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 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 2024, $0
    • 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 2024
      • 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 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

2024 Quality Performance Results:

Our ACO was affected by an Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstance (EUC) in PY 2024 and was unable to report any quality measures for PY 2024.

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

Fraud and Abuse Waivers

Update: February 2026