Arizona Care Network (ACN) is a clinically integrated provider network that improves healthcare and reduces costs by actively managing care for our most vulnerable patients.
Arizona Care Network is an Accountable Care Organization (ACO), which is a group of doctors and other healthcare providers who share a common vision to:
ACOs were established by Medicare to help their members get the right care in the right setting to improve their health and save on healthcare costs. There are now many ACOs across the country.
ACN is a joint venture of Dignity Health and Abrazo Community Health Network. These two healthcare systems came together to create ACN because they have a vision to:
We call this the “Quadruple Aim” and everything ACN does is measured against how well it supports one or more of these aims.
ACN’s Care Coordination team is another thing that differentiates us from other Accountable Care Organizations. The care coordination team is made up of healthcare insiders who can assist you with a full range of services to support your doctor’s recommendation, leading to an improved overall healthcare experience at a more affordable cost. Eligible patients never receive a bill for care coordination services.
ACN’s Care Coordination team works with your doctor to connect you to the care you need to prevent health problems, treat new conditions, and guide you through transitions of care when moving from one healthcare setting to another, like from the hospital, skilled nursing facility, or rehabilitation center back home. These transitions of care can carry a high risk to the patient, because you are changing healthcare teams, likely have new medications, and have new instructions to follow.
Our Care Coordination team gives you individual support from:
If your doctor believes you may benefit from additional information, services or support for your care, they may refer you to one of the Care Coordination team members listed above. You can also contact our Concierge to confirm what programs you are eligible to receive.
ACN works closely with our participating doctors to support the health of their patients. Together, we saw improvements on 13 of 14 designated patient metrics, which resulted in preventing 98 strokes and 39 heart attacks over the prior year. In addition, we noted that patients who participate in care coordination have better health outcomes overall than those who don’t.
ACN’s model includes:
This model has been so effective with the Medicare population that many commercial insurance companies also wanted to offer it. ACN now serves more than 300,000 patients that come to us not only from Medicare and Medicaid but also from a wide variety of commercial payers.
If you are a Medicare beneficiary and your primary care provider is part of ACN, you are already eligible for ACN services! We also work with a variety of commercial payers. To find out if your primary care provider is part of ACN or to see if you are eligible for ACN services under your insurance, contact our Concierge at 602.406.7226 or email members@azcarenetwork.org.