MACIPA ACO - MACIPA

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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.

Careers