Shared Savings Program Public Reporting Template
ACO Name and Location
Gundersen Health Accountable Care Organization, LLC
1836 South Avenue
La Crosse, WI 54601
ACO Primary Contact
Dawn Thorsten
(608) 775-9174
Organizational Information
ACO Participants
ACO Participants |
ACO Participant in Joint Venture |
Gundersen Clinic, Ltd. |
N |
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc. |
N |
Tri-County Memorial Hospital, Inc. |
N |
St. Joseph's Health Services, Inc. |
N |
Palmer Lutheran Health Center, Inc. |
N |
Memorial Hospital of Boscobel |
N |
Moundview Memorial Hospital and Clinics, Inc. |
N |
Saint Elizabeths Hospital of Wabasha, Inc. |
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 |
Lynn |
Blakely |
Voting Member |
11.1% |
Medicare Beneficiary Representative |
N/A |
Marilu |
Bintz |
ACO Executive Voting Member |
11.1% |
Participant Representative |
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc. |
Bill |
Farrell |
Voting Member |
11.1% |
Participant Representative |
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc. |
Joe |
Fee |
Voting Member |
11.1% |
Participant Representative |
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc. |
Todd |
Kowalski |
Medical Director Voting Member |
11.1% |
Participant Representative |
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc. |
Jerry |
Oetzel |
Voting Member |
11.1% |
Participant Representative |
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc. |
Heather |
Schimmers |
Voting Member |
11.1% |
Participant Representative |
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc. |
Lisa |
Sheldon |
Voting Member |
11.1% |
Participant Representative |
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc. |
Dawn |
Thorsten |
Quality Assurance / Improvement Officer Voting Member |
11.1% |
Participant Representative |
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc. |
Dan |
Lilly |
Non-Voting Member |
0% |
Participant Representative |
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc. |
Maria |
Ludwigson |
Non-Voting Member |
0% |
Participant Representative |
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, Inc. |
Key ACO Clinical and Administrative Leadership
ACO Executive: Marilu Bintz, MD
Medical Director: Todd Kowalski, MD
Compliance Officer: Kari Adank
Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer: Dawn Thorsten
Associated Committees and Committee Leadership
Committee Name |
Committee Leader Name and Position |
QPI Committee |
Marilu Bintz, MD; Chief Population Health Officer |
Finance Committee |
Jerry Oetzel; Chief Financial Officer |
Types of ACO Participants, or Combinations of Participants, That Formed the ACO:
§ Networks of individual practices of ACO professionals
§ CAH’s that bill under Method II
§ RHC’s
Shared Savings and Losses
Amount of Shared Savings/Losses:
§ Second Agreement Period
o N/A; 2023 will be the second performance year and any Shared Savings earned will not be reported until 2024
§ First Agreement Period
o N/A; 2022 will be the first performance year and any Shared Savings earned will not be reported until 2023
Shared Savings Distribution:
§ Second Agreement Period
o N/A; 2023 will be the second performance year and any Shared Savings earned will not be reported until 2024
§ First Agreement Period
o N/A; 2022 will be the first performance year and any Shared Savings earned will not be reported until 2023
Quality Performance Results
2021 Quality Performance Results:
§ Our ACO did not participate in the Shared Savings Program in the 2021 performance year, therefore this section is not applicable at this time.