What is Best Care Collaborative?
Best Care Collaborative is an Accountable Care Organization (ACO), participating in the Next Generation ACO Model which is implemented through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Innovation Center. ACOs are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers that come together to provide coordinated, high quality care to their Medicare Fee-for-Service beneficiaries. Coordinated care helps ensure beneficiaries, especially the chronically ill or those who are hospitalized, get the right care at the right time, and avoid unneeded duplication of services such as lab tests and x-rays.
Please visit www.medicare.gov/acos.html or call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227 (TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048)) for questions or additional information about Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations.
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ACO Name and location
Best Care Collaborative
6630 Orion Drive, Suite 205, Fort Myers, FL 33912-4440
ACO Primary Contact
Chris Stuchul
Email: christopher.stuchul@leehealth.org
Phone: 239-343-1300
Compliance Concerns
(Anonymous reporting available):
Compliance Hotline: 844-675-7692
or bestcarecollaborative.ethicspoint.com
Participating and Preferred Providers:
- Lee Memorial Health System
- The Christian and Missionary Alliance Foundation, Inc. (Shell Point Retirement Community)
- Collier Health Services (Health Network of SWFL)
- Pedro P. Ylisastigui, MD, PA
- Fort Myers Internal Medicine
- Cypress Family Medical Center
- The Listening Doctor
- Associates in Medicine and Surgery
Medicare will inform the ACO of how patients are aligned with their physicians, but the patient can also inform us though MyMedicare.gov. Please see the link to the Medicare website, along with an information sheet from CMS.
ACO Participants and Preferred Provider Joint Ventures
Best Care Collaborative does not have any joint ventures at this time.
ACO Governing Body
| Name | Name of Employer |
|---|---|
| Harry Alberti, MD | Lee Health |
| Jeannie Arana, MD | Lee Physician Group |
| Leah Lynch, MD | Lee Health |
| Patricia Daneshmand, DO | Lee Physician Group |
| Kris Fay | Lee Health |
| Alfred C. Gitu, MD | Lee Physician Group |
| Gary Goforth, MD | Shell Point |
| Tamar Gorenyuk | Lee Health |
| Richard Macchiaroli, MD | Lee Health |
| Scott Nygaard, MD | Lee Health |
| Venkat Prasad, MD | Lee Physician Group |
| Martin Schappell | Shell Point |
| Ben Spence | Lee Health |
| OPEN | Patient Advocate |
| Michael Patasky | Beneficiary |
| Jordan Taillon, MD | Lee Physician Group |
Key Clinical and Administrative Leadership
- ACO Executive: Kris Fay
- Medical Director: Venkat Prasad, MD
- Compliance Official: Tammy Gorenyuk
Associated Committees and Committee Leadership
- Executive Committee: Scott Nygaard, MD, Lee Health
- Compliance Committee: Tamar Gorenyuk, Lee Health
- Governance Committee: OPEN
- Physician Advisory Council: Leah Lynch, MD, Lee Health
- Quality: Alfred Gitu, MD, Lee Physician Group
- Operations Committee: Kris Fay and Ben Spence (co-chairs), both Lee Health
Shared Savings and Losses
Performance Year 1 (2018): $15,714,401
Performance Year 2 (2019): $7,254,004
Performance Year 3 (2020): TBD
Shared Savings Distribution
The ACO’s governing body elects methodology for sharing of savings annually. Best Care Collaborative (BCC) uses shared savings to cover operating and administrative expenses followed by the distribution plan below
Shared savings invested in infrastructure, redesigned care processes, and other resources necessary to improve outcomes and reduce Medicare costs of beneficiaries:
Performance Year 1 (2018): 40%
Performance Year 2 (2019): 40%
Performance Year 3 (2020): TBD
Shared savings distributed to ACO Participants and Preferred Providers:
Performance Year 1 (2018): 60%
Performance Year 2 (2019): 60%
Performance Year 3 (2020): TBD