Aledade, Inc.

2023's MSSP results just announced by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services show that Aledade accountable care organizations (ACOs) delivered a record $801 million in savings, more than any other accountable care partner in the entire country. Our partner practices earned more shared savings and higher quality scores than non-Aledade entities, with 93% of Aledade partners earning shared savings, compared to just 69% of others. Read our full press release: https://lnkd.in/etc9Q97p

In this new episode of The ACO Show podcast, Casey Korba, director of policy, walks us through regulations that were announced along with the 2025 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, including updates to the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Casey and Sean Cavanaugh, chief policy officer and former director of Medicare at CMS, explain policy changes that will support value-based care, including changes to payments for some preventive care services and a new health equity benchmarking adjustment. 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://ow.ly/4oCp50Uj1sw 🎧 Spotify: https://ow.ly/y89450Uj1sx

The Health Care Transformation Task Force has published a new resource called "The Next Frontier: Specialty Integration in Value-Based Care." Among others, it showcases Aledade's kidney care management program as an example of how to leverage value-based care to serve a complex patient population. https://ow.ly/r8ue50U9nZ7

Aledade team members attended the Florida Association of ACOs (FLAACOs) fall conference last week, where Travis Broome, senior vice president of Policy & Economics, spoke about different ACO models including Primary Care Flex, MSSP and REACH, and Market President Andrew Chang moderated a panel of ACO clinicians. This event brings together not only ACOs, but any organization interested in value-based care models.

In this insightful piece by McKnight's Home Care, Aledade Senior Medical Director Dr. Josh Lowentritt highlights the transformative potential of comprehensive advance care planning in driving better patient outcomes and reducing health care costs. https://ow.ly/m23c50Uf46R

Aledade is excited to share that three of our partner practices have been named as a 2024 Million Hearts Hypertension Control Champion. This recognition given by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awards practices that prioritize controlling hypertension and are delivering lifesaving care by helping 80% or more of their patients with hypertension get their blood pressure under control. Congratulations to Mainline Health Systems, Inc. in Arkansas, Milford Primary Care Associates in Delaware and Brevard Health Center in Florida! https://ow.ly/OFgN50Uf3xg

In a recent article, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that two Aledade Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) were the Philadelphia area's top performers in the Medicare Shared Savings Program in 2023. They achieved higher savings rates and shared savings totaling over $38 million compared to the other ten ACOs in the region. In addition, Aledade's Delaware and New Jersey ACOs, both with practices in the Philadelphia metro, each earned shared savings of more than $14 million. https://lnkd.in/ebjWmeF9

To mark #NationalRuralHealthDay, we are recognizing the hard work of all of our partners in rural parts of the country who are succeeding in value-based care, including Keystone Rural Health Consortia in Emporium, PA. Of the more than 1,900 practices that Aledade serves, 24% are in rural areas. https://ow.ly/SLb650U94V3

Today, the Primary Care Collaborative released a report on the success of primary care-based ACOs, including Aledade partner practice Scott Family Physicians in Louisiana. Regional Medical Director Darrin Menard, M.D. of Scott Family (pictured) joined our policy team on Capitol Hill today to meet with members of Congress to share these findings. https://ow.ly/aRN950Ubg1M

In this episode of The ACO Show, Sean Cavanaugh and Joshua Israel speak to Traci Spence, Chief Operating Officer of Aledade partner practice Blue Ridge Health in Hendersonville, N.C. Traci shares her experience managing a health center during a catastrophic hurricane that left the region without power, water, or infrastructure. 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://ow.ly/mVMP50U97VT 🎧 Spotify: https://ow.ly/j6y850U97VS