Trinity Health Medicare ACOs Improve Care and Lower Cost for Medicare Patients

Livonia, Mich., Dec. 13, 2024 – In calendar year 2023, Trinity Health Integrated Care (THIC) ACO, a Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organization coordinated high quality care for nearly 120,000 Medicare beneficiaries saving Medicare $28.8M.

Since THIC ACO’s launch in 2017, the ACO has earned $147M with an average quality score of 92%. Our ACO is one the few renewing ACOs in the country earning shared savings every year of participation.

Other Trinity Health ACOs in Michigan, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Iowa also contributed to successful outcomes. Together with the THIC ACO, they coordinate high quality efficient care for over 223,000 Medicare beneficiaries.

“Our ACOs consistently perform well year after year in improving the health and well-being of the people we serve,” said Emily Brower, senior vice president, Clinical Integration and Physician Services for Trinity Health. “For the ninth year in a row, Trinity Health has effectively demonstrated our commitment to quality and advanced accountable care models that improves the health of our communities.”

ACOs accept accountability for the quality, cost, and experience of care of the assigned beneficiary population. ACOs provide Medicare beneficiaries with high-quality, coordinated care including getting them the proper care when they need it, increasing preventive care, avoiding unnecessary service duplication, and preventing medical errors.

“We at Trinity Health are proud of the continued success of our accountable care models as they help us improve the health of the patients, families and communities we serve,” said Dan Roth, M.D., executive vice president and chief clinical and community operations officer for Trinity Health. “These models remain a foundational element in transforming the country’s health care landscape and health systems like ours play a key role in driving these efforts. We are grateful for our providers and care teams for their leadership in making care more affordable and improving quality across our system.”

In 2023, Trinity Health’s MSSP ACOs ranged from upside-only to Enhanced two-sided financial risk arrangements representing the most significant risk in Medicare Shared Savings Program tracks. This means, from one year to the next, and depending on performance, Trinity Health Medicare Shared Savings ACOs either share in savings or are required to share in Medicare losses and repay a portion to Medicare.

Trinity Health is a strong proponent of value-based care delivery. We have 17 Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs) that are accountable for approximately 2 million lives across the country through alternative payment models. Our health care system participates in 14 markets with Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), which includes 11 markets partnering in one national MSSP Enhanced Track ACO, Trinity Health Integrated Care ACO. All of these markets participate in the “enhanced track”, which qualifies as an advanced alternative payment model (AAPM). Two of the 14 markets also participate in CPC+.