ESCOs: A Way to Better Coordinate Patient Health Care
The Phoenix-Tuscon Integrated Kidney Care ESCO is an ESRD Seamless Care Organization (ESCO) in the Medicare Comprehensive ESRD Care model. An ESCO is a group of dialysis facilities, nephrologists, and other health care providers working together with Medicare to coordinate and improve the quality of care for patients.
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The goal of an ESCO is for dialysis facilities, nephrologists, and other health care providers to communicate closely with other health care providers, so they can deliver high-quality care that meets the individual needs and preferences of the patient.
Phoenix-Tucson Integrated Kidney Care ESCO Benefits
Patients, physicians and payors all benefit from ESCO’s integrated care management approach:
- A specially trained nurse working with the Phoenix-Tucson Integrated Kidney Care ESCO member, family, dialysis team, doctors and care partners.
- Coordinated support both inside and outside of the dialysis center to help the member better understand and manage their ESRD.
- Nursing team available 24 hours a day/7 days a week at no additional charge to members.
- Patients have the right to use any dialysis facility, provider or hospital that accepts Medicare, at any time.
- Medicare benefits will not change. An ESCO is not a Medicare Advantage plan, a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) plan, or an insurance plan of any kind.
Phoenix-Tucson Integrated Kidney Care ESCO
2000 16th Street
Denver, CO 80202
Primary Contact
Mark Reiland, Director-Operations, DaVita Integrated Kidney Care
602-312-8085
Mark.Reiland@davita.com
About Your ESCO
Clinical and Administrative Leadership
- Mike Staffieri, President, DaVita Inc.
- Nathan Lohmeyer, Vice President, DaVita Integrated Kidney Care
- Eric Franco, Treasurer and Finance and Reporting Officer, DaVita Integrated Kidney Care
- Mark Reiland, Secretary, Integrated Kidney Care
- Rajiv Poduval, M.D., Nephrologist Representative, Southwest Kidney Institute PLC
- Brett Lindenfeld, Compliance Officer, DaVita Inc.
- Sean Graham, Dialysis Center Operations Officer, DaVita Inc.
- Sean Best, Information Technology Officer, DaVita Inc.
- Chuck Lehn, Health System Representative, Banner Health
ESCO Participants
Participants in the Phoenix-Tucson Integrated Kidney Care ESCO include:
Banner Health
- Banner Baywood Medical Center
- Banner Boswell Medical Center
- Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center
- Banner Desert Medical Center
- Banner Estrella Medical Center
- Banner Gateway Medical Center
- Banner University Medical Center Phoenix
- Banner Thunderbird Medical Center
- Banner Ironwood Medical Center
DaVita, Inc
- Desert Mountain Dialysis
- Papago Dialysis Center
- Tucson East At Home
- Tucson East Dialysis
- Tucson South Central Dialysis
- Tucson South Dialysis
Nephrologists Group
Southwest Kidney Institute PLC
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Joint Venture Dialysis Provider
Barton Dialysis, LLCs
- Tucson Central Dialysis
Desert Rocks Dialysis, LLC
- Sweetwater Ridge Dialysis
Grand Home Dialysis, LLC
- Grand at Home
- Grand at Home Dialysis Pd/Hhd
Northwest Tucson Dialysis, LLC
- Northwest Tucson Dialysis
SKDDP, LLC
- Phoenix Home Dialysis
Southwest Kidney-DaVita Dialysis Partners, LLC
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Sun City Dialysis Center, LLC
- Palm Brook Dialysis Center
Sun City West Dialysis Center, LLC
- Westbrook Dialysis
Sun Desert Dialysis Center, LLC
- Desert Dialysis
Governing Body
Governing body members of the Phoenix-Tucson Integrated Kidney Care ESCO:
- Rajiv Poduval, M.D., Governing Director, Southwest Kidney Institute PLC
- Gurdev Singh, M.D., Governing Director, Southwest Kidney Institute PLC
- Chuck Lehn, Governing Body Member, Banner Health
- Mark Reiland, Governing Director, DaVita Integrated Kidney Care
- Sean Graham, Governing Director, DaVita Inc
- James Ivie, Governing Director, National Kidney Foundation
Shared Savings
For nearly two decades, DaVita has invested, and continues to invest, in building the infrastructure and capabilities to holistically care for ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) and CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) beneficiaries. Our goal is to prepare for a future when integrated care is available to all patients. The ESCOs (ESRD Seamless Care Organizations) are one vehicle in which DaVita provides integrated care to our patients.
Amount of Shared Savings/Shared Losses
| Performance Year 1 | $1,840,316.00 |
| Performance Year 2 | $1,487,379.00 |
| Performance Year 3 | $3,027,807.00 |
| Performance Year 4 | $3,071,368.00 |
| Performance Year 5 | TBD (2021) |
As a participant in CMS’s (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) Comprehensive ESRD Care (CEC) Model, the Phoenix-Tucson ESCO is a joint venture comprised of dialysis facilities, nephrologists and health systems. The Phoenix-Tucson ESCO achieved more than $1.8M in shared savings in Performance Year 1, which ran from October 2015 through December 2016. The Phoenix-Tucson ESCO returned 100% of the shared savings that it earned to its participant owners, who, in turn, used a portion of those savings to recoup their upfront financial investments in the ESCO venture, including infrastructure for Performance Year 1 and future years. The ESCO participants elected to reinvest any remaining surplus shared savings into redesigned care processes to support ESRD Medicare beneficiaries who are aligned to the ESCO.
During Performance Year 2 (calendar year 2017), the ESCO generated nearly $1.5 million in shared savings. All shared savings continue to be reinvested in the ESCO’s infrastructure and other resources required to improve clinical outcomes.
During Performance Year 3 (calendar year 2018), the ESCO generated more than $3 million in shared savings. For PY3, the amount of shared savings invested in infrastructure and other resources to improve clinical outcomes is $2,289,133, and $738,674 has been distributed as shared savings payments.
During Performance Year 4 (calendar year 2019), the ESCOs generated about $3.1 million in shared savings. For PY4, the amount of shared savings invested in infrastructure and other resources to improve clinical outcomes is $1,490,069, and $1,643,979 will be distributed as shared savings payments.
Quality Measures
For performance year 1, all quality measures were in pay-for-reporting status. The Phoenix-Tucson ESCO successfully reported on all ESCO quality measures for a total quality score (TQS) of 100%. During performance year 2, the ESCO achieved a total quality score of 81.94%, slightly higher than the overall average of 80.56% for all other ESCOs. During performance year 3, the ESCO achieved a total quality score of 85.7%, around the average for all ESCOs.During performance year 4, the ESCO achieved a total quality score of 87.5%, around the average for all ESCOs.
Questions?
Call 1-833-IKC-DAVITA (452-3284)
TTY users dial 711
Or call 1-800-MEDICARE
(1-800-633-4227)
TTY users call
1-877-486-2048
