NEQCA Accountable Care, Inc is NEQCA’s network-wide Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO). An ACO is a group of providers who voluntarily agree to be accountable for the quality and cost of care of a defined group of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.
NEQCA Accountable Care, Inc. is one of 41 Next Generation ACOs across the country participating in the Next Generation ACO Model, administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center. The Innovation Center is testing various payment and service delivery Models that aim to achieve better care for patients, smarter spending and healthier communities. Click here to learn more about the Next Generation ACO model.
For general questions or additional information about Accountable Care Organizations, please click here, and view a short video about ACOs here. You may also call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048.
NOTE: The Next Generation ACO Model is ending on December 31, 2021. NEQCA’s providers and preferred providers are participating in the Wellforce ACO, LLC in the Medicare Shared Savings Program starting on January 1, 2022
ACO Name and Location
NEQCA Accountable Care, Inc.
325 Wood Road, Suite 210
Braintree, Massachusetts 02184
ACO Primary Contact
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Primary Contact Name
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Chantal Buchanan
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Primary Contact Phone Number
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781-356-3336
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Primary Contact Email Address
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cbuchanan@neqca.org
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Organizational Information
NEQCA Accountable Care, Inc. does not have any joint ventures between or among the ACO or any of its Next Generation Participants and Preferred Providers.
ACO Participants and Preferred Providers
Click here for a list of ACO Participants.
Click here for a list of our ACO Preferred Providers.
ACO Governing Body
- Dhiren Sutaria, MD (Chair) - Woodland Internists, PC
- Daniel P. Bird - Consumer Advocate Trustee
- Frank Brincheiro, MD - Reading Family Medicine, PC
- Mark Collins, MD - Osterville Healthcare, PC
- Carolyn O'Donnell - Beneficiary Trustee
- David Schroeder, MD - Wellesley Internal Medicine
- Eric Silverman, MD - Pulmonary Associates of Metrowest
- Julie Tishler, MD - Pratt Medical Group, Inc.
- Open Seat
Key ACO Clincal and Administrative Leadership
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Nate Gagne - NEQCA
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ACO Executive
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Pratiksha Patel, MD - NEQCA
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ACO Medical Director
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Nicole S. Huff – Tufts Medicine, Inc.
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Compliance Officer
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Candace Perry - NEQCA
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Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer
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Associated Committees and Committee Leadership
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Committee Name
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Committee Leader Name and Position
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ACO Funds Flow Committee
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David Criss, MD
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ACO Finance Committee
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Dan Driscoll, MD
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ACO Quality Committee
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Pratiksha Patel, MD, NEQCA Senior Medical Director and ACO Medical Director
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Shared Savings and Losses
Amount of Shared Savings/Losses
- Performance Year 2020: $15,406,075
- Performance Year 2019: $13,774,259
- Performance Year 2018: $117,376
Shared Savings Distribution
Performance Year 2020
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 18.4%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 31.2%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO Participants and Preferred Providers: 50.5%
Performance Year 2019
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 22%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 30%
- Proportion of distribution to ACO Participants and Preferred Providers: 48%
Performance Year 2018
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: 100%
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 0
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 0
Quality Performance
2020 Quality Performance Results: 88.8%
- Note: Next Generation ACOs were given the greater of their Performance Year 5 (2020) or Performance Year 4 (2019) Quality scores due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. For NEQCA Accountable Care, Inc., the higher Quality score was for the 2019 Performance Year. Click here for Performance Year 2019 Quality results.
2019 Quality Performance Results: 88.8%
- Click here for more detail on 2019 Quality Performance Results.
2018 Quality Performance Results: 100%
- Click here for more detail on 2018 Quality Performance Results.