The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation has announced its selection of 32 Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations. These organizations from 18 states will begin re-organizing health care for about 860,000 Medicare beneficiaries in their local communities on January 1, 2012. Together, these organizations are expected to generate $1.1 billion in savings over the next five years.
The 32 ACOs are:
- Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Minnesota and western Wisconsin
- Atrius Health, eastern and central Massachusetts
- Banner Health Network, Phoenix, Arizona
- Bellin-Thedacare Healthcare Partners, northeast Wisconsin
- Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization, eastern Massachusetts
- Bronx Accountable Healthcare Network (BAHN), New York City and lower Westchester County
- Brown & Toland Physicians, San Francisco, California
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock ACO, New Hampshire and eastern Vermont
- Eastern Maine Healthcare System, central, eastern and northern Maine
- Fairview Health Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Franciscan Alliance, Indianapolis and central Indiana
- Genesys PHO, southeastern Michigan
- Healthcare Partners Medical Group, Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California
- Healthcare Partners of Nevada, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada
- Heritage California ACO, southern, central and coastal California
- JSA Medical Group, a division of HealthCare Partners, Orlando and Tampa Bay, Florida
- Michigan Pioneer ACO, southeastern Michigan
- Monarch Healthcare, Orange County, California
- Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association (MACIPA), eastern Massachusetts
- North Texas ACO, Tarrant, Johnson, and Parker Counties, Texas
- OSF Healthcare System, central Illinois
- Park Nicollet Health Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Partners Healthcare, eastern Massachusetts
- Physician Health Partners, Denver, Colorado
- Presbyterian Healthcare Services-Central New Mexico Pioneer Accountable Care Organization, central New Mexico
- Primecare Medical Network, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California
- Renaissance Medical Management Company, southeastern Pennsylvannia
- Seton Health Alliance, central Texas
- Sharp Healthcare System, San Diego County, California
- Steward Health Care System, eastern Massachusetts
- TriHealth, Inc., northwest central Iowa
- University of Michigan, southeastern Michigan
Interestingly, there will multiple Pioneer ACOs operating in some geographic areas (eastern Massachusetts; Minneapolis, Minnesota; southeastern Michigan; Orange County, California). The 32 Pioneer ACOs were selected from 80 applicants.
Ignatius Bau 