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Our Partners

An Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is a group of doctors and other health care providers who voluntarily work together with Medicare to give you high quality service and care. Gulf Coast Health Partners, incorporated as Northwest Florida Health Partners LLC, is comprised of:

ACO Participants

ACO Participants in Joint Venture between ACO Professionals and Hospitals
No participants are involved in a joint venture between ACO professionals and hospitals.

ACO Governing Body

  • Dr. Syed Jafri, Chairperson, ACO Participant, Sacred Heart Medical Group
  • Dr. Paul Baroco, Voting Member, Medicare Beneficiary Representative
  • Dr. Rachel Bixler, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Sacred Heart Medical Group
  • Susan Cornejo, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola
  • Dr. Dale Tucker, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Sacred Heart Medical Group
  • Michael Shaw, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola
  • Justin Labrato, Voting Member, ACO Participant, Sacred Heart Medical Group

Key ACO Clinical and Administrative Leadership

  • ACO Executive – Laura Behr
  • Medical Director – Dale Tucker, MD
  • Compliance Officer – Kathyrn Yurkovich
  • Quality Assurance/Improvement Officer - Rachel Bixler, MD

Types of ACO Participants, or Combinations of Participants, that Formed the ACO

  • ACO professionals in a group practice arrangement
  • Networks of individual practices of ACO professionals
  • Hospitals employing ACO professionals



 
 
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