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Medicare Shared Savings Plan (MSSP) Enhanced ACO Model

Organizational Information

Legal Business Name and Location

Arizona Care Network – Next, LLC
4222 E. Thomas Road #400
Phoenix, AZ 85018

Primary Contact

Jonee Christensen, VP of Provider Network and Government Relations
info@azcarenetwork.org
602.406.7226

MSSP Enhanced Participants

A list of provider organizations participating in our MSSP Enhanced Model in 2024 is available here.

ACO Clinical and Administrative Leadership

Chief Executive Officer* – Todd Ricotta, MHSA, MBA
Compliance Officer* – Adam Fielding
Quality Assurance and Improvement* – Jason Kwan, PharmD
Medical Director – Dr. Kevin Theodorou, Internal Medicine of the Valley (Chair, ACO Medical Director)
* Administrative leaders who are employees of CommonSpirit Health and Tenet Healthcare

MSSP Enhanced ACO Governing Body

Name Title/Position Voting Power Membership Type ACO Participant Business Name
Dr. Kevin Theodorou Physician Manager and Chair 5% ACO Participant Representative Internal Medicine of the Valley
Dr. Deepanshu Garg Physician Manager and Vice Chair 5% ACO Participant Representative Med-Cure Internal Medicine PLC
Dr. Monte Swarup Physician Manager 5% Other N/A
Dr. William Ellert Hospital Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative VHS Outpatient Clinics Inc
Brian Elisco Hospital Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative VHS Outpatient Clinics Inc
Tim Bricker Hospital Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative SJHMC Physician Services
c/o Dignity Health
Dr. Brian Tiffany Hospital Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative SJHMC Physician Services
c/o Dignity Health
Todd Ricotta Chief Executive Officer 0% Other N/A
Gary Addis Medicare Beneficiary 5% Medicare Beneficiary Representative N/A
Dr. Linda Brown Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative VHS Outpatient Clinics Inc
Dr. Michael Newcomb Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative ASAP Health Solutions Inc
Dr. Tiffany Nunnelley Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative VHS Outpatient Clinics Inc
Dr. Dana Seltzer Physician Manager 5% Other N/A
Dr. Edward Tokatlian Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative Associated Internists of Ahwatukee PC
Dr. Sunita Gupta Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative East Valley Family Practice LLC
Dr. Drew Hall Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative Hall Medical LLC
Dr. Chris Pruitt Physician Manager 5% Other N/A
Dr. Robert Babyar Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative Adelante Healthcare Inc
Dr. Pankaj Jain Physician Manager 5% Other N/A
Dr. Shane Speirs Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative HealthyU Family Medicine LLC
Dr. Srivani Srikantiah Physician Manager 5% ACO Participant Representative Srivani Srikantiah, MD, PLLC

ACN Committees and Committee Leadership

Quality and Payer Contracting Committee: Dr. Dana Seltzer, Co-Chair; Dr. Robert Babyar, Co-Chair
Network Committee: Dr. Pankaj Jain, Chair
Post-Acute Committee: Dr. Mike Newcomb, Chair

ACO Participant Entity Type(s):

  • ACO professionals in a group practice arrangement
  • Networks of individual practices of ACO professionals
  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)

Shared Savings

Shared Savings/Losses

  • Second Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2024: N/A
  • First Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2023: N/A

Shared Savings Distribution

  • Second Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2024
      • Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
      • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/other resources: N/A
      • Proportion of distribution to MSSP Enhanced Model participants: N/A
  • First Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2023
      • Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
      • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/other resources: N/A
      • Proportion of distribution to MSSP Enhanced Model participants: N/A

Quality Performance

Quality performance results are based on the eCQMs/MIPS CQMs collection type.

Our ACO did not participate in the Shared Savings Program in the 2022 performance year; therefore, this section is not applicable at this time.

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