In 2012 BJC became the first health care provider in the St. Louis area to take on the challenge of forming an accountable care organization (ACO) to take better care of seniors. Ten years later, about 38,000 patients are covered and the organization has regularly met its goals of reducing the total cost of care while improving care quality.

The ACO would like to introduce you to our five wonderful social workers.

The Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) is an annual prevention-focused visit between a patient and a primary care physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant. The visit is offered at no charge to the patient.

In February 2021, the BJC Accountable Care Organization (ACO) began remote patient monitoring technology using Bluetooth-enabled devices and tablets to manage patients after being discharged from the hospital. Patients who have CHF and/or COPD with a recent hospitalization have been receiving the devices, but plans are to expand to additional diagnoses as well as those patients without a recent hospitalization.