Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) are groups of doctors, hospitals and other health care providers who voluntarily come together with the goal of delivering:
Better care for patients
Better health for communities
Smarter spending through improvement
As one of Wisconsin's first ACOs, UW Health ACO is a partnership between UW Health, UnityPoint Health — Meriter physicians, clinics, hospitals, Access Community Health Center and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Together, UW Health ACO participants work to better coordinate your care whether you are in the primary care office, seeing a specialist, admitted to the hospital or at home.
Here are some of the ways that UW Health ACO works to improve your care and overall health:
You are the center of care, and your providers are better able to keep you informed and honor your choices.
Care providers communicate with each other to provide better-coordinated care.
Care providers have more information about your medical conditions, prescriptions and visits enabling them to provide the right care at the right time in the right setting.
Care providers will be accountable to you and to payers for providing better care and better care coordination.
ACO name and location
UW Health ACO, Inc.
7974 UW Health Court MC: 1020
Middleton, WI 53562
ACO primary contact
Robin Lankton, President UW Health ACO, Inc.
UW Health ACO, Inc.
uwhealthaco@uwhealth.org
(608) 821-4998
Medicare Shared Savings Program Public Reporting Information
ACO clinical and administrative leadership
Robin Lankton
UW Health
President and CEO, UW Health ACO, Inc.
Kirsten Abramson, MD
UW Health
Vice President, UW Health ACO, Inc.
Sancia Ferguson, MD
UW Health
Medical Director, UW Health ACO, Inc.
ACO governing body
Elizabeth Trowbridge, MD (chair)
UW Health
Voting power: 10%
Katie Brietzman (Consumer advocate)
NewBridge Madison
Voting power: 10%
Yohualli B. Anaya, MD (member)
UW Health
Voting power: 10%
Alexis Eastman, MD (member)
UW Health
Voting power: 10%
Joanne Holland (member)
Access Community Health Centers
Voting power: 10%
Ryan Klein (member)
UW Health
Voting power: 10%
R. Allan Jhagroo, MD (member)
UW Health
Voting power: 10%
Farah Khan, MD (member)
UnityPoint Health - Meriter
Voting power: 10%
Julieanne Pofahl (Medicare beneficiary)
Voting power: 10%
MSSP SNF Affiliate List
ACO REACH model results
Shared savings and losses
Performance Year 1 (2023): -$7,313,214.10
Quality performance
ACO REACH update
UW Health ACO has voluntarily terminated its participation in ACO REACH and is no longer participating in the ACO REACH Professional Model for 2024. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has confirmed termination was effective March 31, 2024.
Direct contracting professional model results
Shared savings and losses
Performance Year 1 (2022): $2,439,046
The proportion of shared savings invested in infrastructure, redesigned care processes and other resources necessary to improve outcomes and reduce Medicare costs for beneficiaries:
Performance Year 1: $1,411,546
The proportion of shared savings distributed to Next Generation participants and preferred providers:
Performance Year 1: $1,027,500
Quality performance
Next Generation ACO Model results
Shared savings and losses
Performance Year 3 (2018): $4,587,813
Performance Year 4 (2019): $9,182,423
Performance Year 5 (2020): $8,772,746
Performance Year 6 (2021): $2,758,988
The proportion of shared savings invested in infrastructure, redesigned care processes and other resources necessary to improve outcomes and reduce Medicare costs for beneficiaries:
Performance Year 3: $2,587,813
Performance Year 4: $3,384,672
Performance Year 5: $2,772,746
Performance Year 6: $1,439,758
The proportion of shared savings distributed to Next Generation participants and preferred providers:
Performance Year 3: $2,000,000
Performance Year 4: $5,797,751
Performance Year 5: $6,000,000
Performance Year 6: $1,319,230
Quality performance
For UW Health patients:
(800) 552-4255
For UnityPoint Health - Meriter patients:
(608) 417-6027
For Access Community Health patients:
(608) 443-5480
Population health partners with our providers and staff to develop programs designed to improve health. These programs may take place in the hospital, clinic, community or in your home.
We also work in partnership with our colleagues in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Community Relations on initiatives that promote health equity.
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