Aledade to Launch Group Well being Middle-Solely MSSP ACO in Virginia

Aledade is working with a number of group well being facilities (CHCs) to launch Virginia’s first CHC-only accountable care group within the Medicare Shared Financial savings Program subsequent 12 months. Aledade already helps the care of greater than 10,000 Virginians who obtain care by way of rural well being clinics within the Valley Well being MSSP ACO. 

Nationally, Bethesda, Md.-based Aledade works with greater than 1,500 practices and CHCs in 46 states and the District of Columbia. It shares within the threat and reward throughout greater than 150 value-based contracts representing greater than two million affected person lives beneath administration.

Aledade mentioned it’s working to carry the advantages of value-based care to sufferers all throughout Virginia, particularly these in underserved communities and those that obtain care by way of a group well being middle. The corporate serves as a associate to fifteen of Virginia’s 26 CHCs and helps the care of greater than 90 % of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Defend in Virginia’s CHC members in Virginia.

Additional extending its affect in Virginia, Aledade additionally introduced an expanded relationship with Anthem to incorporate Medicaid, which implies that greater than 150,000 Anthem members in Virginia throughout Medicare Benefit, industrial insurance coverage and Medicaid could have simpler entry to high-quality major care, together with preventive care and screenings. The partnership will affect greater than 80 practices, 15 well being facilities and 25 rural well being clinics throughout Virginia and covers Medicare Benefit, commercially insured, or Medicaid members.



“As a group well being middle, we perceive that value-based care is of nice significance to shift the main focus of well being care to be patient-centered and about striving for the very best end result for our sufferers,” mentioned Barbara Willis, CEO of Hampton Roads Group Well being Middle, in an announcement. “This type of care permits us to give attention to eliminating redundant care, illness prevention, enhancing the total affected person expertise and fewer pointless testing. This not solely results in higher total medical value financial savings, however it has proven to enhance the relationships between docs and their sufferers.”

“We’re already starting to reap the advantages from this partnership seeing rural well being clinics broaden entry and supply extra preventive care,” mentioned Monica Schmude, president of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Defend in Virginia, in an announcement. “These physicians are capable of focus solely on higher well being outcomes for our members, making a important distinction within the well being of our communities.”

“Each affected person deserves entry to the confirmed advantages of physician-led, value-based care, no matter how they get their well being protection,” mentioned Ananya Banerjee, chief industrial officer at Aledade, in an announcement. “Due to our distinctive partnership with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Defend in Virginia, we’re making certain this high-quality care reaches sufferers of all ages and in each group, in order that we will shut persistent and troubling gaps in well being fairness and guarantee each Virginian can entry the preventive and first care they should keep wholesome and thrive.”