Rush Health ACO Inc.
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ACO Name and Location
Rush Health ACO Inc.
1645 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 501
Chicago, IL 60612
ACO Primary Contact
Bryce Marable, Program Manager- Community Initiatives and Government Programs
rushhealthaco@rush-health.com
312.563.8776
Organizational Information
ACO Participants
Download the Participant List
ACO Participants in Joint Ventures between ACO Professionals and Hospitals
ACO participants involved in a joint venture are identified by a "Y" next to their names on the Participant List.
ACO Governing Body
Board of Directors
Robert DeCresce, MD, Voting Member and Chair, ACO Participant, University Pathologist Diagnostics SC
Bill Douglas, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Riverside Medical Center
Patti O’Neal, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Rush University Medical Center
Charles Bush-Joseph, MD, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush
Sanjay Chatrath, DO, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Riverside Health System
Don Childs, MD, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Rush Oak Park Physicians Group Family Medicine
Daniel Dunham, MD, MPH, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Rush University Medical Center
Stephen Kelanic, MD, FACS, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Rush Copley Medical Group, NFP
Richa Gupta, MBBS, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Rush University Medical Center
John Diederich, MA, MBA, FACHE, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Rush Copley Medical Center
Larry Goodman, MD, Voting Member, Interim Medicare Beneficiary Representative
Wayne Keathley, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Rush University Medical Center
Dino Rumoro, DO, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Rush Oak Park Hospital
ACO Key Clinical and Administrative Leadership
Doug O’Brien, Interim ACO President
Brian Stein, MD, Chief Quality Officer
Ardag Hajinazarian, Compliance Officer
Catherine Koop, MD, Senior Medical Director
ACO Committees and Committee Leadership
Finance & Incentive Design Committee: Patricia O’Neal, Co-Chair and Patt Vilt, Co-Chair
Quality & Performance Standards Committee – Brian Stein, MD, Chair
Peer Review & Credentialing Committee – Brenda Fann, MD, Chair
Types of ACO Participants or Combinations of Participants that Formed the ACO
Networks of individual practices of ACO professionals
Partnerships or joint venture arrangements between hospitals and ACO professionals
Hospital employing ACO professionals
Shared Savings and Losses
Amount of Shared Savings/Losses
- First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2018, $0.00
- Performance Year 2019, $6,533,116
- Performance Year 2020, $9,631,205
- First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2019
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 38%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 31%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 31%
- Performance Year 2020
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 38%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 31%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 31%
Quality Performance Results
2020 Quality Performance Results:
ACO # | Measure Name | Rate | ACO Mean |
ACO-8 | Risk Standardized, All Condition Readmission | 15.86 | 15.07 |
ACO-13 | Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk | 88.51 | 84.97 |
ACO-14 | Preventive Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization | 83.82 | 76.03 |
ACO-17 | Preventive Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention | 78.57 | 81.67 |
ACO-18 | Preventive Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan | 87.15 | 71.46 |
ACO-19 | Colorectal Cancer Screening | 58.80 | 72.59 |
ACO-20 | Breast Cancer Screening | 76.61 | 74.05 |
ACO-27 | Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c Poor Control (>9%) | 14.00 | 14.70 |
ACO-28 | Controlling High Blood Pressure | 78.80 | 72.89 |
ACO-38 | All-Cause Unplanned Admissions for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions | 54.65 | 49.50 |
ACO-40 | Depression Remission at Twelve Months | 1.25 | 13.99 |
ACO-43 | Ambulatory Sensitive Condition Acute Composite (AHRQ* Prevention Quality Indicator (PQI #91)) | 1.00 | 0.95 |
- For previous years' Quality Performance Results please visit: https://data.cms.gov/
Payment Rule Waivers
Yes, our ACO does use the SNF 3-Day Waiver