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Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Enhanced ACO Model

Organizational Information

Legal Business Name and Location

Arizona Care Network – Next, LLC
4222 E. Thomas Road #460
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 2026 MSSP Enhanced Model is available here.

ACO Clinical and Administrative Leadership

Chief Executive Officer* – Todd Ricotta, MHSA, MBA
Compliance Officer* – Deana Estes, MBA, MA
Quality Assurance and Improvement* – Jason Kwan, MBA, PharmD
Medical Director – Dr. Kevin Theodorou, Internal Medicine of the Valley (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. Deepanshu Garg Physician Manager (Chair) 5.9% ACO Participant Representative Med-Cure Internal Medicine PLC
Dr. Kevin Theodorou Physician Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative Internal Medicine of the Valley
Dr. Megan Jhaver Physician Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative Lotus Group LLC
Brian Elisco Hospital Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative VHS Outpatient Clinics Inc
Tony Houston Hospital Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative SJHMC Physician Services c/o Dignity Health
Gregory Pearson Hospital Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative VHS Outpatient Clinics Inc
Dr. Yagnesh Patel Hospital Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative SJHMC Physician Services c/o Dignity Health
Gary Addis Medicare Beneficiary 5.9% Beneficiary Representative N/A
Dr. Samina Ayub Physician Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative SJHMC Physician Services c/o Dignity Health
Dr. Sultan Mohammad Physician Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative Khakwani & Mohammad Medical PC
Dr. Samyuktha Sreenivasan Physician Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative VHS Outpatient Clinics Inc
Dr. Dana Seltzer Physician Manager 5.9% Other N/A
Dr. Edward Tokatlian Physician Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative Associated Internists of Ahwatukee PC
Todd Ricotta ACO Executive 0% Other Arizona Care Network – Next, LLC
Dr. Drew Hall Physician Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative Hall Medical LLC
Dr. Sunny Jhamnani Physician Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative N/A
Dr. Pankaj Jain Physician Manager 5.9% Other N/A
Dr. Shane Speirs Physician Manager 5.9% ACO Participant Representative HealthyU Family Medicine LLC

* – Due to rounding, ‘Voting Power’ may not equal 100 percent.

ACN Committees and Committee Leadership

Quality and Payer Contracting Committee: Dr. Dana Seltzer, Chair
Network Committee: Dr. Pankaj Jain, 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

      • Third Agreement Period
          • Performance Year 2025:  N/A
      • Second Agreement Period
          • Performance Year 2024:  ($2,839,791)
      • 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:  24.13%
              • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/other resources:  22.21%
              • Proportion of distribution to MSSP Enhanced Model participants:  53.66%

Quality Performance

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

2024 Quality Performance Results

Measure # Measure Name Collection Type Reported Performance Rate 2024 Mean Performance Rate (ACOs) 
Quality #001* Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%) CMS Web Interface 10.84 9.44
Quality #134 Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan CMS Web Interface 75.72 81.46
Quality #236 Controlling High Blood Pressure CMS Web Interface 79.33 79.49
Quality #318 Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk CMS Web Interface 77.29 88.99
Quality #110 Preventive Care and Screening:
Influenza Immunization		 CMS Web Interface 63.64 68.60
Quality #226 Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation CMS Web Interface 57.14 79.98
Quality #113 Colorectal Cancer Screening CMS Web Interface 77.43 77.81
Quality #112 Breast Cancer Screening CMS Web Interface 83.60 80.93
Quality #438 Statin Therapy for Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease CMS Web Interface 89.66 86.50
Quality #370 Depression Remission at 12 Months CMS Web Interface 10.53 17.35
Quality #321 CAHPS for MIPS CAHPS for MIPS Survey 5.14 6.67
Measure #479* Hospital-Wide, 30-Day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) Rate for MIPS Eligible Clinician Groups Administrative Claims .1481 .1517
Measure #484** Clinician and Clinician Group Risk-standardized Hospital Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions Administrative Claims N/A 37.00
CAHPS-1 Getting Timely Care, Appointments, and Information CAHPS for MIPS Survey 82.95 83.70
CAHPS-2 How Well Providers Communicate CAHPS for MIPS Survey 90.85 93.96
CAHPS-3 Patient’s Rating of Provider CAHPS for MIPS Survey 90.20 92.43
CAHPS-4 Access to Specialists CAHPS for MIPS Survey 72.27 75.76
CAHPS-5 Health Promotion and Education CAHPS for MIPS Survey 65.31 65.48
CAHPS-6 Shared Decision Making CAHPS for MIPS Survey 64.80 62.31
CAHPS-7 Health Status and Functional Status CAHPS for MIPS Survey 74.00 74.14
CAHPS-8 Care Coordination CAHPS for MIPS Survey 84.97 85.89
CAHPS-9 Courteous and Helpful Office Staff CAHPS for MIPS Survey 89.99 92.89
CAHPS-11 Stewardship of Patient Resources CAHPS for MIPS Survey 32.66 26.98

For previous years’ Financial and Quality Performance Results, please visit: Data.cms.gov.

* For Diabetes – Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control (>9%) [Quality ID #001], Hospital-Wide, 30-Day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) Rate for MIPS Eligible Clinician Groups [Measure #479], and Clinician and Clinician Group Risk-standardized Hospital Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC) [Measure #484]: a lower performance rate indicates better measure performance.

** For Clinician and Clinician Group Risk – standardized Hospital Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC) [Measure #484], patients are excluded if attributed to Qualifying Alternative Payment Model (APM) Participants (QPs). Most providers participating in ENHANCED track are QPs, and performance rates for ENHANCED track ACOs may not represent overall care provided by this ACO’s providers.

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