What is an Accountable Care Organization?
Doctors, hospitals and health care providers establish ACOs to work together to provide higher-quality coordinated care to their patients, while helping to slow the growth of health care costs. The University of Chicago Medicine is proud to be one of the 99 ACOs chosen by the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) to join its Shared Savings Program.
Learn more about ACOs:
- Information for Medicare Beneficiaries
- Information for Providers
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Shared Saving Program
ACO Name & Location
Ingalls Care Network, LLC
71 West 156th Street, Suite 500
Harvey, Illinois 60426
ACO Primary Contact
Primary Contact Name | Zachary Goodling |
Primary Contact Phone Number | 717-512-1273 |
Primary Contact Email Address |
zachary.goodling@uchospitals.edu |
Organizational Information: ACO Participants
ACO Participants | ACO Participant in Joint Venture (Enter Y or N) |
Advanced Heart Group, SC |
N |
Chaden Sbai, MD | N |
Dorothy Jones, MD, SC |
N |
Family Christian Health Center | N |
Ingalls Memorial Hospital |
N |
Primary Healthcare Associates, SC |
N |
Sameh Nabelsi, MD SC |
N |
William I Crevier, MD LTD |
N |
ACO Governing Body
Member Last Name | First Name | Title/ Position | Member's Voting Power | Membership Type | ACO Participant TIN Legal Business Name/DBA, if Applicable |
Chase |
Emily | President, Ingalls Memorial Hospital | 9% | ACO Participant Representative | Ingalls Memorial Hospital |
Itkonen |
Jerry |
Medicare Beneficiary Representative |
0 | Medicare Beneficiary Representative |
N/A |
Kauffman |
Phil |
Chief Financial Officer |
9% | ACO Participant Representative | Ingalls Memorial Hospital |
Crevier | William | MD/Voting Member | 9% | ACO Participant Representative | William Crevier, MD Ltd. |
Nabelsi |
Sameh |
MD/Voting Member | 9% | ACO Participant Representative | Sameh Nabelsi MD SC |
Green |
Lisa |
MD/Voting Member | 9% | ACO Participant Representative | Family Christian Health Center |
Parisi | Bruce | MD/Voting Member | 9% | ACO Participant Representative | Primary Healthcare Associates SC |
Sundrum |
Sandy | MD/Voting Member | 9% | ACO Participant Representative | Advanced Heart Group SC |
Yohay |
Daniel |
MD/Voting Member |
9% | ACO Participant Representative | Primary Healthcare Associates SC |
Stern |
Les | Secretary | 0 | Other | University of Chicago Care Network |
Krishnamurthy |
Rajlakshmi | MD/Voting Member | 9% | Other | N/A |
Key Clinical and Administrative Leadership
Name | Position |
Zachary Goodling |
ACO Executive |
Bruce Parisi, MD | Medical Director |
George Weyer, MD | Compliance Officer |
Carmen Barc | Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer |
Associated Committees and Committee Leadership
Committee Name | Committee Leader Name and Position |
Population Management & Clinical Initiatives |
Lester Hockenberry, MD |
Finance Committee |
Bruce Parisi, MD |
Types of ACO Participants or Combinations of Participants that Formed the ACO
- ACO professionals in a group practice agreement
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
- Network of individual practices of ACO professionals
Shared Savings and Losses
Amount of Shared Savings/Losses
Second Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2021, $0
- Performance Year 2020, $1,772,669
- Performance Year 2019, $0
- Performance Year 2018, $0
- Performance Year 2017, $0
First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2016, $2,835,464
- Performance Year 2015, $3,165,665
- Performance Year 2014, $3,210,583
Shared Savings Distribution
Second Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2021
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesign care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2020
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 10%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 10%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 80%
- Performance Year 2019
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2018
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2017
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2016
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 33%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 33%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participation: 33%
- Performance Year 2015
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 33%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 33%
- Proportion of distribution at ACO participants: 33%
- Performance Year 2014
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 33%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 33%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 33%
Quality Performance Results
2021 Quality Performance Results
Measure # | Measure Name | Rate | ACO Mean |
001 | Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control | 25.00 | 12.46 |
134 | Preventative Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan | 61.04 | 74.38 |
236 | Controlling High Blood Pressure | 71.37 | 74.87 |
318 | Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk | 77.02 | 87.03 |
110 | Preventative Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization | 56.61 | 80.52 |
226 | Preventative Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention | 72.73 | 80.97 |
113 | Colorectal Cancer Screening | 51.21 | 73.63 |
112 | Breast Cancer Screening | 68.15 | 75.11 |
438 | Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease | 79.84 | 84.24 |
479 | Hospital-Wide, 30-Day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) Rate for MIPS Groups | .1652 | .1540 |
MCC1 | All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions for ACOs (MCC) | 47.63 | 33.99 |
CAHPS-1 | Getting Timely Care, Appointments, and Information | 79.82 | 84.67 |
CAHPS-2 | How Well Providers Communicate | 92.29 | 93.56 |
CAHPS-3 | Patient’s Rating of Provider | 91.61 | 92.19 |
CAHPS-4 | Access to Specialists | 77.69 | 78.8 |
CAHPS-5 | Health Promotion and Education | 55.79 | 61.61 |
CAHPS-6 | Shared Decision Making | 57.45 | 60.89 |
CAHPS-7 | Health Status and Functional Status | 71.61 | 71.78 |
CAHPS-8 | Care Coordination | 82.57 | 85.66 |
CAHPS-9 | Courteous and Helpful Office Staff |
88.07 | 91.88 |
CAHPS-11 | Stewardship of Patient Resources | 20.82 | 24.71 |
Please note, the Quality ID #370 Depression Remission at 12 months quality measure is not included in public reporting due to low sample size.
For previous years’ financial and quality performance results, please visit data.cms.gov.