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MACIPA Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organization (ACO)

For general questions or additional information about Accountable Care Organizations, please visit www.medicare.gov/acos.html or call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048.

ACO Name and Location
Mount Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association, Inc.
1380 Soldiers Field Rd
Brighton, MA 02135

ACO Primary Contact
Kathy Franklin
617-259-2115
kfranklin@macipa.com

Organizational Information
ACO Participants (none of the participants are involved in a joint venture between ACO professional and hospital)
ACO Governing Body

Key clinical and administrative leadership:
President – Barbara Spivak, MD
Medical Director – A. Margaret Sandin, MD
Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer – A. Margaret Sandin, MD
Chief Operating Officer – Diane Shapiro

Associated Committees and committee leadership:
Credentialing Committee – Elena Volozhanina, MD, Chair
Executive Committee – Barbara Spivak, MD Chair
Finance and Contracting Committee – Kyle Pond, MD Chair
IT Steering Committee – A. Margaret Sandin, MD Chair
Medical Policy Committee – A Margaret Sandin, MD and Anne McKinely MD, Co-Chairs
Oversight Committee – Michael Shortsleeve, MD Chair

Types of ACO Participants, or Combinations of Participants, that Formed the ACO:

  • 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:

  • Second Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2021, $0
    • Performance Year 2020, $3,318,437
  • First Agreement Period
    • Performance year 2019, $0
    • Performance year 2018, $0
    • Performance year 2017, $3,163, 777

Shared Savings Distribution:

  • Second Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2021
      • 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 2020
      • Proportion invested in infrastructure: 2%
      • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 11%
      • Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 87%
  • First 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: 2%
      • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 11%
      • Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 87%

Quality Performance Results
2021 Quality Performance Results

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

Payment Rule Waivers

  • Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 3-day Rule Waiver:
    • Our ACO uses the SNF 3-Day Rule Waiver, pursuant to 42 CFR § 425.612.
  • Waiver for Payment for Telehealth Services:
    • Our ACO clinicians provide telehealth services using the flexibilities under 42 CFR § 425.612(f) and 42 CFR § 425.613.

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Mount Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association (MACIPA) is a physician and other providers membership organization with member practices located in Cambridge, Belmont, Watertown, Waltham, Somerville, Lexington, and Arlington.

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