Bassett Accountable Care Partners, LLC

Public Reporting

Bassett Accountable Care Partners, LLC is an accountable care organization (ACO), a group of doctors and other healthcare providers who agree to work together with Medicare to give our patients high quality care. Our goal is to deliver seamless, coordinated care for our patients. We are accountable for improving the health and experience of care for our patients and improving their health while reducing health care spending. For general questions or additional information about Accountable Care Organizations, please visit www.medicare.gov or call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048.

ACO Name and Location:

Bassett Accountable Care Partners, LLC; One Atwell Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326

ACO Primary Contact:

Leonard Lindenmuth, Executive Director
leonard.lindenmuth@bassett.org
607-547-6804

Organizational Information

ACO Participants

ACO Participants	ACO Participant in Joint Venture
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital	No
Bassett Hospital of Schoharie County	No
Little Falls Hospital	No
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital Society	No
Town of Cherry Valley	No
At Home Care Inc.	No
O'Connor Hospital	No

ACO Governing Body

Member			Member’s Voting Power	Membership Type	ACO Participant TIN Legal Business Name/DBA, if Applicable
Last Name	First Name	Title/Position	Member’s Voting Power	Membership Type
Streck	William	Hospital CEO	15%	ACO participant representative	The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Groff	Gerald	ACO Medical Director	15%	ACO participant representative	The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Lindenmuth	Leonard	ACO CEO	15%	ACO participant representative	The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Cohen	Scott	Physician	15%	ACO participant representative	The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital
Franck	Walter	Voting Member	2%	Medicare Beneficiary Representative
Stein	Eric	Voting Member	7.6%	ACO participant representative	Bassett Hospital of Scoharie County
Bonderoff	Scott	Voting Member	7.6%	ACO participant representative	O’Connor Hospital
Ogden	Michael	Voting Member	7.6%	ACO participant representative	Little Falls Hospital
Joyner	Jeffery	Voting Member	7.6%	ACO participant representative	Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital
Neander	Laurie	Voting Member	7.6%	ACO participant representative	At Home Care, Incorporated

Key ACO clinical and administrative leadership:

Leonard Lindenmuth	ACO Executive
Gerald Groff	Medical Director
John Hogan	Compliance Officer
Marie Maxson	Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer

Associated committees and committee leadership

Committee Name	Committee Leader Name and Position
Quality Improvement Committee	Gerald Groff MD, Chair
Compliance – Ethics Committee	John Hogan,Chair
Medical Management Committee	Gerald Groff MD, Chair
Operations Oversight Committee	Leonard Lindenmuth, Chair

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

Critical Access Hospital (CAH) billing under Method II
Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
ACO professionals in a group practice arrangement
Hospital employing ACO professionals
Partnerships or joint venture arrangements between hospitals and ACO professionals
Networks of individual practices of ACO professionals
Rural Health Clinic (RHC)

Shared Savings and Losses

Amount of Shared Savings/Losses:

Second Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2018, $0
First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2017, $0
- Performance Year 2016, $0
- Performance Year 2015, $0

Shared Savings Distribution

Second Agreement Period
- 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
First Agreement Period
- 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
- Performance Year 2016
  - 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 2015
  - 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

2018 Quality Performance Results:

ACO-1	CAHPS: Getting Timely Care, Appointments, and Information	78.08	86.14
ACO-2	CAHPS: How Well Your Providers Communicate	89.30	93.93
ACO-3	CAHPS: Patients’ Rating of Provider	86.13	92.45
ACO-4	CAHPS: Access to Specialists	73.87	81.50
ACO-5	CAHPS: Health Promotion and Education	57.54	59.26
ACO-6	CAHPS: Shared Decision Making	55.26	61.94
ACO-7	CAHPS: Health Status/Functional Status	73.64	73.35
ACO-34	CAHPS: Stewardship of Patient Resources	17.75	26.26
ACO-8	Risk Standardized, All Condition Readmission	15.64	14.98
ACO-35	Skilled Nursing Facility 30-day All-Cause Readmission measure (SNFRM)	16.43	18.59
ACO-36	All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Diabetes	46.37	37.01
ACO-37	All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Heart Failure	89.46	76.75
ACO-38	All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions	69.29	59.00
ACO-43	Ambulatory Sensitive Condition Acute Composite (AHRQ Prevention Quality Indicator (PQI) #91)	2.58	1.98
ACO-11	Use of Certified EHR Technology	100.00	98.20
ACO-12	Medication Reconciliation Post-Discharge	71.47	85.91
ACO-13	Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk	96.05	79.73
ACO-44	Use of Imaging Studies for Low Back Pain	48.89	64.36
ACO-14	Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization	82.65	72.71
ACO-15	Pneumonia Vaccination Status for Older Adults	89.47	75.97
ACO-16	Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow Up	67.50	76.83
ACO-17	Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention	81.58	72.81
ACO-18	Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Clinical Depression and Follow-up Plan	92.00	66.74
ACO-19	Colorectal Cancer Screening	79.55	68.27
ACO-20	Breast Cancer Screening	82.77	71.96
ACO-42	Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease	76.90	81.47
ACO-27	Diabetes Mellitus: Hemoglobin A1c Poor Control	16.34	15.51
ACO-41	Diabetes: Eye Exam	70.26	52.42
ACO-28	Hypertension (HTN): Controlling High Blood Pressure	77.01	73.10
ACO-30	Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of Aspirin or Another Antiplatelet	88.78	88.92

Please note, the ACO-40 Depression Remission at 12 months quality measure is not included in public reporting due to low sample size.

For 2018 Quality Performance Results please visit: https://data.cms.gov/Special-Programs-Initiatives-Medicare-Shared-Savin/2018-Shared-Savings-Program-SSP-Accountable-Care-O/v47u-yq84/data
For 2017 Quality Performance Results please visit: https://data.cms.gov/Special-Programs-Initiatives-Medicare-Shared-Savin/2017-Shared-Savings-Program-SSP-Accountable-Care-O/gk7c-vejx/data
For 2016 Quality Performance Results please visit: https://data.cms.gov/Special-Programs-Initiatives-Medicare-Shared-Savin/2016-Shared-Savings-Program-SSP-Accountable-Care-O/3jk5-q6dr/data
For 2015 Quality Performance Results please visit: https://data.cms.gov/Special-Programs-Initiatives-Medicare-Shared-Savin/Medicare-Shared-Savings-Program-Accountable-Care-O/x8va-z7cu/data

Note: In the Quality Performance Results file(s) above, search for “Bassett Accountable Care Partners, LLC” to view the quality performance results. This ACO can also be found by using the ACO ID A2612 in the public use files on data.cms.gov.

Payment Rule Waivers

No, our ACO does not use the SNF 3-Day Rule Waiver.

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