BANGOR, MAINE — Community Care Partnership of Maine improved care for nearly 17,000 Medicare beneficiaries across the state and saved Medicare $6,341,665 by meeting quality and cost goals in 2020, according to recently released performance data from the federal agency that administers Medicare. 

Community Care Partnership of Maine earned a quality score of 98.13% on performance measures such as conducting cancer screenings and preventing avoidable hospitalizations, Medicare data show. The $6,341,665 of gross savings to Medicare resulted in a shared savings payment of $2,489,103 to CCPM. CCPM and its member organizations, all of which are federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) or community hospitals, will use the performance payment to invest in continued improvements in the delivery of high-quality patient care. Performance year 2020 marks CCPM’s fifth consecutive year of success in the program. The graph below outlines CCPM’s cumulative savings generated (in blue) and net savings (in green) in MSSP 2016-2020.

“I am so proud of our tremendous success in the Medicare Shared Savings Program over the last five years. It is truly a testament to our member organizations’ dedication to CCPM’s mission to deliver high-quality, person-centered and cost-effective care to the people of Maine,” said Mary Prybylo, CEO of Community Care Partnership of Maine and President of St. Joseph Healthcare in Bangor. 

CCPM is comprised of 18 organizations – 15 FQHCs and 3 community hospitals. Member organizations share best practices in order to improve patient health outcomes and ensure continuity of care across the care delivery system. CCPM’s MSSP participants in 2020 included:

• Cary Medical Center – Caribou
• Eastport Health Care – Eastport
• Fish River Rural Health – Eagle Lake, Fort Kent and Madawaska
• Greater Portland Health – Portland and South Portland
• Health Access Network – Lincoln, Lee, Medway, Millinocket and West Enfield
• Hometown Health Center – Newport and Dexter
• Katahdin Valley Health Center – Millinocket, Ashland, Houlton, Patten and Brownville
• Millinocket Regional Hospital – Millinocket
• Nasson Health Care – Springvale and North Berwick
• Penobscot Community Health Care – Bangor, Brewer, Old Town, Winterport, Jackman and Belfast
• Pines Health Services – Caribou, Presque Isle and Van Buren
• Sacopee Valley Health Center – Porter
• St. Joseph Healthcare – Bangor, Brewer and Hampden

In 2020 nationally, ACOs caring for over 12 million beneficiaries participated in the MSSP, generating gross savings of $4.2 billion based on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services methodology for setting financial benchmarks. A press release with more information about MSSP ACOs is available online, along with other resources — What is an ACO? — and the ABCs of ACOs.