last year, the ACO achieved $2.19 million. Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization (Westwood, Mass.). More than 2,100 physicians participate in the Beth Israel Dea- coness Care Organization, one of the original 32 Pioneer ACOs from 2011. Four community hospitals affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess, Cambridge Health Alliance and Anna Jacques Hospi- tal also participate in the ACO. In 2014, BIDCO generated $9.85 million in savings. Billings (Mont.) Clinic. Billings Clinic formed in 2013 as an ACO in the MSSP program. It was one of the first four ACOs in the country to receive accreditation as an ACO by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Billings Clinic covers nearly 12,500 patients. BJC HealthCare/BJC Collaborative (St. Louis). BJC ACO was chosen as one of 89 MSSP ACOs in July 2012 and was the first ACO to form in the St. Louis area. It covers more than 36,000 patients. Eleven hospitals, BJC Medical Group and BJC Home Services are among the providers participating in the ACO. San- dra Van Trease serves as its president. Bon Secours Health System/Good Help ACO (Marriottsville, Md.). Good Help ACO was approved as an ACO in the Medicare Shared Savings Program beginning Jan. 1, 2013. In Septem- ber of that year, Bon Secours Health System announced a new accountable care agreement with Aetna to use Aetna subsidiary Healthagen to coordinate care for 57,000 beneficiaries whose primary care physician participates in Good Help. Good Help ACO operates in Kentucky, Maryland, New York, South Carolina and Virginia. Brown & Toland Physicians (San Francisco). Brown & Toland Physicians is a group of more than 1,500 independent physicians in the Bay Area. Almost 200 of those physicians participate in the group's ACO, which was selected as a Pioneer ACO in 2011. In 2013, the ACO generated $4.5 million in savings. e ACO cares for approximately 16,000 Medicare beneficiaries. Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.). Carilion Clinic is involved with two ACOs, a commercial one with Aetna as well as the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Carilion Clinic and Aetna formed an accountable care agreement in 2011. Carilion joined the MSSP in 2013 through an ACO called Doctors Connected. CaroMont Health (Gastonia, N.C.). CMS selected CaroMont Health's ACO to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Pro- gram in 2014. CaroMont Medical Group, a network of 44 phy- sician practices in two states, partnered with Cigna to form an accountable care agreement in July 2013 that covers more than 3,000 patients. Participants include medical groups, a women's health center, acute care hospitals and hospice care. Catholic Medical Partners (Buffalo, N.Y.). Catholic Medical Partners is a network of more than 900 physicians, making it the largest group of independent practicing physicians in Western New York. e network joined the MSSP as an ACO in 2012, and in 2013 the ACO achieved nearly $10 million in shared savings. Catholic Medical Partners has achieved Level 3 ACO Accredi- tation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the highest level of accreditation. Catalyst Health Network (Plano, Texas). ough less than a year old — Catalyst Health Network launched in January 2015 — the physician-led network has already formed accountable care relationships with four of the key commercial payers, the

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