ACO Name and Location
St. Luke’s Shared Savings Plan, LLC
Previous Names: N/A
801 Ostrum Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015
ACO Primary Contact
Christina Lewis
484-658-0713
christina.lewis@sluhn.org
Organizational Information
ACO Participants:
ACO Participants |
ACO Participant in Joint Venture |
Camille Eyvazzadeh, MD, PC |
N |
Darell Covington, MD, PC |
N |
David Bub, MD, PC |
N |
East Penn Rheumatology, PC |
N |
Easton Family Practice |
N |
Ellen Rubbo, MD |
N |
Gastroenterology Associates, LTD |
N |
GSLPG, INC |
N |
Integrated Health Solutions, PC |
N |
Jolanta Zelaznicka, MD |
N |
Joseph Bacak, MD |
N |
Mark Grusso, DPM, PC |
N |
Northeastern Anesthesia Physicians, PC |
N |
Om Sharma, MD, PC |
N |
Otorhinolaryngology Associates, PC |
N |
Penn Foundation, INC |
N |
Pocono Adult & Pediatric Medical Group, LLC |
N |
Progressive Physician Associates, INC |
N |
Specialty Physician Associates, LLC |
N |
St. Luke’s Warren Physician Group, PC |
N |
St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC |
N |
Whitehall Medical Associates, LLC |
N |
ACO Governing Body:
Member Last Name |
Member First Name |
Member Title/Position |
Member's Voting Power (Expressed as a percentage or number) |
Membership Type |
ACO Participant Legal Business Name and D/B/A, if applicable |
Brinker |
John |
Member |
8% |
ACO Participant |
St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC |
Carmona |
Aldo |
Chair |
8% |
ACO Participant |
St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC |
Evans |
Dean |
Member |
8% |
Medicare Beneficiary |
N/A |
Fagerstrom |
Joel |
Member |
8% |
Stakeholder Representative |
N/A |
Fournier |
Robert |
Member |
8% |
ACO Participant |
Progressive Physician Associates, INC |
Gayner |
Robert |
Member |
8% |
ACO Participant |
St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC |
Keeler |
Jarrod |
Member |
8% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Specialty Physician Associates, LLC |
McGorry |
Dennis |
Member |
8% |
ACO Participant |
St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC |
Minahan |
Joseph |
Member |
8% |
ACO Participant |
St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC |
Perry |
Lisa |
Member |
8% |
ACO Participant |
St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC |
Psaila |
Justin |
Member |
8% |
ACO Participant |
St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC |
Sabol |
Donna |
Member |
8% |
Stakeholder Representative |
N/A |
Key ACO Clinical and Administrative Leadership:
ACO Executive: Scott Wolfe
Medical Director: Robert Gayner MD
Compliance Officer: Linda Gately
Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer: Donna Sabol
Associated Committees and Committee Leadership:
Committee Name |
Committee Leader Name and Position |
Value Based Committee |
Donna Sabol, Chair |
Types of ACO Participants, or Combinations of Participants, That Formed the ACO:
- Network of individual practices of ACO professionals
Shared Savings and Losses
Amount of Shared Savings/Losses:
- First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2021, $7,454,113
- Performance Year 2020, $9,087,692
- Performance Year 2019, $ 0
- Performance Year 2018, $ 0
Shared Savings Distribution:
- First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2021
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 12%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 34%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 54%
- Performance Year 2020
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 23%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 10%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 58%
- Performance Year 2021
Quality Performance Results
2021 Quality Performance Results:
Quality performance results are based on CMS Web Interface
Measure Number |
Measure Name Name |
Rate |
ACO Mean |
Quality ID #318 |
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk |
93.62 |
87.03 |
Quality ID #110 |
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza |
80.78 |
80.52 |
Quality ID #226 |
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention |
89.47 |
80.97 |
Quality ID #134 |
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Care |
83.14 |
74.38 |
Quality ID #113 |
Colorectal Cancer Screening |
80.58 |
73.63 |
Quality ID #112 |
Breast Cancer Screening |
78.28 |
75.11 |
Quality ID #438 |
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease |
81.01 |
84.24 |
Quality ID #001 |
Hemoglobin A1C Poor Control |
6.45 |
12.46 |
Quality ID #236 |
Controlling High Blood Pressure |
77.9 |
74.87 |
Quality ID #479 |
Hospital Wide, 30 day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) Rate for MIPS Groups |
0.1594 |
0.1540 |
MCC1 |
All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions for ACOs (MCC) |
43.41 |
33.94 |
CAHPS 1 |
Getting Timely Care, Appointments, and Information |
86.75 |
84.67 |
CAHPS 2 |
How Well Providers Communicate |
94.64 |
93.56 |
CAHPS 3 |
Patient’s Rating of Provider |
93.38 |
92.19 |
CAHPS 4 |
Access to Specialists |
75.49 |
78.80 |
CAHPS 5 |
Health Promotion and Education |
66.00 |
61.61 |
CAHPS 6 |
Shared Decision Making |
63.20 |
60.89 |
CAHPS 7 |
Health Status and Functional Status |
73.83 |
71.78 |
CAHPS 8 |
Care Coordination |
89.02 |
85.66 |
CAHPS 9 |
Courteous and Helpful Office Staff |
93.57 |
91.88 |
CAHPS 11 |
Stewardship of Patient Resources |
26.68 |
24.71 |
Please note, the Quality ID #370 Depression Remission at 12 months quality measure is not included in public reporting due to low sample size.
For Previous Years’ Financial and Quality Performance Results, Please Visit data.cms.gov
Fraud and Abuse Waivers
None
Fraud and Abuse Waivers
- ACO Participation Waiver:
The following information describes each arrangement for which our ACO seeks protection under the ACO Participation Waiver, including any material amendment or modification to a disclosed arrangement.
- Parties to the arrangement: St. Luke’s Shared Savings, LLC and the following ACO participants:
Ellen Rubbo MD 07/1/2021
Gastroenterology Associates, LTD 10/22/2019
Otorhinolaryngology Associates, PC 03/20/2019
Specialty Physician Associates, LLC 02/20/2019
Whitehall Medical Associates 08/12/2019
- Date of arrangement: 02/20/2018 – current
- Items, services, goods, or facility provided: Electronic Health Record
- Date and nature of any amendments to the arrangement, if applicable: 1/1/2022 Amended with new agreement years
- Parties to the arrangement: St. Luke’s Shared Savings, LLC and the following ACO participants: