HH Health System ACO, LLC

ACO Name and Location

HH Health System ACO, LLC
101 Sivley Road
Huntsville, AL 35801

ACO Primary Contact

Primary Contact Name: Sherry Fussell
Primary Contact Phone Number: (256) 265-7766
Primary Contact Email Address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Organizational Information

ACO governing body:

Key ACO Clinical and Administrative Leadership:

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

• Critical Access Hospital (CAH) billing under Method II
• ACO professionals in a group practice arrangement
• Hospital employing ACO professionals
• Partnerships or joint venture arrangements between hospitals and ACO professionals
• Rural Health Clinic (RHC)

Shared Savings and Losses

Amount of Shared Savings/Losses

• First Agreement Period
  • Performance Year 2019, $3,107,988.60
• Second Agreement Period
  • Performance Year 2020, $3,876,628.74

Shared Savings Distribution

• First Agreement Period
  • Performance Year 2019
    • Proportion invested in infrastructure: 10%
    • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 0%
    • Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 90%
• Second Agreement Period
  • Performance Year 2020
    • Proportion invested in infrastructure: 10%
    • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 0%
    • Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 90%

Quality Performance Results

2020 Quality Performance Results:
(CAHPS reflect PY 2019 data)

Please note, the ACO-40 Depression Remission at 12 months quality measure is not included in public reporting due to low sample size. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also waived the requirement for ACOs to field a CAHPS for ACOs survey for PY 2020 through the Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule for Calendar Year 2021. Additionally, CMS reverted ACO-8 Risk-Standardized, All Condition Readmission and ACO-38 Risk-Standardized Acute Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions to pay-for-reporting, given the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE) on these measures.

• For previous years' financial and quality performance results, please visit data.cms.gov.

Arrangements Disclosed

The ACO Board of Managers for HH Health System ACO, LLC (“Board”) has formally determined the following arrangements are reasonably related to the purposes of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (“MSSP”), as required for use of the MSSP ACO Participation Waiver:

Participant Support Arrangements
Under the applicable Participant Agreements between the ACO and the Participants listed above, certain Participants are designated as Principal Participants and others are Non-Principal Participants. Under the Service Agreements between each Participant and Board, the Principal Participants have agreed to pay for certain ACO-related expenses of the Non-Principal Participants in their respective regions, including management fees owed by each Non-Principal Participant. In each case, the fees and other expenses paid by the Principal Participants on behalf of the Non-Principal Participants will be set in advance, will not vary based on the volume or value of any referrals between the Principal Participants and Non-Principal Participants (except to the extent such referrals indirectly contribute to the earning of shared savings or shared losses as applicable).

Through a formal resolution dated November 21, 2017, the Board determined that these arrangements are reasonably related to the purposes of the Medicare Shared Savings Program because they facilitate the participation of the Non-Principal Participants in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which: i) promotes the accountability of Non-Principal Participants for the quality, cost, and overall care for a Medicare patient population as described in the Shared Savings Program; ii) promotes the management and coordination of care for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries attributed to Non-Principal Participants through an ACO; and iii) encourages investment in infrastructure and redesigned care processes for high quality and efficient service delivery for patients, including Medicare beneficiaries, served by Non-Principal Participants.