Accountable Care Organization
Park Nicollet and HealthPartners Medical Group participates as an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in the ACO Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (REACH) Model. An ACO is a group of doctors, hospitals and other health care providers who agree to work together to keep you healthy. All members of Park Nicollet Health Services ACO, LLC, d/b/a HealthPartners ACO agree to work together to give their patients better quality care. We transitioned from the Direct Contracting Model to the ACO REACH Model in 2023.
For general questions or additional information about ACO REACH, please visit
HealthPartners ACO
3800 Park Nicollet Blvd.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
952-993-3400
800-862-7415 (toll free)
Kristi Lyon
Kristi.A.Lyon@HealthPartners.Com
952-993-7646
No participants are involved in a joint venture between ACO REACH professionals and hospitals.
Kristi Lyon, Operational Leader of ACO REACH
VP Payer Relations, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Pahoua Hoffman
Sr VP Government & Community Relations, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Leslie Dockan
VP Primary Care, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Beth Averbeck, MD
Sr Medical Director Primary Care, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Rebecca Schultz
Director Integrity and Compliance, Care Group Compliance Officer, Designated Compliance Official, HealthPartners (employer)
Cara Hull
Chief Quality Officer, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Gena Graves
Vice President, Home & Community Services & Value Based Strategies; ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Kody Koepke
Director of Pricing and Data Analysis, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Jennifer Myster
President of Methodist Hospital, VP Care Group & Home Care - Park Nicollet, Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Timothy Bohl
Health Policy Analyst, Government Relations, HealthPartners (employer); ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Dan Albright, MD
Regional Medical Director; ACO REACH Participant, Ex Officio; ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
James Wheeler, DO
Senior Medical Director, Medical Specialties; ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Jerome Siy
Senior Medical Director, Value Based Care & Home & Community Services; ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Kristen Schroeder
Senior Value Based Care Clinical Program Manager; ACO REACH Steering Committee Member
Types for ACO REACH participants or combinations of participants who formed the ACO:
ACO professionals in a group practice arrangement
ACO REACH Board of Directors:
Kristi Lyon, Chair
Vice President, Provider Partnership and Engagement Senior
Designated Representative of Group Health, Inc., a Participant Provider that is an entity, Voting Director
James Wheeler, DO
Senior Medical Director, Medical Specialties
Individual Participant Provider, Voting Director
Pahoua Hoffman
Vice President, Government and Community Relations Senior
Designated Representative of Group Health, Inc., a Participant Provider that is an entity, Voting Director
Deborah Hopp
Consumer Advocate, Voting Director
Joan Molenaar (retired)
Beneficiary Representative, Voting Director
Dan Albright, MD
Regional Medical Director
Individual Participant Provider, Voting Director
Jerome Siy, MD
Medical Director, Value-based Care and Home and Community Services Senior
Individual Participant Provider, Voting Director
Terrance Maag, MD
Medical Director, Division HPMG
Individual Participant Provider, Voting Director
ACO REACH Officers:
Kristi Lyon, President
VP Payer Relations, Park Nicollet Health Services (employer)
Rebecca Schultz, Designated Compliance Official
Director Integrity and Compliance, HealthPartners (employer)
Karen Black, Assistant Secretary
Director, Board Relations, HealthPartners (employer)
Alita Risinger, Treasurer
Sr. Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Care Delivery
Nancy Evert, Secretary
General Counsel, HealthPartners (employer)
- Agreement Period beginning 2022, Performance Year 1: -$893,735
Proportion of Shared Savings distributed to Direct Contracting Participants and Preferred Providers: 0%
How Shared Savings are Distributed
Reinvest in infrastructure to support quality patient care: 100%
Note: DCE model name changed to ACO REACH for 2023.
- Agreement Period beginning 2023, Performance Year 2: Shared Loss of $3,827,561.62.
- Agreement Period beginning 2024, Performance Year 3: TBD
Proportion of Shared Savings distributed to ACO REACH Participants and Preferred Providers: 0%
How Shared Savings are Distributed
Reinvest in infrastructure to support quality patient care: 100%
Park Nicollet and HealthPartners Medical Group contracts with the following Preferred Providers, who utilize the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 3-Day Waiver:
| Preferred Provider legal business name | "Doing business as" (d/b/a) name |
|---|---|
| VSSA Care Center, LLC | Gables of Boutwells Landing |
| The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society | Good Samaritan Society - Stillwater |
| Southview Operations, LLC | Southview Acres |
| Sholom Home West Inc | |
| Minnesota Masonic Home Care Center | |
| Augustana Chapel View Homes Inc | |
| Covenant Living of Golden Valley | |
| St. Therese Home Inc | |
| St. Gertrude's Health Center | |
| The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society | Good Samaritan Society - New Hope |
| Capitol View Transitional Care Center | |
| St. Paul OpCo, LLC | Galtier - A Villa Center |
| Villa at St. Louis Park, LLC | |
| Cerenity Senior Care - Marian of Saint Paul, LLC | |
| Senior Care Woodbury | Woodbury Health Care Center |
| St. Louis Paul OpCo, LLC | Cedars at St. Louis Park, A Villa Center |
| Cerenity Senior Care | Cerenity Care Center on Humboldt |
| Presbyterian Homes Bloomington Care Center, Inc | |
| Lyngblomsten Care Center, Inc | |
| Jones Harrison Residence | |
| Walker Thompson Hill, LLC | Walker Westwood Ridge II |
| Episcopal Church Home of Minnesota | Episcopal Church Home |
| Episcopal Homes on University Avenue, LLC | The Gardens |
| Golden Valley Opco, LLC | Brookview, A Villa Center |
| Roseville Opco, LLC | Rose of Sharon, A Villa Center |
| Estates at Rush City LLC | Estates at Rush City |
| Estates at Greeley LLC | Estates at Greeley |
| Estates at Linden LLC | Estates at Linden |
| Estates at Excelsior LLC | Estates at Excelsior |
| Westfields Hospital & Clinic | |
| HealthPartners RC | Olivia Hospital & Clinic |
Park Nicollet and HealthPartners Medical Group Providers also participates in the following additional Benefit Enhancements:
- Post Discharge Home Visit
- Care Management Home Visit (pilot program 2023)
- Home Health Homebound Waiver (pilot program 2023)
- Cost Sharing for Part B Services