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Medicare Shared Savings Plan (MSSP) Enhanced ACO Model

Organizational Information

Legal Business Name and Location

Arizona Care Network – Next, LLC
4222 E. Thomas Road #400
Phoenix, AZ 85018

Primary Contact

Jonee Christensen, VP of Provider Network and Government Relations
info@azcarenetwork.org
602.406.7226

MSSP Enhanced Participants

A list of provider organizations participating in our MSSP Enhanced Model in 2024 is available here.

ACO Clinical and Administrative Leadership

Chief Executive Officer* – Todd Ricotta, MHSA, MBA
Compliance Officer* – Adam Fielding
Quality Assurance and Improvement* – Jason Kwan, MBA, PharmD
Medical Director – Dr. Kevin Theodorou, Internal Medicine of the Valley (Chair, ACO Medical Director)
* Administrative leaders who are employees of CommonSpirit Health and Tenet Healthcare

MSSP Enhanced ACO Governing Body

Name Title/Position Voting Power Membership Type ACO Participant Business Name
Dr. Kevin Theodorou Physician Manager and Chair 5% ACO Participant Representative Internal Medicine of the Valley
Dr. Deepanshu Garg Physician Manager
and Vice Chair		 5% ACO Participant Representative Med-Cure Internal Medicine PLC
Dr. Monte Swarup Physician Manager 5% Other N/A
VACANT Hospital Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative VHS Outpatient Clinics Inc
Brian Elisco Hospital Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative VHS Outpatient Clinics Inc
Tim Bricker Hospital Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative SJHMC Physician Services c/o Dignity Health
Dr. Brian Tiffany Hospital Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative SJHMC Physician Services c/o Dignity Health
Gary Addis Medicare Beneficiary 5% Medicare Beneficiary Representative N/A
Dr. Linda Brown Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative VHS Outpatient Clinics Inc
Dr. Michael Newcomb Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative ASAP Health Solutions Inc
Dr. Tiffany Nunnelley Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative VHS Outpatient Clinics Inc
Dr. Dana Seltzer Physician Manager 5% Other N/A
Dr. Edward Tokatlian Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative Associated Internists of Ahwatukee PC
Dr. Sunita Gupta Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative East Valley Family Practice LLC
Todd Ricotta ACO Executive 0% Other Arizona Care Network – Next, LLC
Dr. Drew Hall Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative Hall Medical LLC
Dr. Chris Pruitt Physician Manager 5% Other N/A
VACANT Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative
Dr. Pankaj Jain Physician Manager 5% Other N/A
Dr. Shane Speirs Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative HealthyU Family Medicine LLC
Dr. Srivani Srikantiah Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative Srivani Srikantiah, MD, PLLC

ACN Committees and Committee Leadership

Quality and Payer Contracting Committee: Dr. Dana Seltzer, Chair
Network Committee: Dr. Pankaj Jain, Chair
Post-Acute Committee: Dr. Mike Newcomb, Chair

ACO Participant Entity Type(s):

  • ACO professionals in a group practice arrangement
  • Networks of individual practices of ACO professionals
  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)

Shared Savings

Shared Savings/Losses

  • Second Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2024: N/A
  • First Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2023: $6,718,534

Shared Savings Distribution

  • Second Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2024
      • Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
      • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/other resources: N/A
      • Proportion of distribution to MSSP Enhanced Model participants: N/A
  • First Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2023
      • Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
      • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/other resources: N/A
      • Proportion of distribution to MSSP Enhanced Model participants: N/A

Quality Performance

Quality performance results are based on the CMS Web Interface collection type.

  • 2023 Quality Performance Results
Measure # Measure Name Collection Type Reported Performance Rate 2023 Mean Performance Rate (ACOs) 
Quality #001 Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)
Poor Control (>9%)		 CMS Web Interface 8.38 9.84
Quality #134 Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan CMS Web Interface 71.67 80.97
Quality #236 Controlling High Blood Pressure CMS Web Interface 77.28 77.80
Quality #318 Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk CMS Web Interface 84.03 89.42
Quality #110 Preventive Care and Screening:
Influenza Immunization		 CMS Web Interface 62.02 70.76
Quality #226 Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention CMS Web Interface 73.68 79.29
Quality #113 Colorectal Cancer Screening CMS Web Interface 79.84 77.14
Quality #112 Breast Cancer Screening CMS Web Interface 84.04 80.36
Quality #438 Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease CMS Web Interface 87.19 87.05
Quality #370 Depression Remission at 12 Months CMS Web Interface 18.03 16.58
Quality #321 CAHPS for MIPS CAHPS for MIPS Survey 5.17 6.25
Measure #479 Hospital-Wide, 30-Day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) Rate for MIPS Eligible Clinician Groups Administrative Claims .1549 .1553
CAHPS-1 Getting Timely Care, Appointments,
and Information		 CAHPS for MIPS Survey 83.96 83.68
CAHPS-2 How Well Providers Communicate CAHPS for MIPS Survey 92.63 93.69
CAHPS-3 Patient’s Rating of Provider CAHPS for MIPS Survey 91.78 92.14
CAHPS-4 Access to Specialists CAHPS for MIPS Survey 75.44 75.97
CAHPS-5 Health Promotion and Education CAHPS for MIPS Survey 64.32 63.93
CAHPS-6 Shared Decision Making CAHPS for MIPS Survey 62.50 61.60
CAHPS-7 Health Status and Functional Status CAHPS for MIPS Survey 73.08 74.12
CAHPS-8 Care Coordination CAHPS for MIPS Survey 84.30 85.77
CAHPS-9 Courteous and Helpful Office Staff CAHPS for MIPS Survey 89.80 92.31
CAHPS-11 Stewardship of Patient Resources CAHPS for MIPS Survey 26.36 26.69

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