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, 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
Dr. William Ellert	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
Todd Ricotta	Chief Executive Officer	0%	Other	N/A
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
Dr. Drew Hall	Physician Manager	5%	ACO Participant Representative	Hall Medical LLC
Dr. Chris Pruitt	Physician Manager	5%	Other	N/A
Dr. Robert Babyar	Physician Manager	5%	ACO Participant Representative	Adelante Healthcare Inc
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, Co-Chair; Dr. Robert Babyar, Co-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: N/A

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 eCQMs/MIPS CQMs collection type.

Our ACO did not participate in the Shared Savings Program in the 2022 performance year; therefore, this section is not applicable at this time.