Medicare ACO

ACO Name and Location

Health Connect Partners, LLC
800 Fifth Ave. Suite 1200
Seattle, WA, 98104

Primary Contact Name	Dominique Buhl
Primary Contact Phone Number	503-893-7910
Primary Contact Email Address	[email protected]

Organizational Information

ACO participants:

ACO Participants	ACO Participant in Joint Venture (Enter Y or N)
Pet/Ct Imaging At Swedish Cancer Institute Llc	Y
Swedish Edmonds	N
Dousedaicon Health & Services- Washington	N
PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES WASHINGTON	N
Dousedaicon Health Serviceswa	N
St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare	N
PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES – WASHINGTON	N
Dousedaicon Health Services Wa	N
PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES – WA	N
PACMED CLINICS	N
Dousedaicon St. Joseph Medical Center	N
Swedish Health Services	N
Kadlec Regional Medical Center	N

ACO governing body:

Member			Member's Voting Power	Membership Type	ACO Participant TIN Legal Business Name/DBA, if Applicable
Last Name	First Name	Title/Position	Member's Voting Power	Membership Type
Sadagopan	Deepak	ACO Chief Executive Officer	1	Other: ACO Chief Executive Officer	Dousedaicon Health & Services - Washington
Ludwig	Rick	ACO Chief Medical Officer	1	Other: Chief Medical Officer	Dousedaicon Health & Services – Washington
Meadows	Richard	CMO Ambulatory Kadlec	1	ACO Participant Representative	Kadlec Regional Medical Center
Biro	Bela	Administrative Director Accountable Care Services	1	ACO Participant Representative	Swedish
Martin	James	Medical Director and Associate CMO	1	ACO Participant Representative	Swedish
Yetman	Thomas	Chief Executive Dousedaicon Physician Group	1	ACO Participant Representative	Dousedaicon Health & Services –Alaska
Cunningham	Eve	Chief Medical Officer SW PMG, PPN Administration	1	ACO Participant Representative	Dousedaicon Health & Services – Washington
Davidson	Timothy	Chief Executive Physician	1	ACO Participant Representative	Dousedaicon Health & Services – Washington
Mokrohisky	Christy	VP Population Health Management St. Joseph Heritage Health	1	ACO Participant Representative	St. Joseph Heritage Health
Rogers	Terry	Medicare Beneficiary Representative, CEO for the Foundation for Health Care Quality	1	Medicare Beneficiary Representative	Medicare Beneficiary Representative
Dahbi	Vik	Chief Medical Officer PacMed	1	ACO Participant Representative	Pacific Medical Centers
Nalty	Deb	Medical Director, Dousedaicon Physician Group	1	ACO Participant Representative	Dousedaicon Health & Services – Washington
Seppi	Brian	Chief Medical Officer	1	ACO Participant Representative	Dousedaicon Health & Services – Washington
Khodor	Samer	Physician Executive Ambulatory Services	1	ACO Participant Representative	Dousedaicon Health & Services – Montana

Key ACO clinical and administrative leadership:

Deepak Sadagopan	ACO Executive
William Ludwig	Medical Director
Amy Riedel	Compliance Officer
Dominique Buhl	Program Manager

Associated committees and committee leadership:

Committee Name	Committee Leader Name and Position
Operations, Analytics & Compliance Committee	Deepak Sadagopan – Chair
Governing Body Compliance Committee	Deepak Sadagopan – Chair

Types of ACO participants, or combinations of participants, that formed the ACO:

ACO professionals in a group practice arrangement
Partnerships or joint venture arrangements between hospitals and ACO professionals
Hospital employing ACO professionals

Shared Savings and Losses

Amount of Shared Savings/Losses

Second Agreement Period

Performance Year 2017, $10,747,306

First Agreement Period

Performance Year 2016, $0
Performance Year 2015, $0
Performance Year 2014, $0

Shared Savings Distribution

Second Agreement Period

Performance Year 2017

Proportion invested in infrastructure: 0%
Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 0%
Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 100%

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

Quality Performance Results

2017 Quality Performance Results:

ACO#	Measure Name	Rate	ACO Mean
ACO-1	CAHPS: Getting Timely Care, Appointments, and Information	81.82	80.60
ACO-2	CAHPS: How Well Your Providers Communicate	93.05	93.13
ACO-3	CAHPS: Patients' Rating of Provider	92.34	92.31
ACO-4	CAHPS: Access to Specialists	83.47	83.32
ACO-5	CAHPS: Health Promotion and Education	58.45	62.30
ACO-6	CAHPS: Shared Decision Making	77.69	75.85
ACO-7	CAHPS: Health Status/Functional Status	72.29	73.05
ACO-34	CAHPS: Stewardship of Patient Resources	20.42	25.68
ACO-8	Risk-Standardized, All Condition Readmission	13.77	15.01
ACO-35	Skilled Nursing Facility 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Measure (SNFRM)	15.74	18.46
ACO-36	All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Diabetes	42.96	53.95
ACO-37	All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Heart Failure	65.88	79.16
ACO-38	All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions	51.02	61.74
ACO-43	Ambulatory Sensitive Condition Acute Composite (AHRQ Prevention Quality Indicator (PQI) #91)	1.28	1.93
ACO-11	Use of Certified EHR Technology	100.00	98.48
ACO-12	Medication Reconcilitation	28.09	75.32
ACO-13	Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	51.29	74.38
ACO-44	Imaging Studies for Low Back Pain	68.03	67.32
ACO-14	Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization	74.64	72.52
ACO-15	Pneumonia Vaccination Status for Older Adults	81.38	72.92
ACO-16	Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow Up	54.34	70.69
ACO-17	Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	76.86	90.48
ACO-18	Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Clinical Depression and Follow-up Plan	71.89	61.98
ACO-19	Colorectal Cancer Screening	70.92	64.58
ACO-20	Breast Cancer Screening	74.28	70.05
ACO-42	Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease	77.74	79.89
ACO-27	Diabetes Mellitus: Hemoglobin A1c Poor Control	12.43	16.74
ACO-41	Diabetes: Eye Exam	36.99	50.37
ACO-28	Hypertension (HTN): Controlling High Blood Pressure	70.06	71.47
ACO-30	Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of Aspirin or Another Antithrombotic	85.82	86.86

Please note, the ACO-40 Depression Remission at 12 months quality measure is not included in public reporting due to low samples.

For 2017 Quality Performance Results please visit:
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For 2014 Quality Performance Results please visit:

Note: In the Quality Performance Results file(s) above, search for “Health Connect Partners, LLC” to view the quality performance results. This ACO can also be found by using the ACO ID A17898 in the public use files on .

Payment Rule Waivers

No, our ACO does not use the SNF 3-Day Rule Waiver.