ACO Name and Location
Caravan Health ACO 41 LLC
dba Avera Prairie View ACO
4055 Valley View Ln, Suite 700
Dallas, TX 75244
ACO Primary Contact
Primary Contact Name | Teri Bergeleen |
Primary Contact Phone Number | 605-322-4576 |
Primary Contact Email Address | Teri.Bergeleen@avera.org |
Organizational Information
ACO participants:
ACO Participants |
ACO Participant in Joint Venture |
Avera Marshall |
Y |
Avera McKennan |
Y |
City of Brookings |
N |
Heart Hospital of South Dakota LLC |
Y |
Avera St. Marys |
Y |
Avera St. Lukes |
Y |
Avera Queen of Peace |
Y |
Lakes Regional Hospital |
Y |
Floyd Valley Hospital |
Y |
Spencer Municipal Hospital |
Y |
Rural Health Care Inc |
Y |
Anesthesiology Associates, Inc. |
N |
Midwest Ear, Nose & Throat Associates PC |
N |
Northwest Iowa Urologist OC |
N |
NWIA Bone, Joint & Sports Surgeons, PC |
N |
Northwest Iowa Ear Nose and Throat PC |
N |
Opthalmology LTD |
N |
Surgical Institute of South Dakota PC |
N |
Midwest Radiology and Imaging PC |
N |
Ophthalmology LTD Eye Surgery Center LLC |
N |
Northwest Iowa Surgeons PC |
N |
Northwest Iowa Anesthesia Associates |
N |
Physicians Laboratory, LTD. |
N |
Physicians Laboratory of Northwest Iowa LTD |
N |
USC Ambulatory Surgical Center Prof LLC |
N |
Urology Specialists Chartered |
N |
Yankton Medical Clinic PC |
N |
Sacred Heart Health Services |
Y |
Avera At Home |
N |
ACO governing body:
Member First Name |
Member Last Name |
Member Title/Position |
Member’s Voting Power (Expressed as a percentage) |
Membership Type |
ACO Participant Legal Business Name, if applicable |
Debbie |
Streier |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Avera Marshall |
Shantel |
Krebs |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Avera St. Marys |
David |
Flicek |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Avera Mckennan |
Brenda |
Tiefenthaler |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Spencer Municipal Hospital |
David |
Basel, MD |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Avera McKennan |
Doug |
Ekeren |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Sacred Heart Health Services |
Dan |
Bjerkness |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Avera St. Luke |
Michael |
Gibbs |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Heart Hospital of South Dakota LLC |
Jim |
Hardwick |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Rural Health Care Inc. |
Jeremy |
Bolluyt |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Lakes Regional Healthcare |
Dustin |
Wright |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Floyd Valley |
Susan |
Fanta, MD |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Yankton Medical Clinic |
Patrick |
Clark |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Medicare Beneficiary |
Avera Queen of Peace |
Hilary |
Rockwell |
Board Member |
7.692% |
ACO Participant Representative |
Avera Queen of Peace |
Teri |
Bergeleen |
Board Member |
0% |
N/A |
N/A |
Due to rounding, ‘Member’s Voting Power’ may not equal 100 percent.
Key ACO clinical and administrative leadership:
David Flicek | ACO Executive |
Dr. David Basel | Medical Director |
Emma Oakley | Compliance Officer |
Eric Boyce | Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer |
Associated committees and committee leadership:
Committee Name | Committee Leader Name and Position |
Executive Committee | David Flicek-Chairman |
Steering Committee | David Basel, MD- Vice-Chairman |
Types of ACO participants, or combinations of participants, that formed the ACO:
- Partnerships or joint venture arrangements between hospitals and ACO professionals
- Hospital employing ACO professionals
- Critical Access Hospital (CAH) billing under Method II
Shared Savings and Losses
Amount of Shared Savings/Losses
- First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2019, $0
- Performance Year 2020, $0
- Performance Year 2021, $0
- Performance Year 2022, $0
Shared Savings Distribution
- First Agreement Period
- Performance Year 2019
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2020
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2019
-
- Performance Year 2021
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2022
- Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
- Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: N/A
- Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A
- Performance Year 2021
Quality Performance Results
2022 Quality Performance Results:
Quality performance results are based on CMS Web Interface.
Measure # |
Measure Name |
Collection Type |
Rate |
ACO Mean |
001 |
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) Poor Control [1] |
CMS Web Interface |
7.82 |
10.71 |
134 |
Preventative Care and Screening: Screening for Depression and Follow-up Plan |
CMS Web Interface |
77.44 |
76.97 |
236 |
Controlling High Blood Pressure |
CMS Web Interface |
71.10 |
76.16 |
318 |
Falls: Screening for Future Fall Risk |
CMS Web Interface |
98.81 |
87.83 |
110 |
Preventative Care and Screening: Influenza Immunization |
CMS Web Interface |
74.90 |
77.34 |
226 |
Preventative Care and Screening: Tobacco Use: Screening and Cessation Intervention |
CMS Web Interface |
81.82 |
79.27 |
113 |
Colorectal Cancer Screening |
CMS Web Interface |
80.48 |
75.32 |
112 |
Breast Cancer Screening |
CMS Web Interface |
79.04 |
78.07 |
438 |
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease |
CMS Web Interface |
84.88 |
86.37 |
370 |
Depression Remission at Twelve Months |
CMS Web Interface |
15.69 |
16.03 |
321 |
CAHPS for MIPS [3] |
CMS Web Interface |
N/A |
N/A |
479 |
Hospital-Wide, 30-Day, All-Cause Unplanned Readmission (HWR) Rate for MIPS Groups [1] |
CMS Web Interface |
0.1302 |
0.1510 |
484 |
Clinician and Clinician Group Risk-standardized Hospital Admission Rates for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions [1] |
CMS Web Interface |
33.19 |
30.97 |
For Previous Years’ Financial and Quality Performance Results, Please Visit data.cms.gov.
Payment Rule Waivers
- Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 3-Day Rule Waiver:
- Our ACO uses the SNF 3-Day Rule Waiver, pursuant to 42 CFR § 425.612.
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