Antelope Valley ACO, Inc.
44215 15th Street West #115
Lancaster, California 93534
Cessy Martinez, LVN
Operations Manager
Email: cmartinez@antelopevalleyaco.com
Phone: (661) 948-8000
Cell: (661) 349-6791
Antelope Valley ACO Participants
Alpine Medical Group | Terry Warsaw, MD
Antelope Valley Cardiology Associates
Antelope Valley Lung Institute
Bryan C Benefiel, MD Inc.
Chikkiah Padmanabhan, MD
Desilva Medical Inc.
Doddanna Krishna | A Prof Corp.
Ernest Medical Corp.
Garrison Family Medical Group
Gonzalo Gonzalez Martinez
High Desert Gastroenterology Inc.
K. Sivakumar, MD Inc.
Kanwaljit S. Gill
Kumar Medical Corporation
Lancaster Rheumatology And Osteoporosis Center
Pradeep K. Singh, MD Inc.
Patalappa Chandrashekar, MD Inc.
Ranjiv Choudhary
Ravi S. Shankar, MD
Reen, Amikjit | Reen Medical Group
Richard Kling, MD
Russell M. Greif, DO
Satyanarayana Dandamudi, MDA
Sierra Family Care, Kim Horowitz, MD
Sierra Gastroenterology
Vinay Sunku, MD Inc.
Young J. Ko, MD | A Medical Corporation
Pamela Desilva, MD
ACO Participant and Voting Member
Satya Dandamudi, MD
Voting Member and ChairmanDesilva Medical, Inc.
Ric Garrison, MD
ACO Participant and Voting Member
Garrison Family Medical Group
Russell Greif, MD
Secretary
Russell M. Greif, DO
Pramod Kadambi, MD
ACO Participant and Voting Member
Antelope Valley Cardiology Associates
Doddanna Krishna, MD
ACO Participant and Voting Member
Doddanna Krishna, MD
A Professional Corporation
Gonzalo Martinez, MD
ACO Participant and Voting Member
Joshua Medical Group
Ravi Shankar, MD
Medical Director | President
Ravi Shankar, MD, Inc.
Kumarasamy Sivakumar, MD
Treasurer
K. Sivakumar, MD, Inc.
Vinay Sunku, MD
ACO Participant and Voting Member
Vinay A Sunku, MD, Inc
Mrs. Fran Hayes-Bodkin
Voting Member
Medicare Beneficiary Representative
Key ACO Clinical and Administrative Leadership | |
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Name | Title |
Ravi Shankar, MD |
ACO Executive |
Ravi Shankar, MD | Medical Director |
Vivek Radhakrishnan | Compliance Officer |
Doddana Krishna | Quality Assurance & Improvement |
Committee Leadership | |
---|---|
Name | Title |
Russell Greif, MD–Chair |
Compliance and Credentialing |
Doddanna Krishna, MD–Chair |
Quality Assurance & Improvement |
Satya Dandamudi, MD–Chair |
Utilization |
Pramod Kadambi, MD–Chair |
Finance |
Types of ACO participants, or combinations of participants, that formed the ACO:
Shared Savings and Losses
Amount of Shared Savings/Losses
• First Agreement Period
Shared Savings Distribution
• First Agreement Period
Payment Rule Waivers
“No, our ACO does not utilize SNF 3-Day rule waiver.”
Quality Performance Results
2016 Quality Performance Results:
ACO# |
Measure Name |
Rate |
ACO Mean |
ACO-1 |
CAHPS: Getting Timely Care, Appointments, and Information |
75.28 |
79.9 |
ACO-2 |
CAHPS: How Well Your Providers Communicate |
89.34 |
92.63 |
ACO-3 |
CAHPS: Patients' Rating of Provider |
90.76 |
91.93 |
ACO-4 |
CAHPS: Access to Specialists |
84.75 |
83.52 |
ACO-5 |
CAHPS: Health Promotion and Education |
57.62 |
60 |
ACO-6 |
CAHPS: Shared Decision Making |
73.27 |
75.28 |
ACO-7 |
CAHPS: Health Status/Functional Status |
67.18 |
71.82 |
ACO-34 |
CAHPS: Stewardship of Patient Resources |
20.98 |
27.52 |
ACO-8 |
Risk-Standardized, All Condition Readmission |
14.95 |
14.7 |
ACO-35 |
Skilled Nursing Facility 30-Day All-Cause Readmission Measure (SNFRM) |
18.44 |
18.17 |
ACO-36 |
All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Diabetes |
57.24 |
53.2 |
ACO-37 |
All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Heart Failure |
78.34 |
75.23 |
ACO-38 |
All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions |
63.18 |
59.81 |
ACO-9 |
Ambulatory Sensitive Conditions Admissions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or Asthma in Older Adults (AHRQ Prevention Quality Indicator (PQI) #5) |
9.61 |
9.27 |
ACO-10 |
Ambulatory Sensitive Conditions Admissions: Heart Failure (AHRQ Prevention Quality Indicator (PQI) #8 ) |
17.16 |
14.53 |
ACO-11 |
Percent of PCPs who Successfully Meet Meaningful Use Requirements |
33.33 |
82.72 |
ACO-39 |
Documentation of Current Medications in the Medical Record |
98.65 |
87.54 |
ACO-13 |
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk |
45.08 |
64.04 |
ACO-14 |
Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization |
57.52 |
68.32 |
ACO-15 |
Pneumonia Vaccination Status for Older Adults |
45.44 |
69.21 |
ACO-16 |
Preventive Care and Screening: Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow Up |
85.51 |
74.45 |
ACO-17 |
Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention |
92.12 |
90.98 |
ACO-18 |
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Clinical Depression and Follow-up Plan |
36.06 |
53.63 |
ACO-19 |
Colorectal Cancer Screening |
45.44 |
61.52 |
ACO-20 |
Breast Cancer Screening |
55.3 |
67.61 |
ACO-21 |
Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for High Blood Pressure and Follow-up Documented |
85.46 |
76.84 |
ACO-42 |
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease |
76.34 |
77.72 |
ACO-27 |
Diabetes Mellitus: Hemoglobin A1c Poor Control |
23.78 |
18.24 |
ACO-41 |
Diabetes: Eye Exam |
24.37 |
44.94 |
ACO-28 |
Hypertension (HTN): Controlling High Blood Pressure |
66.13 |
70.52 |
ACO-30 |
Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of Aspirin or Another Antithrombotic |
87.24 |
85.05 |
ACO-31 |
Heart Failure (HF): Beta-Blocker Therapy for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD) |
93.85 |
88.67 |
ACO-33 |
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARB) Therapy – for patients with CAD and Diabetes or Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVEF<40%) |
80 |
79.67 |
Please note, the ACO-40 Depression Remission at 12 months quality measure is not included in public reporting due to low samples.
- For 2016 Quality Performance Results please visit: https://data.cms.gov/Special-Programs-Initiatives-Medicare-Shared-Savin/2016-Shared-Savings-Program-SSP-Accountable-Care-O/3jk5-q6dr/data
- For 2015 Quality Performance Results please visit: https://data.cms.gov/Special-Programs-Initiatives-Medicare-Shared-Savin/2016-Shared-Savings-Program-SSP-Accountable-Care-O/3jk5-q6dr/data
- For 2014 Quality Performance Results please visit: https://data.cms.gov/Special-Programs-Initiatives-Medicare-Shared-Savin/2016-Shared-Savings-Program-SSP-Accountable-Care-O/3jk5-q6dr/data
Note: In the Quality Performance Results file(s) above, search for “Antelope Valley ACO, Inc” or "Antelope Valley ACO" to view the quality performance results. This ACO can also be found by using the ACO ID A01307 in the public use files on data.cms.gov.