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VA ACO Public Reporting

ACO name and location:

Novant Health UVA Health System Accountable Care Organization, LLC
200 Hawthorne Lane, P.O. Box 33549,
Charlotte, NC 28233

ACO primary contacts:

Robert Eberle, MD
336-277-2428
raeberle@novanthealth.org

Organizational information:

ACO participants:

ACO Participants	ACO Participant in Joint Venture
NMG Affiliate Practice I, LLC	No
Piedmont Family Practice, PLC	No

ACO participants in joint ventures between ACO professionals and hospitals: None

ACO governing body:

Member Last Name	Member First Name	Member Title/Position	Member's Voting Power	Membership Type	ACO Participant Legal Business Name
Aram	Heather	Chair	1 vote	Other representative	N/A
DeRosa	Gary	Physician	1 vote	ACO Participant Representative	NMG Affiliate Practice I, LLC
Grzejka	John	Other	1 vote	Medicare Beneficiary Representative	N/A
Hammonds	Victoria	Physician	1 vote	ACO Participant Representative	NMG Affiliate Practice I, LLC
Heaton	Chris	Physician	1 vote	ACO Participant Representative	NMG Affiliate Practice I, LLC
Min	James	Physician, Vice-Chair	1 vote	ACO Participant Representative	NMG Affiliate Practice I, LLC
Von Elten	Steven	Physician	1 vote	ACO Participant Representative	Piedmont Family Practice, PLC
Westerfield	Josephine	Other	1 vote	ACO Participant Representative	NMG Affiliate Practice I, LLC

Key ACO clinical and administrative leadership:

ACO Executive: Robert Eberle, MD
Medical director: Gary DeRosa, MD
Compliance officer: Kelly Patterson
Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer: David Priest, MD

Associated committees and committee leadership:

Committee Name	Committee Leader Name and Position
Network Development Committee	Patrick Easterling, Chair
Quality Committee	David Priest, MD, Chair
Finance Committee	Geoff Gardner, Chair

Types of ACO participants, or combinations of participants, that formed the ACO:

ACO professionals in a group practice arrangement
Hospital employing ACO professionals

Amount of Shared Savings and Losses:

First Agreement Period

Performance Year 2019, $2,443,666.80
Performance Year 2018, $0
Performance Year 2017, $0

Shared savings distribution:

First Agreement Period

Performance Year 2019
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 9%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 53%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 38%
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

Quality Performance Results:

2019 Quality Performance Results:

ACO #	Measure Name	Rate	ACO Mean
ACO-1	CAHPS: Getting Timely care, Appointments, and Information	85.73	85.86
ACO-2	CAHPS: how Well Your Providers Communicate	94.41	94.11
ACO-3	CAHPS: Patients’ Rating of Provider	93.44	92.69
ACO-4	CAHPS: Access to Specialists	81.75	81.54
ACO-5	CAHPS: Health Promotion and Education	55.89	60.44
ACO-6	CAHPS: Shared Decision Making	60.59	62.78
ACO-7	CAHPS: health Status/Functional Status	75.42	73.79
ACO-34	CAHPS: Stewardship of Patient Resources	22.23	26.17
ACO-45	CAHPS: Courteous and Helpful Office Staff	93.06	92.84
ACO-46	CAHPS: Care Coordination	88.87	86.89
ACO-8	Risk Standardized, All Condition Readmission	14.74	14.86
ACO-38	All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions	48.70	58.15
ACO-43	Ambulatory Sensitive Condition Acute Composite (AHRQ* Prevention Quality Indicator (PQI #91))	2.04	1.87
ACO-13	Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	92.66	84.04
ACO-14	Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization	75.31	74.77
ACO-17	Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	79.31	78.04
ACO-18	Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan	93.54	70.40
ACO-19	Colorectal Cancer Screening	71.03	70.76
ACO-20	Breast Cancer Screening	66.67	73.84
ACO-42	Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease	84.37	82.17
ACO-27	Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c Poor Control (>9%)	9.13	13.88
ACO-28	Controlling High Blood Pressure	78.72	75.04

Please note, the ACO-40 Depression Remission at 12 months quality measure is not included in public reporting due to low sample size. In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) waived the requirement for ACOs to field a CAHPS for ACOs survey data.

For Previous Years' Quality Performance Results please visit: data.cms.gov Note: In the link above, search for “Novant Health UVA Health Sytem Accountable Care Organization, LLC” to view the quality performance results. This ACO can also be found by using the ACO ID A3507 in the public use files on data.cms.gov.