ACO Name and Location:

Boulder Valley Care Network, LLC
4990 E Pearl Parkway Suite 200
Boulder, CO 80303

ACO Primary Contact:

Dawn Factor, Executive Director
303.415.7584
dfactor@mybvcn.org

Organizational Information

ACO Participants:

2023 Performance Year Participants

ACO Governing Body:

Boulder Valley Care Network, LLC - 2023 Board and Committee Participants

Key ACO clinical and administrative leadership:

ACO Executive: Dawn Factor

Medical Director: Elizabeth Cruse, MD

Compliance Officer: Jackie Quam

Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer: Dawn Factor

Associated committees and committee leadership:

Committee Name

Committee Leader Name and Position

Finance and Contracting Committee

John Tobey, Chair

Bill Munson, Treasurer

Data and Quality Committee

Trey Dodson, Chair

Clinical Quality Improvement and Credentialing Committee

Tom Kunstman, Chair

Elizabeth Cruse, Medical Director

Types of ACO participants, or combinations of participants, that formed the ACO:

  • ACO professionals in group practice arrangements
  • Networks of individual practices of ACO professionals
  • Partnerships or joint venture arrangements between hospitals and ACO professionals
  • Hospitals employing ACO professionals

Amount of Shared Savings/Losses

  • First Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2018, $0
    • Performance Year 2019, $1,497,067.40
    • Performance Year 2020, $0
    • Performance Year 2021, $0

Shared Savings Distribution

  • First Agreement Period
    • Performance Year 2018
      • 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
      • Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
      • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources: 20%
      • Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: 80%
    • 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 2021
      • Proportion invested in infrastructure: N/A
      • Proportion invested in redesigned care processes/resources:N/A
      • Proportion of distribution to ACO participants: N/A

Quality Performance

2021 Performance Year Quality Results

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.