Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO COST-EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN RURAL IOWA AND NEBRASKA.
HEARTLAND RURAL PHYSICIAN ALLIANCE (HRPA) IPA IS THE ORGANIZING BODY WHICH ALLOWS INDEPENDENT RURAL PRACTICES COME TOGETHER TO FUNCTION AS AN ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION (ACO). AT THE BEGINNING OF 2016, HRPA PRACTICES BEGAN AN ACO WITH WELLMARK BCBS, IOWA'S LARGEST COMMERCIAL INSURER. THE WELLMARK ACO GIVES PRACTICES ACCESS TO PATIENT AND CLAIMS DATA, AS WELL AS TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED TO PATIENTS. THE PARTICIPATION ALSO PROVIDES MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCED LEARNING REGARDING HOW TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HEALTHCARE COSTS WHILE IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF CARE PROVIDED TO PATIENTS. THE ACO STRUCTURE ALLOWS FOR PRACTICES TO POTENTIALLY RECEIVE SHARED SAVINGS, WHICH HAS OCCURRED IN EACH YEAR OF OUR ACO PARTICIPATION. HRPA ALSO SUPPORTS THE ACTIVITIES OF BOTH THE HEARTLAND PHYSICIANS ACO AND HEARTLAND HEALTH ACO, MEDICARE SHARED SAVINGS ACOS THAT ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE HEALTHCARE PROVIDED TO MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES AND LOWER OVERALL COSTS FOR THOSE BENEFICIARIES CARED FOR IN THE ACO PRACTICES, WHICH ARE ALL HEARTLAND RPA MEMBERS. HRPA PRACTICES WERE ABLE TO SHOW EXCELLENT RESULTS ON CLINICAL QUALITY AND PATIENT SATISFACTION SCORES WHICH GENERALLY IMPROVED OVER PRIOR RESULTS. HEARTLAND PHYSICIANS ACO GENERATED SHARED SAVINGS FOR PERFORMANCE YEAR 2018, AND THE MEMBER PRACTICES CONTINUED TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND MEDICARE COSTS BETTER, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO SHARPEN THEIR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE COST SAVINGS TO MEDICARE THROUGH THEIR ACO WORK. HEARTLAND HEALTH ACO BEGAN OPERATIONS IN JULY 2019 AS A NEW MSSP ACO.
HRPA PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO PHYSICIANS, OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS IN INDEPENDENT PHYSICIAN AND HOSPITAL PRACTICES. WE PROVIDE A WEEKLY UPDATE NEWSLETTER ON THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE IN THE US, AND MOST RECENTLY ON THE MYRIAD OF CHANGES RELATED TO COVID-19, TO KEEP MEMBERS INFORMED ABOUT THE MANY ASPECTS OF THE ONGOING TRANSITION TO VALUE-BASED HEALTHCARE. THE ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATES IN PROJECTS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON TESTING NEW APPROACHES AND ADOPTING TRANSFORMATIVE BEHAVIORS TO RETAIN COMPETITIVENESS IN TODAY'S DYNAMIC HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT. ADDITIONALLY, HRPA UTILIZES ITS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO FACILITATE AND MANAGE THE NECESSARY BUSINESS ELEMENTS OF ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION AGREEMENTS AND ESTABLISH CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH PAYERS AND THE PARTICIPATING MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS. HEARTLAND RURAL PHYSICIAN ALLIANCE ORGANIZED AND HOSTED AN ANNUAL EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE BROADER HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY IN IOWA, REGARDING CURRENT ISSUES AFFECTING PHYSICIANS. TOPICS INCLUDED A KEYNOTE ON HEALTHCARE STRATEGY ON THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT, QUALITY TIED TO SAVINGS AT THE PRACTICE LEVEL, STRATEGIES FOR HELPING PRACTICES TO THRIVE BY BETTER UNDERSTANDING RISK, UNDERSTANDING THE NEW CMS ACO STRUCTURE AND OPPORTUNITIES, AND COMMERCIAL AND MSSP ACO PANELS. HRPA ALSO SUPPORTS TWICE YEARLY LEARNING COLLABORATIVES FOR HRPA ACO MEMBER PRACTICES, BRINGING PRACTICES TEAMS TOGETHER TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER, SHARE BEST PRACTICES, AND DISCUSS QUALITY AND COST-SAVINGS INITIATIVES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Barry Jacobsen | VOTING MEMBE | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Rippentrop | VOTING MEMBE | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Dudley | VOTING MEMBE | 1 | $0 |
| Matt Sells | VOTING MEMBE | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin De Regnier Do | VICE PRESIDE | 1 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Hoffmann Do | VOTING MEMBE | 1 | $0 |
| George Kappos Md | VOTING MEMBE | 1 | $0 |
| Don Klitgaard Md | PRESIDENT | 3 | $0 |
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