Public reporting

Shared Savings Program Public Reporting

 

East Georgia Health Cooperative, DBA ACME Health Partners ACO

116 Smith Street.

Tennille, GA 31089

ACME-ACO.org

 

ACME Health Partners ACO Primary Contact

Kristie Burchett

706.207.9972 kburchett@medlinkga.org

 

ACME Health Partners ACO Organizational Information

 

ACME Health Partners ACO Participants:

ACO Participant in Joint Venture

Albany Area Primary Health Care, Inc. (AAPHC)	No
Coastal Community Health Services (CCHS)	No
Community Health Centers, Inc. (CHC)	No
East Georgia Health Care Center, Inc (EGHC)	No
Georgia Highlands Medical Services, Inc.  (GHMS)	No
Good Samaritan Health & Wellness Center (GSHW)	No
MedLink Georgia, Inc. (MLG)	No

 

ACO Board of Directors

Member Name	Member Title/Position	Voting Power	Membership Type	ACO Participant Legal Business Name, if applicable
Carla Belcher	CEO	12.5%	ACO Participant	Community Health Care Systems (CHC)
Dave Ward	CEO	12.5%	ACO Participant	Medlink Georgia (MLG)
Jennie Wren Denmark	CEO	12.5%	ACO Participant	East Georgia Health Care Systems (EGHC)
Kavanaugh Chandler	CEO	12.5%	ACO Participant	Coastal Community Health Services (CCHS)
Milton Jordan	Medicare Beneficiary	12.5%	Medicare Beneficiary Representative
Shelley Spires	CEO	12.5%	ACO Participant	Albany Area Primary Health Care, INC. (AAPHC)
Tammi Sorrells	CEO	12.5%	ACO Participant	Good Samaritan Health & Wellness Center (GSHW)
Todd Shiflett	CEO	12.5%	ACO Participant	Georgia Highlands Medical Services, INC. (GHMS)

Due to rounding, “Member’s Voting Power” may not equal 100 percent.

 

ACO Administrative Staff

ACO Executive: Carla Belcher 

Medical Director: Walter Austin

Quality Assurance/Improvement: David Ward

Compliance Officer: Shelley Spires

 

Committees and Committee Leadership

Committee Name	Committee Leader Name & Position
Compliance Committee	Shelley Spires, Secretary
Executive Committee	Carla Belcher, Board Chairperson
Finance Committee	Dave Ward, Treasurer
Marketing & Patient & Community Education Committee	Todd Shiflett
Nominating Committee	Tammi Sorrells
Quality Improvement, Data Governance, & Clinical Education Committee	Kenneth Austin, MD

 

 

Types of ACO Participants that formed ACO

• Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)

 

Shared Savings and Losses

• Third Agreement Period
  • Performance Year 2026: N/A
  • Performance Year 2025: N/A
  • Performance Year 2024: $941,298.81

 

Shared Savings Distribution

• Third Agreement Period

• • Performance Year 2026:
    • 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 2025:
    • 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 2024:
    • Proportion invested in infrastructure: 10%
    • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 10%
    • Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 80%

Our ACO re-entered the Shared Savings Program in Performance Year [2024] under agreement period [3]. Shared savings/losses and shared savings distributions are therefore reported beginning with this agreement period.

 

Quality Performance Results

 

2024 Quality Performance Results

Quality performance results are based on the CMS Web Interface collection type.

Measure #	Measure Title	Collection Type	Performance Rate	Current Year Mean Performance Rate (Shared Savings Program ACOs)
321	CAHPS for MIPS	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	6.91	6.67
479*	Hospital-Wide, 30-Day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) Rate for MIPS Groups	Administrative Claims	–	0.1517
484*	Clinician and Clinician Group Riskstandardized Hospital Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC)	Administrative Claims	–	37
318	Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	CMS Web Interface	79.31	88.99
110	Preventative Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization	CMS Web Interface	43.12	68.6
226	Preventative Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	CMS Web Interface	83.33	79.98
113	Colorectal Cancer Screening	CMS Web Interface	56.74	77.81
112	Breast Cancer Screening	CMS Web Interface	58.71	80.93
438	Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease	CMS Web Interface	86.67	86.50
370	Depression Remission at Twelve Months	CMS Web Interface	20.73	17.35
001*	Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control	CMS Web Interface	12.37	9.44
134	Preventative Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan	CMS Web Interface	94	81.46
236	Controlling High Blood Pressure	CMS Web Interface	74.43	79.49
CAHPS-1	Getting Timely Care, Appointments, and Information	CMS Web Interface	81.01	83.70
CAHPS-2	How Well Providers Communicate	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	93.31	93.96
CAHPS-3	Patient’s Rating of Provider	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	92.78	92.43
CAHPS-4	Access to Specialists	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	79.54	75.76
CAHPS-5	Health Promotion and Education	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	71.36	65.48
CAHPS-6	Shared Decision Making	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	59.47	62.31
CAHPS-7	Health Status and Functional Status	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	69.51	74.14
CAHPS-8	Care Coordination	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	87.23	85.89
CAHPS-9	Courteous and Helpful Office Staf	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	94.35	92.89
CAHPS-11	Stewardship of Patient Resources	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	24.51	26.98

For previous years’ Financial and Quality Performance Results, please visit: Data.cms.gov

*For Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%) [Quality ID #001], Hospital-Wide, 30-Day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) Rate for MIPS Eligible Clinician Groups [Measure #479], and Clinician and Clinician Group Risk-standardized Hospital Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC) [Measure #484], a lower performance rate indicates better measure performance

*For Clinician and Clinician Group Risk-standardized Hospital Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC) [Measure #484], patients are excluded if they were attributed to Qualifying Alternative Payment Model (APM) Participants (QPs). Most providers participating in Track E and ENHANCED track ACOs are QPs, and so performance rates for Track E and ENHANCED track ACOs may not be representative of the care provided by these ACOs’ providers overall. Additionally, many of these ACOs do not have a performance rate calculated due to not meeting the minimum of 18 beneficiaries attributed to non-QP providers

Payment Rule Waivers

• Payment for Telehealth Services:
  • Our ACO clinicians provide telehealth services using the flexibilities under 42 CFR § 425.612(f) and
    42 CFR § 425.613.