Doylestown Hospital and nearly 50 primary care physicians on the Doylestown Hospital Medical Staff have agreed to join Delaware Valley ACO (“DV-ACO”), the largest Medicare Accountable Care Organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. With this addition, DV-ACO will have approximately 400 primary care physicians in its Medicare ACO.
In 2014 DV-ACO began participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program with the twin objectives of improving the quality of care and generating cost efficiencies through better care coordination. Currently, over 30,000 Medicare fee-for- service beneficiaries are attributed to DV-ACO. This number will increase substantially in 2015 with the addition of Doylestown Hospital and its affiliated primary care practices and several other primary care practices in Southeastern PA and southern NJ.
“Delaware Valley ACO gives Doylestown Hospital and our primary care physicians the opportunity to collaborate with other elite health systems,” said Jim Brexler, President and CEO of Doylestown Hospital. “The ACO framework complements the work we are already doing within the Doylestown medical community to sharpen our focus on clinical integration, a key goal of our strategic vision for the future.”
“We are very excited about Doylestown Hospital and its well-regarded clinical community joining Delaware Valley ACO,” stated David F. Simon, DV-ACO President and CEO. “We also welcome Doylestown Hospital as a co-owner of the ACO, and look forward to working collectively to improve the health of the Delaware Valley community.”