October 11, 2022 – Working with participating providers at Intermountain Medical Group and Grandview Family Medicine, the accountable care organization for Castell – Intermountain’s value-based care subsidiary – was able to generate a $13.9 million in savings for Medicare, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
CMS released the 2021 results for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program, and Castell Accountable Care – in partnership with Intermountain Medical Group and Grandview Clinic, improved their performance for the fourth straight year, continuing to increase savings each year since the Castell ACO was formed.
Performance in 2021 was the ACO’s highest savings generated to date, up from $11.5 million in savings in 2020. This also marks the third consecutive year that the Castell ACO received a quality of care score of more than 95%.
Castell’s ACO saw sustained improvement on nearly all ACO quality measures. Most notably, Castell saw improvement in fall screenings, ensuring patients were screened for their risk of a fall 94% of the time.
Additionally, the Castell ACO improved the control of high blood pressure for patients with hypertension. More than 73% of all hypertension patients had blood pressure within an adequate range – an improvement from 68% the previous year.
Finally, with education and enhanced awareness, Intermountain improved the HbA1C control of patients who have diabetes. The ACO reported that 93% of all diabetes patients had an HbA1C measurement of less than 9%.