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Western North Carolina ACO Public Reporting

ACO Name and Location

AdvantagePoint Health Alliance - Western North Carolina, LLC
330 Seven Springs Way
Brentwood, TN 37027


ACO Primary Contact

Primary Contact Name Mitchell Slade
Primary Contact Phone Number (615) 920-7000
Primary Contact Email Address mitchell.slade@lpnt.net

Organizational Information

ACO Participants:
ACO Participant Legal Business Name and DBA, if applicable ACO Participant in Joint Venture (Y or N)
DLP Frye Medical Group LLC N
DLP Frye Regional Medical Center LLC N
DLP Harris Regional Hospital LLC N
DLP Hayward Regional Medical Center LLC N
DLP Rutherford Physician Practices LLC N
DLP Rutherford Regional Health System, LLC N
DLP Swain County Hospital, LLC N
DLP Western Carolina Physician Practices, LLC N
Mountain Eye Associates PLLC N
Smoky Mountain Foot Clinic PA N
Western Carolina Ear Nose and Throat Specialists PLLC N

ACO Governing Body:
Member First Name Member Last Name Title /Position Members' Voting Power  Membership Type ACO Participant Legal Business Name and DBA, if applicable​
Christopher Brown Member 14.2857% ACO Participant Representative Hayward Regional Medical Center LLC
Amanda Du Sablon, MD Member  14.2857% ACO Participant Representative DLP Frye Medical Group LLC
John Lafata, MD Member 14.2857% ACO Participant Representative DLP Western Carolina Physician Practices, LLC
Kristen Phillips Member 14.2857% Community Stakeholder Representative N/A
Sandra Reed Member 14.2857% ACO Participant Representative DLP Frye Medical Group LLC
Tory Shepherd Member 14.2857% ACO Participant Representative DLP Rutherford Physician Practices LLC
Ailisa Smith, MD Member 14.2857% ACO Participant Representative DLP Frye Medical Group LLC
TBD TBD     Medicare Beneficiary N/A
Due to rounding, ‘Member’s Voting Power’ may not equal 100 percent.

Key ACO Clinical and Administrative Leadership:

ACO Executive Mitchell Slade
Medical Director Philip Greene, MD
Compliance Officer Ashlie Heald
Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer      Carol Ann Hudson

ACO Committees and Committee Leadership:

Committee Name Committee Leader Name and Position
Contracting and Finance Matt Seagroves, Committee Chair
Quality and Performance Improvement       Carol Ann Hudson, Committee Chair

Types of ACO Participants, or combinations or participants, that formed the ACO:

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • ACO Professionals in a group practice arrangement
  • Hospital Employing ACO Professionals
  • Network of individual practices of ACO professionals

Shared Savings and Losses

Amount of Shared Savings & Losses:

  • First Performance Period
    • Performance Year 2022, $0

Shared Savings Distribution:

  • First Performance Period
    • Performance Year 2022
      • N/A

Quality Performance Results

2022 Quality Performance Results:

Quality performance results are based on eCQMs/MIPS CQMs

Measure # Measure Name Collection Type ACO Performance ACO Mean
001 Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control [1] MIPS CQM 59.96 44.73
134 Preventative Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan eCQM 31.30 39.11
236 Controlling High Blood Pressure MIPS CQM 61.53 68.82
479 Hospital-Wide, 30-Day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) Rate for MIPS Groups [1] Administrative Claims 0.1391 0.1510
484 Clinician and Clinician Group Risk-standardized Hospital Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions [1] Administrative Claims 28.04 30.97
CAHPS-1 Getting Timely Care, Appointments, and Information CAHPS for MIPS Survey 81.51 83.96
CAHPS-2 How Well Providers Communicate CAHPS for MIPS Survey 92.05 93.47
CAHPS-3 Patient's Rating of Provider CAHPS for MIPS Survey 90.03 92.06
CAHPS-4 Access to Specialists CAHPS for MIPS Survey 77.39 77.00
CAHPS-5 Health Promotion and Education CAHPS for MIPS Survey 66.32 62.68
CAHPS-6 Shared Decision Making CAHPS for MIPS Survey 60.11 60.97
CAHPS-7 Health Status and Functional Status  CAHPS for MIPS Survey 73.22 73.06
CAHPS-8 Care Coordination CAHPS for MIPS Survey 85.56 85.46
CAHPS-9 Courteous and Helpful Office Staff CAHPS for MIPS Survey 88.99 91.97
CAHPS-11 Stewardship of Patient Resources CAHPS for MIPS Survey 31.70 25.62

[1] A lower performance rate corresponds to higher quality.

For Previous Years' Financial and Quality Performance Results: please visit data.cms.com.


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