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PVAC

About PVAC

Pioneer Valley Accountable Care (PVAC) is a single member limited liability company located in Springfield, Massachusetts. Baycare Health Partners, its member, is a Physician Hospital Organization (PHO) described below. PVAC has a 17-member Board of Managers, consisting of 11 physicians and three health system executives, all of whom are PVAC provider participants, two managed care organization executives, one Medicare fee-for-service beneficiary, and one Consumer Advocate. The Board of Managers oversees PVAC's operations and strategic direction.

PVAC is affiliated with Baycare Health Partners, Inc., a physician-hospital organization that serves the four Baystate Health hospitals and about 175 medical practices with approximately 1,400 physicians in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. Baycare is an alliance of the medical staff and Baystate Health hospitals and collaborates in improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and sustainability of health care in our community.

PVAC Board of Managers

Glenn Alli, M.D., Voting Member, Baystate Medical Practices
​Andrew Artenstein, M.D., Voting Member, Baystate Health, Inc.

Elizabeth Boyle, M.D., Voting Member, Baystate Medical Practices 
Madeline Cofield, Voting Member and Consumer Advocate
Scott Cooper, M.D., Voting Member, Pioneer Spine and Sports Physicians
Daniel Engelman, M.D., Voting Member and Vice Chair, Baystate Medical Practices
Kevin Epstein, M.D., Voting Member, Orchard Medical Associates
Steven Esrick, M.D., Voting Member, Valley Medical Group
David Fanti, M.D., Voting Member, Chestnut Medical Associates, Inc.

Paul J. Helmuth, M.D., Voting Member, Valley Medical Associates
Ira Klein, M.D., Voting Member, Health New England, Inc.
Thomas Magill, M.D., Voting Member, Medicare Beneficiary Representative
​Ray McCarthy, Voting Member, Baystate Health, Inc.

Marion McGowan, Voting Member, Baystate Health, Inc.
Lance Reynolds, M.D., Voting Member, Family Medicine Associates
Howard Ro, M.D., Voting Member, Springfield Medical Associates
Richard Swift, Voting Member, Health New England, Inc.

PVAC Participating Physician Groups & Hospitals

Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Baystate Medical Center
Baystate Noble Hospital
Baystate Wing Hospital
Baystate Medical Practices
Baystate Ob/Gyn Group
Chestnut Medical Associates
Elam Safi M.D.
Family Medicine Associates, dba Pioneer Valley Medical Center, LLC
James M. Freeman, M.D.
​Kidney Care and Transplant Services of New England, P.C.
Michael H. Hakim, M.D.
New England Orthopedic Surgeons
Orchard Medical Associates
Pioneer Spine & Sports Physicians
Pioneer Valley Urology
​Renal and Transplant Associates of New England, PC
Springfield Medical Associates
Valley Medical Associates
Valley Medical Group
Western Massachusetts Gastroenterology Associates

 PVAC Participant List
 January 2021                                                                                                                                                                      

Key Clinical and Administrative Leaders

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Pioneer Valley Accountable Care, LLC
101 Wason Avenue, Suite 200
Springfield, MA 01107
1-877-726-0290 or 413-794-7558
Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm (closed holidays)