Atrius Health

Atrius Health formed in 2004, is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, and is the largest independent physician-led healthcare organization in the Northeast. Atrius Health delivers a system of connected care for more than 675,000 adult and pediatric patients in eastern and central Massachusetts. Atrius Health’s 29 medical practices, with more than 35 specialties and 750 physicians, work together with the home health and hospice services of its VNA Care Network Foundation subsidiary and in close collaboration with hospital partners, community specialists and skilled nursing facilities.

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• Atrius health care about you
• Braintree dedham and norwood meet dr andrew chapman atrius health orthopedics sports medicine
• Steven Strongwater MD President and CEO
• Joe Kimura MD Chief Medical Officer
• Atrius Health Medical Practices
• Hospital Affiliations
• Timeline
• References

The Atrius Health groups have a long history of operating as a model for Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), with full responsibility for the quality and cost of care for many of their patients since before the term was coined by Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH, in 2006. In 2009, Atrius Health became one of the first organizations to sign on to the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Alternative Quality Contract (AQC), viewed by many as one of the first models of an Accountable Care Organization.

Atrius Health is also a participant in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s Pioneer ACO program. In 2015, Atrius Health’s Pioneer ACO’s quality scores were the highest among Pioneer ACO’s in Massachusetts and the third highest among Pioneer ACOs nationally. The ACO model enables Atrius Health to employ effective population health management to pro-actively care for groups of patients with similar conditions over the long term and across the care continuum.

Almost all of the Atrius Health primary care practices have received the highest possible national accreditation as Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Homes from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Atrius Health has also earned Stage 7 recognition from HIMSS Analytics, the highest level possible nationally for the use of health information technology. This sophistication of technology includes a web portal that allows clinicians within Atrius Health and partnering organizations to have easy one-click, read-only access to a patient’s electronic medical record at many hospitals in the area. Patients of Atrius Health can access a secure patient portal to allow access to medical records and communicate securely with doctors online.