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It gives us immense pride to announce that Premier Patient Healthcare (now known as IntraCare Premier ACO) is Ranked #1 in Texas with respect to Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) performance for the year 2021. This was revealed recently via multiple publications including Texas Medical Association. In MSSP, ACOs across the country contributed to savings worth $1.66 billion in performance year...

A RECENT SURVEY SHOWED THAT ONLY 18% OF U.S. PHYSICIANS HAVE EVEN A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEW PAYMENT REGULATIONS UNDER MACRA. FOLLOWING IS A SIMPLE PRIMER TO HELP YOU BE IN THE KNOW. Under MACRA, new CMS regulations are now in place to further shift reimbursements from fee-for-service for a strict value-based model. Ramp-up began in 2015 and will fully eliminate FFS as we know it by 2021. To...

CONGRATULATIONS TO PREMIER PHC FOR REACHING $26.3 MILLION IN SHARED SAVINGS AND MAKING 2016 OUR BEST YEAR YET! Premier Patient Healthcare: Medicare Shared Savings Program Performance Year 2016 Quality and Financial Results Premier Patient Healthcare LLC (Premier PHC) ACO, generated $26.3 million in savings during 2016, their third year in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Premier began their journey...

AN AWV IS NOT A YEARLY PHYSICAL EXAM. IT’S THE GATEWAY TO EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTIVE SERVICES THAT HELP US TO FOSTER HEALTHIER PATIENTS AND ORGANICALLY GROW SHARED SAVINGS THROUGH BETTER-INFORMED CARE AND SERVICE. In this new era of value-based healthcare, Premier is utilizing Medicare Annual Wellness Visits as a tool to better engage patients and reduce healthcare costs. In addition to improving patient...

AS PREMIER PHC ACO CLOSES OUT 2016–OUR THIRD AND FINAL YEAR UNDER OUR ORIGINAL MSSP CONTRACT WITH CMS–PLANS ARE WELL UNDERWAY FOR CONTINUATION AND EXPANSION UNDER EXCITING NEW ACO OPPORTUNITIES IN 2017 AND BEYOND. The Premier Legacy Started with 12 physicians, now 500+ strong and growing $12.7 million in shared savings in 2015, #1 highest savings generated by a physician-owned 2014 MSSP...