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Maryland-Based Aledade Creating Primary Care Physician-Led ACO in Central Florida
New organization will use cutting-edge technology, big data, and analytics to improve patient
health, lower costs, and provide individually-tailored care.
Bethesda, MD - Physicians in the Sunshine State will soon have a new partner to keep their
patients healthy. Maryland-based Aledade, Inc. has announced the formation of a new
Accountable Care Organization (ACO) led by independent primary care physicians in Central
Florida. The organization will be the first physician-led ACO to receive admission, discharge,
and transfer notifications for its patients from Florida’s Health Information Exchange. Aledade
will partner with Clermont-based Primary Partners, LLC to provide on-the-ground practice
support to affiliated physicians.
Aledade partners with independent doctors across the United States to create and run ACOs -
networks of physicians who band together to deliver coordinated care. They operate under a
payment structure that rewards positive health outcomes for patients, instead of the volume of
health care services delivered. The new ACO will be managed by Kelly Conroy, Executive
Director of Aledade’s Florida division.
“For the first time in history, we have the technological capability and the financial incentives
for primary care doctors to practice medicine the way they’ve always wanted,” said Dr. Farzad
Mostashari, CEO and co-founder of Aledade. “Family physicians have a unique connection with
their patients – they are best positioned to lead the transformation towards value-based health
care, and our ACO will equip and empower them to do so.
“We’re excited to begin offering physicians the tools they need to deliver the highest quality
personalized care to Florida residents – and between Primary Partners and Kelly Conroy, we
know we can bring together our regulatory and technological expertise with an unmatched
knowledge of Florida’s health care landscape.”
Sheila Fusé, Chief Executive Officer of Primary Partners added, “It has long been our goal – and
a passion of mine – to connect clinical data with technology, in a structure that works for
physicians, their staff, and patients. With the resources, expertise, and commitment of Aledade's
staff, I am confident we’ll achieve that goal. I am ecstatic to be working together with Kelly,
Farzad, and Aledade.”
Aledade will work with physicians in central Florida to operate a Medicare Shared Savings
Program ACO, led completely by independent primary care doctors. Aledade ACOs focus on

2. delivering the highest-quality care to patients, with an emphasis on preventative care, high-value
referral networks, big data, and high-level analysis of patient claims and electronic health record
(EHR) data to identify patients who need help, before serious medical problems arise.
Aledade has already received commitments from 17 leading physicians in Florida, covering
6,300 Medicare beneficiaries, and will continue to recruit additional top doctors in the state
throughout the year. The Florida-based Aledade ACO will launch in January 2016. Several
recruited physicians have participated in ACOs previously, but joined the Aledade organization
because of the company’s previous success, its partnership arrangement with independent
doctors, and its commitment to continual, on-the-ground support of physician partners.
"We were part of one of the original independent ACOs in Florida because we recognized that
health care was changing, and the ACO model could deliver the best care possible for our
patients," said Dr. Cara Jakob, one of the doctors committed to join Aledade’s organization.
"Now, we can't wait to begin our work with the team at Aledade. We're excited to have access to
technology that will deliver patient data as efficient, actionable information. The more we know
about our patients -- and the more they know about their own health -- the more empowered our
practice will be to provide high quality care."
Kelly Conroy previously directed the Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization, one of the
earliest physician-led organizations in Medicare’s Shared Savings Program. The Palm Beach
ACO included 200 doctors covering 28,000 Medicare patients, and achieved $39 millions in
Medicare savings in its first year. Ms. Conroy has also advised the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) Learning Network on ways to improve the ACO program, and worked
to consult with physician-led groups on how to form and operate their own ACOs.
Under Dr. Mostashari’s and Ms. Conroy’s leadership, Aledade will bring regulatory expertise to
Florida physicians, ensuring all participating doctors meet necessary ACO and meaningful use
standards. Internally, the ACO will establish quality benchmarks and a physician-led governing
board to develop and share best practices for patient outreach, engagement, and treatment.
About Aledade
Founded in 2014, Aledade is a new company with an old-fashioned goal: putting doctors back in
control of health care. Aledade partners with independent, primary care physicians to provide
everything the doctors need to create and run an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) – from
business and practice transformation services to upfront capital and cutting-edge technology. The
company is led by CEO and co-founder Dr. Farzad Mostashari, former National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and has
already established successful organizations in New York, Delaware, Maryland, and Arkansas.
Aledade employs a team of health policy, regulatory, data and practice transformation experts to
implement customized solutions and continuous, on-the-ground support partners to help doctors
in all types of communities across America preserve their autonomy, deliver better care to their
patients, reduce overall costs, and keep independent physician practices flourishing.

3. For more, visit: www.aledade.com.
About Primary Partners
Primary Partners are participants in the Medicare Shared Savings Program as an Accountable
Care Organization (ACO), sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS). The organization provides Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries in Florida with a
positive patient experience and improved health outcomes, while reducing growth in Medicare
expenditures for the same patient population.
For more, visit www.primarypartners.org.