ACO Name and Location
Adirondacks ACO, LLC
Previous Names: N/A
75 Beekman Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901

ACO Primary Contact
Karen L. Ashline
(518)314-3663
kashline@cvph.org

Organizational Information

ACO participants:

ACO Governing Body:

Key ACO Clinical and Administrative Leadership:

ACO Executive: Eric Burton

Medical Director: Wouter Rietsema

Compliance Officer: Justin Frazer

Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer: Wouter Rietsema

Associated Committees and Committee Leadership:

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
• Networks of individual practices of ACO professionals

Shared Savings and Losses

Amount of Shared Savings/Losses:

• Third Agreement Period
  • Performance Year 2020, $3,062,968
• Second Agreement Period
  • Performance Year 2019, $0
  • Performance Year 2018, $0
  • Performance Year 2017, $0
• First Agreement Period
  • Performance Year 2016, $0
  • Performance Year 2015, $0
  • Performance Year 2014, $0

Shared Savings Distribution:

• Third Agreement Period
  • Performance Year 2020
    • Proportion invested in infrastructure: 2%
    • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
    • Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 98%

• Second Agreement Period
  • Performance Year 2019
    • 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 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

• First Agreement Period
  • 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
  • Performance Year 2014
    • 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

2020 Quality Performance Results:

Please note, the ACO-40 Depression Remission at 12 months quality measure is not included in public reporting due to low sample size. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also waived the requirement for ACOs to field a CAHPS for ACOs survey for PY 2020 through the Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2021. Additionally, CMS reverted ACO-8 Risk-Standardized, All Condition Readmission and ACO-38 Risk-Standardized Acute Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions to pay-for-reporting, given the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE) on these measures.

For Previous Years’ Financial and Quality Performance Results, please visit data.cms.gov.