Accountable Care Organization

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:

ACO Name and Location

University of Chicago Care Network Accountable Care Organization, LLC (UCM ACO, LLC)
5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 1033
Chicago, IL 60637

ACO Primary Contact

Primary Contact Name	Zachary Goodling
Primary Contact Phone Number	717-512-1273
Primary Contact Email Address	zachary.goodling@uchicagomedicine.org

Organizational Information: ACO Participants

ACO Participants	ACO Participant in Joint Venture
Advanced Heart Group, SC	N
Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital	N
Adventist GlenOaks Hospital	N
Adventist Hinsdale Hospital	N
Adventist LaGrange Hospital	N
Adventist Health Partners, Inc.	N
Chaden Sbai, MD SC	N
DuPage Internal Medicine of Illinois LLC	N
Family Doctors of Brookfield SC	N
Family Medical Center of LaGrange LTD	N
Geri-Med Service LTD	N
Heartland Primary Care SC	N
Ingalls Memorial Hospital	N
Lifetime Family Healthcare LTD	N
McIntyre Family Medicine LLC	N
MPS Kohli MD SC	N
Nani Internal Med LLC	N
Naperville Medical Group Corporation	N
Nasreen Hamidani Internal Medicine PLLC	N
Premier Internal Medicine Group SC	N
Primary Healthcare Associates, SC	N
Ramesh P. Melvani MD SC	N
Sameh Nabelsi MD SC	N
The University of Chicago	N
The University of Chicago Medical Center	N
Willowbrook Clinics and Medical Center SC	N

ACO Governing Body

Member First Name	Last Name	Title/ Position	Member's Voting Power	Membership Type	ACO Participant Legal Business Name/DBA, if Applicable
George	Weyer	Chair	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
Kaveh	Rahmani	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
Bruce	Parisi	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
Lakshmi	Warrior	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
Ken	Nunes	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
Stacie	Levine	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
Debra	Stulberg	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
Amit	Joshi	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
Andrew	Davis	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
Maninder	Kohli	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
Michael	Dupont	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
Kenneth	Nelson	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
Kyle	Knerim	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group
William	Hill	Member	7.143%	ACO Participant Representative	The University of Chicago d/b/a University of Chicago Physicians Group

Key Clinical and Administrative Leadership

Name	Position
Zachary Goodling	ACO Executive
George Weyer, MD	Physician-in-Chief
Tracy Volel	Compliance Officer
Tracy Volel	Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer

Associated Committees and Committee Leadership

Committee Name	Committee Leader Name and Position
UCM Physician Partners Quality and Performance Committee	George Weyer, MD, Physician-in-Chief
UCM Physician Partners Credentialing and Participation Committee	George Weyer, MD, Physician-in-Chieft
UCM Physician Partners Contracts and Finance Committee	Kathy Najarian, VP Contracting
UCM Physician Partners Quality IT Committee	Yeman Collier, Chief Information Officer

Types of ACO Participants or Combinations of Participants that Formed the ACO

ACO professionals in a group practice arrangement
Networks of individual practices of ACO professionals

Shared Savings and Losses

Amount of Shared Savings/Losses

Fifth Agreement Period

Performance Year 2024, $4,484,464

Fourth Agreement Period

Performance Year 2023, $0

Third Agreement Period

Performance Year 2022, $1,813,122

Second Agreement Period

Performance Year 2021, $0

First Agreement Period

Performance Year 2020, $0

Shared Savings Distribution

Fifth Agreement Period

Performance Year 2024
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 10%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 0%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 90%

Fourth Agreement Period

Performance Year 2023
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 0%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 0%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A

Third Agreement Period

Performance Year 2022
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 20%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 20%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 60%

Second Agreement Period

Performance Year 2021
- 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 2020
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A

Quality Performance Results

2024 Quality Performance Results:

Quality performance results are based on CMS Web Interface

Measure #	Measure Name	Collection Type	Rate	ACO Mean
Quality ID: 001	Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)	CMS Web Interface	10.40
Quality ID: 134	Preventative Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan	CMS Web Interface	91.57
Quality ID: 236	Controlling High Blood Pressure	CMS Web Interface	72.29
Quality ID: 318	Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	CMS Web Interface	97.98
Quality ID: 110	Preventative Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization	CMS Web Interface	68.72
Quality ID: 226	Preventative Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	CMS Web Interface	81.25
Quality ID: 113	Colorectal Cancer Screening	CMS Web Interface	75.00
Quality ID: 112	Breast Cancer Screening	CMS Web Interface	83.94
Quality ID: 438	Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease	CMS Web Interface	92.61
Quality ID: 370	Depression Remission at Twelve Months	CMS Web Interface	14.56
CAHPS-1	Getting Timely Care, Appointments, and Information	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	81.73
CAHPS-2	How Well Providers Communicate	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	95.32
CAHPS-3	Patient’s Rating of Provider	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	92.88
CAHPS-4	Access to Specialists	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	76.84
CAHPS-5	Health Promotion and Education	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	71.47
CAHPS-6	Shared Decision Making	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	62.27
CAHPS-7	Health Status and Functional Status	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	73.78
CAHPS-8	Care Coordination	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	84.66
CAHPS-9	Courteous and Helpful Office Staff	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	91.56
CAHPS-11	Stewardship of Patient Resources	CAHPS for MIPS Survey	26.15

For previous years’ financial and quality performance results, please visit data.cms.gov