Northwest Florida Health Partners, LLC - Accountable Care Organizations
ACO Name and Location
Northwest Florida Health Partners, LLC
5151 N. Ninth Avenue
Pensacola, FL 32504
ACO Primary Contact
Laura Behr
(850) 746-1403
lwbehr@ascension.org
Organizational Information
ACO Participants:
ACO Participants |
ACO Participant in Joint Venture |
Sacred Heart Hospital of Pensacola |
N |
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf |
N |
Sacred Heart Medical Group |
N |
ACO Governing Body:
Member First Name |
Member Last Name |
Member Title/Position |
Member’s Voting Power (Expressed as a percentage) |
Membership Type |
ACO Participant Legal Business Name/DBA, if applicable |
Syed |
Jafri |
Chairperson |
12.50% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Sacred Heart Medical Group |
Susan |
Cornejo |
Voting Member |
12.50% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Sacred Heart Hospital of Pensacola |
Dr. Dale |
Tucker |
Voting Member |
12.50% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Sacred Heart Medical Group |
Michael |
Shaw |
Voting Member |
12.50% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola |
Rachel |
Bixler |
Voting Member |
12.50% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Sacred Heart Medical Group |
Justin |
Labrato |
Voting Member |
12.50% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Sacred Heart Medical Group |
Dr.Susan |
Laenger |
Voting Member |
12.50% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Sacred Heart Medical Group |
Vicki |
Abrams |
Voting Member |
12.50% |
Medicare Beneficiary Representative |
N/A |
Key ACO Clinical and Administrative Leadership:
ACO Executive: Laura Behr
Medical Director: Dale Tucker, MD
Compliance Officer: Kathryn Yurkovich
Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer: Rachel Bixler, MD
Types of ACO Participants, or Combinations of Participants, that Formed the ACO:
- ACO professionals in a group practice arrangement
- Networks of individual practices of ACO professionals
- Hospitals employing ACO professionals
Shared Savings and Losses
Amount of Shared Savings/Losses:
Third Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2023: $0
- Performance Year 2022: $0
- Performance Year 2021: $2,870,185
- Performance Year 2020: $0
Second Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2019: $0
- Performance Year 2018: $0
- Performance Year 2017, $0
First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2016, $3,371,438
- Performance Year 2015, $3,562,750
- Performance Year 2014, $0
Shared Savings Distribution:
Third Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2023
- 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 2022
- 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 2021
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 25%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 25%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 50%
- Performance Year 2020
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
Second Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2019
- 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 2018
- 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 2017
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2016
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 25%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 25%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 50%
- Performance Year 2015
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 25%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 25%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 50%
- 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
2023 Quality Performance Results:
Quality performance results are based on the CMS Web Interface Measure Set.
ACO Quality Measure Number |
Measure Name |
Collection Type |
Rate |
ACO Mean |
CAHPS-1 |
Getting Timely Care, Appointments, and Information |
CAHPS for MIPS Survey |
82.81 |
83.68 |
CAHPS-2 |
How Well Providers Communicate |
CAHPS for MIPS Survey |
94.77 |
93.69 |
CAHPS-3 |
Patient’s Rating of Provider |
CAHPS for MIPS Survey |
93.80 |
92.14 |
CAHPS-4 |
Access to Specialists |
CAHPS for MIPS Survey |
76.97 |
75.97 |
CAHPS-5 |
Health Promotion and Education |
CAHPS for MIPS Survey |
66.15 |
63.93 |
CAHPS-6 |
Shared Decision Making |
CAHPS for MIPS Survey |
67.89 |
61.60 |
CAHPS-7 |
Health Status and Functional Status |
CAHPS for MIPS Survey |
72.88 |
74.12 |
CAHPS-8 |
Care Coordination |
CAHPS for MIPS Survey |
86.91 |
85.77 |
CAHPS-9 |
Courteous and Helpful Office Staff |
CAHPS for MIPS Survey |
90.94 |
92.31 |
CAHPS-11 |
Stewardship of Patient Resources |
CAHPS for MIPS Survey |
23.01 |
26.69 |
Measure #: 001 |
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control |
CMS Web Interface |
9.68 |
9.84 |
Measure #: 134 |
Preventative Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan |
CMS Web Interface |
86.53 |
80.97 |
Measure #: 236 |
Controlling High Blood Pressure |
CMS Web Interface |
75.40 |
77.80 |
Measure #: 318 |
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk |
CMS Web Interface |
100.00 |
89.42 |
Measure #: 110 |
Preventative Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization |
CMS Web Interface |
64.04 |
70.76 |
Measure #: 226 |
Preventative Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention |
CMS Web Interface |
79.17 |
79.29 |
Measure #: 113 |
Colorectal Cancer Screening |
CMS Web Interface |
82.66 |
77.14 |
Measure #: 112 |
Breast Cancer Screening |
CMS Web Interface |
82.66 |
80.36 |
Measure #: 438 |
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease |
CMS Web Interface |
90.99 |
87.05 |
Measure #: 370 |
Depression Remission at Twelve Months |
CMS Web Interface |
13.48 |
16.58 |
Measure #: 321 |
CAHPS for MIPS |
CMS Web Interface |
6.99 |
6.25 |
Measure #: 479 |
Hospital-Wide, 30-Day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) Rate for MIPS Groups |
Administrative Claims |
.1639 |
.1553 |
Measure #: 484 |
Clinician and Clinician Group Risk-standardized Hospital Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions |
Administrative Claims |
34.00 |
35.39 |
For Previous Years’ Financial and Quality Performance Results, Please Visit data.cms.gov