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Hackensack Meridian Health, Lumeris expand partnership to include traditional Medicare  

Lumeris, a health care technology and services company, and Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), New Jersey’s largest integrated health network, announced an expansion of their value-based partnership to include traditional Medicare through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP).

The partnership, which focuses on Commercial and Medicare Advantage value-based programs across Hackensack Meridian Health Partners, HMH’s Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) of primary care providers, will now extend to traditional Medicare beneficiaries through the HMH accountable care organization (ACO). 

A Clinically Integrated Network is a physician-led organization that aligns providers through shared performance goals, coordinated care processes and value-based incentives. Lumeris will build on people, processes, analytics and technology established throughout the CIN to operate a risk-based MSSP ACO program that supports proactive, physician-led care.

“Our physicians are committed to delivering connected, high-quality care for seniors,” said Patrick Young, president, population health, Hackensack Meridian Health. “By expanding our work with Lumeris, we will leverage our strong foundation and proven workflows to improve outcomes and coordination for Medicare beneficiaries while supporting our clinicians with the tools and insights they need at the point of care.”

The expanded collaboration is designed to strengthen performance in quality, patient experience and total cost of care. By creating efficiencies through a shared financial accountability structure, HMH and Lumeris aim to enhance care coordination and outcomes for Medicare patients across New Jersey.

The Hackensack Meridian Health ACO (accountable care organization) is a team of more than 700 doctors and providers working to deliver higher-quality, better-coordinated care to people in communities throughout New Jersey. In 2024, this team helped make health care more affordable and effective, resulting in more than $40 million in total health care savings while achieving an 87.27% quality score from the CMS for maintaining patient health. 

For providing such care to nearly 46,200 patients, the HMH ACO earned a share of those savings — more than $18 million — which will be used to support and advance these patient-focused initiatives. This effort builds on a strong legacy of success, continuing the work of previous Hackensack Meridian Health ACO groups that together saved over $247 million between 2012 and 2021.

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