Winchester Community Accountable Care Organization (WinACO) was established in 2013 and is now one of the 333 Shared Savings Program in the country that serves Medicare beneficiaries with the goal to continually advance in providing high-quality health care.
Medicare ACOs are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to provide coordinated high quality care to their Medicare patients. The goal of coordinated care is to ensure that patients, especially the chronically ill, get the right care at the right time, while avoiding unnecessary duplication of services and preventing medical errors. When an ACO exceeds quality and financial thresholds – demonstrating achievement of high-quality care and wiser spending of health care dollars – it is able to share in the savings generated for Medicare.
In 2014, 20 Pioneer and 333 Shared Savings Program ACOs generated more than $411 million in savings, which includes all ACOs savings and losses. The results also show that ACOs with more experience in the program tend to perform better over time.
Location/Primary Contact
Winchester Community Accountable Care Organization
41 Highland Avenue
Winchester, MA 01890
Administrative Contact – Beth Haubner
WinchesterCommunityACO@winhosp.org
781-756-2901
Composition
Winchester Hospital, Winchester Physician Associates, Inc., Stoneham Medical Group, LLC., Family Care Center, PC., Billerica Family Physicians, Caring For All, PC., and William Zucker, M.D. are participants in the Winchester Community Accountable Care Organization under a provider agreement entered into by each of the entities.
Participants
- Winchester Hospital
- Winchester Physician Associates, Inc.
- Stoneham Medical Group, LLC
- Family Care Center, PC
- Fathyeh Marvasti, MD
- Caring for All, PC
- William Zucker, M.D.