Orlando Health Network saved Medicare and commercial insurers $18.3 million, improved care for nearly 275,000 patients in 2019

Orlando, FL (March 12, 2021) – Orlando Health Network’s (OHN) accountable care organization saved the federal government’s Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and other commercial insurers a total of $18.3 million through efforts to improve quality and reduce health care costs during the 2019 calendar year. Nearly 275,000 patients across Central Florida benefited from the partnerships, which represents a major achievement for the clinically integrated network.  

“This achievement demonstrates the significant value of coordinated care and innovative partnerships,” said John Cappleman, MD, OHN board chairman. “Because of our results, as our clinical reach and footprint continue to expand, we can confidently say it is to the benefit of our aligned providers, payers and businesses we partner with, and, most importantly, our patients.”

The network, which is part of the Orlando Health system, was launched in 2013 as the first hospital-led MSSP Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in the state of Florida. Since the launch, the network has also developed value-based partnerships with commercial payers including Aetna, Cigna, Florida Blue, and United Healthcare. Through the ACO and other value-based payer arrangements, physicians and healthcare providers work closely with the hospital to improve care and reduce cost for patients, resulting in more than $132 million in patient savings since inception.

In 2020, OHN surpassed the 275,000 mark for total covered lives using its network of more than 5,000 primary care and specialty care providers. The network now covers roughly one in eight Greater Orlando residents through its various value-based arrangements with its payer partners.

“Our clinically integrated network has advanced our health system’s mission in delivering the best care to our patients and their families across the Central Florida marketplace. The great quality results we are realizing at our health system are directly tied to the care transformation efforts of our provider network. Together, our health system and our provider network have served to make Orlando Health a leading system,” said Dr. George Ralls, chief medical officer and senior vice president, at Orlando Health.

For more information about Orlando Health Network and value-based contract performance, the Orlando Health Network 2020 Value Report can be accessed online at www.OrlandoHealthNetwork.com.

About Orlando Health

Orlando Health, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, is a private, not-for-profit healthcare organization with $7.1 billion of assets under management that serves the southeastern United States.

Founded more than 100 years ago, the healthcare system is recognized around the world for its pediatric and adult Level One Trauma program as well as the only state-accredited Level Two Adult Trauma Center in Pinellas County. It is the home of the nation’s largest neonatal intensive care unit under one roof, the only system in the southeast to offer open fetal surgery to repair the most severe forms of spina bifida, the site of an Olympic athlete training facility and operator of one of the largest and highest performing clinically integrated networks in the region. Orlando Health is a statutory teaching system that pioneers life-changing medical research. The 3,200-bed system includes 15 wholly-owned hospitals and emergency departments; rehabilitation services, cancer and heart institutes, imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, physician offices for adults and pediatrics, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with CareSpot Urgent Care. Nearly 4,200 physicians, representing more than 80 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the Orlando Health system, which employs nearly 22,000 team members. In FY20, Orlando Health served nearly 150,000 inpatients and nearly 3.1 million outpatients. During that same time period, Orlando Health provided approximately $760 million in total value to the communities it serves in the form of charity care, community benefit programs and services, community building activities and more. Additional information can be found at http://www.orlandohealth.com.