For years, Wellvana honored standout partners with the Pioneer Awards—a name that captured the spirit of the early days of value-based care, when our partners were doing something uncharted.

That era is over.

Value-based care isn't a frontier anymore—it's the standard for care in America. And the partners in our network aren't pioneers. They're proof of the promise of value-based care. The CARE Awards exist to recognize what that proof looks like in practice.

Winners aren't chosen by favoritism or seniority. A panel of data analysts, clinical leaders, account directors, and executive leadership evaluated organizations across multiple performance metrics: readmission rates, avoidable ED visits, wellness visit completion, clinical documentation accuracy, shared savings performance, and more.

The data speaks for itself. What you'll find below are the standout organizations within Wellvana’s ACO network who aren’t just doing the work—they're showing the way forward for the next era of value-based care.

Health System

Navigated major change management while continuing to grow; advanced their care management program, launched CCM billing, and moved from “good” to “great" on Annual Wellness Visits despite simultaneous organizational expansion.

• 12.4% readmission rate and 20.6-day SNF length of stay

• Ranked top 10 in-network, with best-in-class PCIP performance

• Facilities ranked in CHARTIS' Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals, Top 100 CAHs, and NRHA's Top 20 CAHs in 2025

Community Hospital

Workflow redesign, team training, community partnerships, and outcomes focus have produced compounding results—demonstrating that disciplined execution, not market advantage, drives top performance.

• Top 10 network performer, with standout results across key quality and care metrics

• Launched Next Day ED Follow-Up Program resulting in measurable reduction in ED utilization across both total and avoidable ED visits

• Increased CCM enrollment by 50% within eight months

Independent Practice

Successfully managing both capitated and fee-for-service populations while maintaining value-based care discipline.

• Top performer across ACD and PCIP measures

• Strong proactive patient outreach and deep knowledge of their patient population

• Leading network performer on key metrics driving ACO performance including IP utilization and SNF admits

Health System

Eighty-six percent of all scheduled encounters completed with ambient AI producing measurable clinician efficiency gains: 39% reduction in documentation time, 37% reduction in after-hours "pajama time,” 25% fewer post-appointment documentation completions, and 19% faster encounter closure.

• 80+ VBC arrangements and 238K+ lives managed under value-based care

• 2025 Q4 risk ratio of 2.77%—more than 3.5x the ACO average of 0.77%

• Built out care access infrastructure with a post-acute navigator nurse and rural paramedicine program to better serve community needs

Community Hospital

Deep-dive diagnosis-level analysis for hypertension, ED physician coding education, provider-level comorbidity documentation engagement, and ongoing colorectal screening advancement have created a replicable, scalable model.

• CHARTIS’ Top 100 CAH in 2025

• Highest preventive care intervention performance for community hospitals with a score of 93.5%

• AWV performance sustained above 70% since 2023

Independent Practice

Hired a care navigator for proactive patient engagement, built a dedicated care coordination team for gap closure, and added a quality director to embed continuous improvement.

• Leading performance across ACD and AWV measures

• Zero readmissions across 85 inpatient admissions

• Direct partnership with a pharmacy operation enables medication management optimization, polypharmacy review, and vaccination initiatives