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 21-member Board of Managers, consisting of 14 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.
Brian Banker, M.D., Voting Member, RiverBend Medical Group; DBA THONE Medical Group
Bashir Bashiruddin, M.D., Voting Member, Family Medicine Associates
Adam Blacksin, M.D., Voting Member, Connecticut River Internists
Elizabeth Boyle, M.D., Voting Member, Baystate Medical Practices
Dennis Chalke, Voting Member and Secretary/Treasurer, Baystate Health, Inc. 
Madeline Cofield, Voting Member and Consumer Advocate
Scott Cooper, M.D., Voting Member, Pioneer Spine and Sports Physicians
John Egelhofer, M.D., Voting Member, Chestnut Medical Associates
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
Joel Feinman, Ph.D., Voting Member, Valley Medical Group
Laurie Gianturco, M.D., Voting Member, Health New England, Inc.
Jody Gross., Voting Member, Health New England, Inc.
Paul J. Helmuth, M.D., Voting Member, Valley Medical Associates
Mark Keroack, M.D., Voting Member, Baystate Health, Inc.
Thomas Magill, M.D., Voting Member, Medicare Beneficiary Representative
Howard Ro, M.D., Voting Member, Springfield Medical Associates
Daniel Weiswasser, M.D., Voting Member, RiverBend Medical Group; DBA THONE Medical Group

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
Connecticut River Internists
Family Medicine Associates, dba Pioneer Valley Medical Center, LLC
​Kidney Care and Transplant Services of New England, P.C.
New England Orthopedic Surgeons
Orchard Medical Associates
Pioneer Spine & Sports Physicians
Pioneer Valley Cardiology Associates
Pioneer Valley Urology
​Renal and Transplant Associates of New England, PC
RiverBend Medical Group, Inc; DBA THONE Medical Group
Springfield Medical Associates
Valley Medical Associates
Valley Medical Group
Western Massachusetts Gastroenterology Associates
Westfield Medical Corporation, dba Noble Medical Group

PVAC Preferred Providers                                                                      PVAC Participant List                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           October 2019 Participants.pdf

The following is a list of Preferred  Providers that participate in the Next General Accountable Care Model with Pioneer Valley Accountable Care.
- May Awkal, M.D.
- Adnan Dahdul, M.D.
- Anna Maria Elder, M.D.
- Karen Hoyt, M.D.
- Fahim Kazi, M.D.
- David McDougall, D.O.
- Joshua Mintz, M.D.
- Gerald Steinberg, M.D.
- Heather Wark, M.D.
- Paul Helmuth, M.D.

Key Clinical and Administrative Leaders

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