LVHN ACO: For Providers

Interested in joining LVHN ACO?

To learn more about participating in LVHN ACO, please contact Michelle Crespo at 610-969-2527.

LVHN ACO Preferred Partners

LVHN ACO has provided a list of preferred providers for beneficiaries.

This list does not limit the provider that beneficiaries are permitted to see. Beneficiaries always have a choice about what doctors they see or hospitals they visit.

  • Adult Medicine & Geriatrics
  • AMC Medical Associates
  • Bognet Medical Associates
  • College Hill Family Practice
  • Daniel M. Rappaport, MD
  • David P. Zambo, DO, LLC
  • Douglas F. Turtzo, MD
  • East Penn Medical Practice
  • Erika Lahav, MD
  • Fairmont Medical Center
  • H. N. Olewiler, MD
  • Hetushma Patel, DO
  • James J. Freeman, DO
  • John F. Wolf, MD
  • Joseph A. Habig II, MD
  • Kenneth G. Ryder, MD
  • Lehigh Valley Family Practice
  • Lehigh Valley Home Care
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest & 17th Street
  • Lehigh Valley Internists
  • Lehigh Valley Physician Group (LVPG)
  • Maureen C. Persin, DO, PC
  • Michael F. Benavage, MD
  • Miller Heights Medical Associates
  • OACIS Palliative Care
  • Parkland Family Health Center
  • Pocono Adult & Family Pediatric Medical Group
  • Richard J. Lizak, DO
  • Shepherd Hills Family Practice
  • Switchback Medical Center, LLC
  • Thomas J. Czajkowski, MD
  • Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Tiers
  • Valley Health Partners Community Health Center

The SNFs designated as Preferred or Aligned have signed a cooperative agreement with LVHN.

SNFs were evaluated based on:

Quality

  • Performance in key quality metrics and patient outcomes
  • CMS quality ratings and
  • Readmission rates

Care coordination

  • Patient volume
  • location of service and
  • On-site LVHN/LVPG provider presence

Cost factors

  • Length of stay
  • Resource Utilization Group (RUG) and
  • Cost per episode

Patients will receive information about these partnerships from hospital Case Managers. Patients may choose any SNF, even if not Preferred or Aligned with LVHN. LVPG Geriatrics, through SNF Learning Collaboratives, will continue to work with all facilities.

However, pilots for any new pathways and protocols will be piloted with Preferred facilities and then implemented with all tiered facilities. Evaluations of facilities will occur annually and their relationships with LVHN may change as a result.

Preferred Facilities

View a list of our preferred SNFs by county.