Our Journey

Shared Savings Goals

  • Better care for patients
  • Better health for our communities
  • Lower Medicare Fee-for-Service costs through improvement for the healthcare system

Our Journey

 2024

  • Reduce Avoidable IP and ED Low Acuity Admissions
  • Increase Annual Wellness Visits

 2023

  • Total of 80,000 Covered Lives
  • Reduce Avoidable IP and ED Low Acuity Admissions
  • Increase Annual Wellness Visits

 2022

  • Total of 80,000 Covered Lives
  • Reduce Avoidable IP and ED Low Acuity Admissions
  • Increase Annual Wellness Visits

 2021

  • Total of 82,000 Covered Lives
  • Reduce Avoidable Inpatient and ED Low Acuity Admissions
  • Reduce Readmission post acute 90 days
  • Increase Annual Wellness, Telehealth and TCM Visits
  • Utilize Community Based Organizations

 2020

  • Total of 89,000 Covered Lives
  • Reduce Avoidable Inpatient and ED Admissions 
  • Increase Annual Wellness Visits
  • Utilize Community Based Organizations

 2019   

  • Total of 89,000 Covered Lives
  • Reduce Avoidable Inpatient and ED Admissions 
  • Increase TCM and Post Acute Care
  • Increase Annual Wellness Visits/Breast Cancer Screening and Improve Hypertension Metrics 
  • Utilize Community Based Organizations
  • Develop a Community Based Palliative Care Program

2018

  • Total of 92,000 Covered Lives
  • Begin PY2 MSSP Track 3
  • VBP Level II with Fidelis and Molina
  • May: ACQA 3.0


2017

  • Total of 83,000 Covered Lives
  • January: Add Cohort 2 and Blue Card to ACQA ACQA 2.0
  • January: Begin MSSP Track 3
  • January: Fidelis VBP & Add SDMG and Rome Groups to CNY AIM and THIC ACO
  • July: Added SNF Affiliates
  • August: Distributed ACQA Shared Savings and Surplus
  • September: Added Oneida groups as THIC ACO participants

2016

  • Total of 44,000 Covered Lives
  • January: Begin MSSP Track 1
  • April 27: CMS issues MACRA NPRM
  • July 27: ACO Board votes to move to Trinity Health Track 3 MSSP
  • July: Added SNF Affiliates
  • August 1: Begin Track 3 Enrollment
  • August 26: Closed Trinity ACO enrollment for 2017 PY

2015

  • Total of 28,000 Covered Lives
  • May: Established St. Joseph’s Health Accountable Care Organization, LLC
  • June: CIN Founding Committee Established
  • June: Established CNY AIM, LLC
  • July: Begin ACO MD Enrollment
  • July: Started BPCI
  • July: Submitted MSSP Application
  • December: Seated the CIN/ACO Board of Directors
  • December: Begin CIN Enrollment

2014

  • May: Executed ACQA With Excellus BCBS
  • December: Begin Physician Enrollment in SJ ACQA

2013

  • December: Entered Partnership with Excellus BCBS