Reliant Medical Group is participating in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’s ACO REACH Model. This initiative, focusing on providing care coordination for our Medicare beneficiaries, is just one of the many ways our Reliant providers care for our patients.

Nursing Homes

Generally, Medicare only covers care in a skilled nursing home if you stay in the hospital for at least three days before your admission. As a REACH ACO, Medicare allows our doctors to admit you to a nursing home any time you need skilled nursing care, even if you have not had a 3-day hospital stay. The following are the nursing homes that we work with:

ACO REACH Participants and Preferred Providers

ACO REACH Model Primary Contact

Melissa Inthirath – Reliant MSO, LLC, Executive Director of ACO & Drug Procurement Operations
Email: Melissa.Inthirath@reliantmedicalgroup.org

ACO REACH Model Clinical and Administrative Leadership

• Jonathan Chines – Reliant MSO, LLC, Vice President of Payer Contracting and Network Strategy; ACO Executive
• Kristina Stolzenberg – Optum Associate Director of Compliance; ACO Compliance Officer
• Luis Ticona, MD – Reliant Medical Group, Chief of Population Health & Analytics; ACO Medical Director

ACO REACH Model Governing Body

• Jonathan Chines – Reliant MSO, LLC, Vice President of Payer Contracting & Network Strategy; Non-Voting Member
• Shiavax Cowasji, MD – Reliant Medical Group, Chair of Geriatrics; Voting Member
• David Gilchrist, MD – Reliant Medical Group, Chief of Primary Care, Voting Member
• Louis Jenis, MD – Reliant Medical Group, Chief of Specialties; Voting Member
• Steve Kozak – Reliant MSO, LLC, Vice President of Population Health; Non-Voting Member
• Art Norman – Community Member, Medicare Beneficiary Advocate; Voting Member
• Luis Ticona, MD – Reliant Medical Group, Chief of Population Health & Analytics; Chairperson and Voting Member
• Thad Schilling, MD – Reliant Medical Group, Chief Medical Officer; Voting Member
• Lisa Kippax – Elder Services of Worcester Area, Inc., Community Member, Medicare Consumer Advocate; Voting Member

Amount of shared savings or losses:

Performance year 2022, $16,844,081.64
Performance year 2023, $20,519,745.59

Proportion of shared savings invested in infrastructure, redesigned care processes, and other resources necessary to improve outcomes and reduce Medicare costs for Beneficiaries:

Performance year 2022, 100%

Performance year 2023, 100%

Proportion of shared savings distributed to ACO REACH Participants and Preferred Provider:

Performance year 2022, 0%

Performance year 2023, 0%

Quality measure performance: Click here to view Quality Performance Results

Reliant Medical Group’s REACH ACO does not have any joint ventures to disclose.

Mailing Address

Reliant Medical Group
5 Neponset Street
Worcester, MA, USA 01606