Public Reporting
As part of our commitment to transparency, we regularly report on our quality performance results, cost-sharing data, and organizational makeup.
Organizational Information ACO participants:
| ACO Participants | ACO Participant in Joint Venture |
| Russell Rider | N |
| Glens Falls Hospital, Inc. | N |
| Champlain Valley Physicians | N |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital | N |
| Hudson Headwaters Health Network | N |
| Adirondack Medical Center | N |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center | N |
| Plattsburgh Medical Care, PLLC | N |
| Adirondack Medical Practice, LLC | N |
ACO Governing Body:
Key ACO clinical and administrative leadership:
ACO Executive: Karen Ashline
Medical Director: Jun Chon, MD
Compliance Officer: Jeff Hiscox
Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer: Jun Chon, MD
Associated committees and committee leadership:
Types of ACO participants, or combinations of participants, that formed the ACO:
- Critical Access Hospital (CAH) billing under Method II
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- ACO professionals in a group practice arrangement
- Hospital employing ACO professionals
- Networks of individual practices of ACO professionals
Shared Savings and Losses Amount of Shared Savings/Losses:
- Third Agreement Period
Performance Year 2022, $2,617,942
Performance Year 2021, $3,382,438
Performance Year 2020, $3,062,968
- Second Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2019, $0
- Performance Year 2018, $0
- Performance Year 2017, $0
- First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2016, $0
- Performance Year 2015, $0
- Performance Year 2014, $0
Shared Savings Distribution
- Third Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2022
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 1%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 99%
- Performance Year 2021
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 1%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 99%
- Performance Year 2020
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 2%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 98%
- Performance Year 2022
- Second Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2019
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2018
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2017
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2019
- First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2016
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2015
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2014
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2016
Quality Performance Results
2022 Quality Performance Results:
| CMS Web Interface Measure Set | |||
| Measure # | Measure Name | Rate | ACO Mean |
| 1 | Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (2) | 11.76 | 10.71 |
| 134 | Preventative Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan | 76.42 | 76.97 |
| 236 | Controlling High Blood Pressure | 75.05 | 76.16 |
| 318 | Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk | 72.55 | 87.83 |
| 110 | Preventative Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization | 66.79 | 77.34 |
| 226 | Preventative Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention | 54.72 | 79.27 |
| 113 | Colorectal Cancer Screening | 75.58 | 75.32 |
| 112 | Breast Cancer Screening | 81.58 | 78.07 |
| 438 | Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease | 84.24 | 86.37 |
| 370 | Depression Remission at Twelve Months | 15.79 | 16.03 |
| 321 | CAHPS for MIPS [3] | N/A | N/A |
| 479 | Hospital-Wide, 30-Day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) Rate for MIPS Groups (2) | 0.1478 | 0.1510 |
| MCC1 | All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions for ACOs (MCC) (2) | 32.16 | 30.97 |
| [1] A lower performance rate corresponds to higher quality. | |||
| [2] For PY 2022, the CMS Web Interface measures Quality ID #438 and Quality ID #370 do not have benchmarks, and therefore, were not s | |||
| [3] CAHPS for MIPS is a composite measure, so numerator, denominator, and performance rate values are not applicable (N/A). The CAHPS for MIPS composite score is calculated as the average number of points across scored Summary Survey Measures (SSMs) (86 FR 65256). Refer to Table 5 for details on CAHPS for MIPS performance. | |||
| CAHPS for MIPS Performance | |||
| Measure ID | Measure Name | Rate | ACO Mean |
| CAHPS-1 | Getting Timely Care, Appointments, and Information | 83.70 | 83.96 |
| CAHPS-2 | How Well Providers Communicate | 94.96 | 93.47 |
| CAHPS-3 | Patient’s Rating of Provider | 92.80 | 92.06 |
| CAHPS-4 | Access to Specialists | 71.50 | 77.00 |
| CAHPS-5 | Health Promotion and Education | 65.28 | 62.68 |
| CAHPS-6 | Shared Decision Making | 61.78 | 60.97 |
| CAHPS-7 | Health Status and Functional Status | 74.11 | 73.06 |
| CAHPS-8 | Care Coordination | 85.02 | 85.46 |
| CAHPS-9 | Courteous and Helpful Office Staff | 93.98 | 91.97 |
| CAHPS-11 | Stewardship of Patient Resources | 18.13 | 25.62 |
For Previous Years’ Financial and Quality Performance Results, please visit data.cms.gov.
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