Becker's Hospital Review

107 UnityPoint Health Partners is also working with the state of Iowa on the Iowa Medicaid Wellness ACO. It operates commercial ACOs with UnitedHealthcare and Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa and a value-based arrangement for self-insured employees. University Hospitals (Cleveland). University Hospitals' val- ue-based care portfolio includes three main ACOs: a pediatric ACO, an employee ACO and a Medicare Shared Savings Pro- gram ACO. Rainbow Care Connection, its pediatric ACO, was one of the first in the nation. Its employee ACO was established in 2010 for about 25,000 employees and dependents and it joined the MSSP in 2012, creating a program that now coordinates care for 46,100 Medicare beneficiaries. University Hospitals also has signed a number of commercial ACO contracts with payers such as Aetna, UnitedHealthcare and Cigna. UW Health ACO (Madison, Wis.). UW Health launched its Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO in January 2013 as one of the state's first ACOs. e organization is a partnership between UW Health physicians, clinics, hospitals and medical school, and has approximately 28,600 assigned beneficiaries. It ranked No. 5 of all ACOs in the program in overall quality in 2014 with a score of 94.34 percent. Valley Preferred (Allentown, Pa.). Valley Preferred is a pro- vider-owned preferred provider organization aligned with the local Lehigh Valley Health Network that contracts with payers to provide businesses, organizations and individuals coverage and access to its network of hospitals and providers. Since 2013, it has operated a collaborative accountable care initiative with Cigna, and it announced a second initiative in early 2014 with Aetna. Its Aetna ACO has 3,533 participating physicians and its Cigna ACO has 1,590 participating physicians, making both among the largest ACOs in the country by physician members, according to SK&A. Via Christi Health (Witchita, Kan.). Via Christi Health is affiliated with the Healthier You Alliance in Accountable Care that has been part of the Medicare Shared Savings Program since January 2014. In its first performance year, it had almost 20,000 Medicare beneficiaries. e ACO is comprised of about 660 pro- viders from Via Christi and the surrounding community. is year, the Via Christi Healthier You Alliance in Accountable Care entered into an agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas to further expand population health and cost reduction efforts. VirtuaCare ACO (Marlton, N.J.). VirtuaCare ACO is the Medi- care Shared Savings ACO of the four-hospital system Virtua. It joined the program in January 2013 as one of the region's first Medicare ACOs. e ACO now has more than 15,800 assigned beneficiaries. In 2014, VirtuaCare ACO joined six other organi- zations in a collaborative relationship with SilverScript Insurance Company to upgrade pharmacy care for patients with Medicare Part D coverage. Weill Cornell Physician Organization (New York City). Weill Cornell Physician Organization takes the title as New York City's first ACO between a physician organization and a health plan. In January 2012, Weill Cornell Physician Organization launched a collaborative accountable care initiative with Cigna that included 71 primary care physicians. e physician organization, which is comprised of Weill Cornell faculty who are attending physicians at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, also contracted with Aetna in September 2014. e ACO has 2,946 participating physicians, making it one of the country's 30 largest ACOs by physician network size, according to SK&A. WellStar Health Network (Marietta, Ga.). WellStar Health System launched the WellStar Health Network ACO as part of the Medicare Shared Savings Program in July 2012. In 2014, it had approximately 38,000 assigned beneficiaries and earned $3.48 million in shared savings payments. Jim Budzinski serves as president of the ACO. West Florida ACO (New Port Richey, Fla.). West Florida ACO was created by a group of independent physician practices. It joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program in April 2012 and has nearly 18,000 assigned beneficiaries. In its 2014 performance year, it earned $6.32 million in shared savings payments and hit a 91.23 overall quality score. n

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