St. Luke’s Medicare ACO

ACO Name and Location

St. Luke’s Shared Savings Plan, LLC
dba St. Luke’s Medicare ACO
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

David Bub, MD, PC

N

East Penn Rheumatology, PC

N

Easton Family Practice, PC

N

Ellen Rubbo

N

Gastroenterology Associates, LTD

N

GSLPG, INC

N

Integrated Health Solutions, PC

N

Jolanta Zelaznicka

N

Joseph Bacak

N

Mark Grusso, DPM, PC

N

Northeastern Anesthesia Physicians, PC

N

Om Sharma, MD, PC

N

Otorhinolaryngology Associates, PC

N

Penn Foundation, INC

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

8.3%

ACO Participant

St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC

Carmona

Aldo

Chair

8.3%

ACO Participant

St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC

Evans

Dean

Member

8.3%

Medicare Beneficiary

N/A

Fagerstrom

Joel

Member

8.3%

Stakeholder Representative

N/A

Fournier

Robert

Member

8.3%

ACO Participant

Progressive Physician Associates, INC

Gayner

Robert

Member

8.3%

ACO Participant

St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC

Keeler

Jarrod

Member

8.3%

ACO Participant

Specialty Physician Associates, LLC

McGorry

Dennis

Member

8.3%

ACO Participant

St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC

Minahan

Joseph

Member

8.3%

ACO Participant

St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC

Perry

Lisa

Member

8.3%

ACO Participant

St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC

Psaila

Justin

Member

8.3%

ACO Participant

St. Luke’s Physician Group, INC

Sabol

Donna

Member

8.3%

Stakeholder Representative

N/A

Botek

Francine

Member

0%

Stakeholder Representative

N/A

Gately

Linda

Member

0%

Stakeholder Representative

N/A

Herman

Patricia

Member

0%

Medicare Beneficiary

N/A

Lewis

Christina

Member

0%

Stakeholder Representative

N/A

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

 

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:

  • Second Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2022, $15,029,934
  • First Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2021, $7,454,113
    • Performance Year 2020, $9,087,692
    • Performance Year 2019, N/A
    • Performance Year 2018, N/A

Shared Savings Distribution:

  • Second Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2022
      • Proportion invested in infrastructure: 17%
      • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 47%
      • Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 36%
    • 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: 28%
        • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 14%
        • Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 58%
      • Performance Year 2019
        • N/A
      • Performance Year 2018
        • N/A


    Quality Performance Results

    2022 Quality Performance Results:

    Quality performance results are based on CMS Web Interface

    Measure #

    Measure Name

    Collection Type

    Rate

    ACO Mean

    Quality ID #001

    Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) Poor Control

    CMS Web Interface

    6.99

    10.71

    Quality ID# 134

    Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan

    CMS Web Interface

    91.26

    76.97

    Quality ID# 236

    Controlling High Blood Pressure

    CMS Web Interface

    74.56

    76.16

    Quality ID# 318

    Falls Screening for Future Fall Risk

    CMS Web Interface

    96.59

    87.83

    Quality ID# 110

    Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization

    CMS Web Interface

    76.36

    77.34

    Quality ID# 226

    Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention

    CMS Web Interface

    96.43

    79.27

    Quality ID# 113

    Colorectal Cancer Screening

    CMS Web Interface

    83.16

    75.32

    Quality ID# 112

    Breast Cancer Screening

    CMS Web Interface

    82.17

    78.07

    Quality ID# 438

    Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease

    CMS Web Interface

    87.92

    86.37

    Quality ID# 370

    Depression Remission at Twelve Months

    CMS Web Interface

    20.72

    16.03

    CAHPS -1

    Getting Timely Care, Appointments, and Information

    CAHPS for MIPS Survey

    88.18

    83.96

    CAHPS -2

    How Well Providers Communicate

    CAHPS for MIPS Survey

    94.27

    93.47

    CAHPS -3

    Patient’s Rating of Provider

    CAHPS for MIPS Survey

    92.27

    92.06

    CAHPS -4

    Access to Specialists

    CAHPS for MIPS Survey

    75.74

    77.00

    CAHPS-5

    Health Promotion and Education

    CAHPS for MIPS Survey

    65.98

    62.68

    CAHPS-6

    Shared Decision Making

    CAHPS for MIPS Survey

    64.70

    60.97

    CAHPS-7

    Health Status and Functional Status

    CAHPS for MIPS Survey

    75.44

    73.06

    CAHPS-8

    Care Coordination

    CAHPS for MIPS Survey

    86.10

    85.46

    CAHPS-9

    Courteous and Helpful Office Staff

    CAHPS for MIPS Survey

    92.96

    91.97

    CAHPS-11

    Stewardship of Patient Resources

    CAHPS for MIPS Survey

    28.55

    25.62

    Measure 479

    Hospital Wide, 30 day, All Cause Unplanned Admission Rate for MIPS Groups

    Administrative Claims

    0.1645

    0.1510

    Measure 484

    Clinician and Clinician Group Risk-standardized Hospital Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions

    Administrative Claims

    40.77

    30.97



    For Previous Years’ Financial and Quality Performance Results, Please Visit data.cms.gov


    Payment Rule 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
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