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Business Enterprise Program (BEP) Contact and Service Area Information

Below is a listing of designated BEP contacts from groups that have submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) as of September 31, 2013, indicating interest in submitting a proposal for the award of an HFS contract as an Accountable Care Entity to manage a Coordinated Care network for Medicaid clients in Illinois. Proposals are due by January 3, 2014, and must include BEP Utilization Plans with currently certified vendors.

BEP contacts

Access Community Health Network

Etta Ish Henderson - Corporate Compliance Officer
600 W Fulton, Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60661
Office: 312-526-2120 (O)
Fax: 312-526-2145 (F)
Etta.henderson@accesscommunityhealth.net
Service Area(s): City of Chicago, Suburban Cook County and DuPage County

Accountable Care Chicago, LLC

Tom Garvey - Senior Vice President and CFO
5145 N. California Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60625
Office: 773-293-1123
TGarvey@schosp.org
Service Area(s): Cook County, primarily within the City of Chicago

Advocate Physician Partners

Erin Heppner Director, Payer Analytics
1701 W Golf Road, Suite 2-1100
Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008
Office: 847-375-2212 (O)
Fax: 847-635-5909 (F)
erin.heppner@advocatehealth.com
Service Area(s): Metropolitan Chicago and Central Illinois (Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane, DuPage, Kendall, Will, McLean and Woodford Counties)

Alexian Brothers Health Systems

Jan Crigler - Director, Capital Acquisitions
2451 Lively Boulevard
Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
Office: 847-385-7376 (O)
Fax: 847-483-7039 (F)
jan.crigler@alexian.net
Service Area(s): 60004, 60005, 60007, 60008, 60010, 60016, 60018, 60047, 60056, 60067, 60068, 60070, 60074, 60089, 60090, 60101,60103, 60104, 60106, 60107, 60108, 60110, 60118, 60120, 60123, 60124, 60126, 60131, 060133, 60134, 60136, 60137, 60139, 60140, 60143, 60148, 60157, 60160, 60162, 60163, 60164, 60165, 60169, 60171, 60172, 60173, 60174, 60175, 60176, 60177, 60181, 60184, 60187, 60188, 60189, 60190, 60191, 60192, 60193, 60194, 60195, 60631, 60634, 60656, 60706, 60707

Cadence Health

John Yep - Director Business Development
27 W 353 Jewell Road
Winfield, Illinois 60190
Office: 630-933-2000
john.yep@cadencehealth.org
Service Area(s): DuPage, Kane and Will Counties

Chicago South Side Accountable Care Entity, LLC and Loretto Hospital

Charles Holland - President and Chief Executive Officer
326 West 64th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60621
Office: 773-962-4100
cholland@stbh.org
Service Area(s): Cook County primarily within the City of Chicago

First Health of Illinois, LLC

Darrel Saldanha - Chairman
9680 Golf Road, 2nd Floor
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
Office: 847-212-8227
saldanha85@gmail.com
Service Area(s): Chicago and Cook County

Heritage Provider Network, Inc.

Rick Martin - Vice President
621 E. Carnegie Drive, Suite 140
San Bernardino, California 92408
Office: 916-295-4069
rmartin@heritagemed.com
Service Area(s): Cook, Lake, Kane, DuPage, Will, Kankakee, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Rock Island, Henry, Mercer, Knox, Stark, Peoria, Tazewell, McLean, Ford, Champaign, Vermillion, Piatt, DeWitt, Macon, Logan, Menard, Sangamon, Christian, Madison, St. Clair, and Clinton counties

Illinois Hospital Alliance (Carle Foundation Hospital )

Melissa Black - Manager of Government Relations
611 W. Park St
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Office: 217-326-2097
Melissa.Black@carle.com
Service Area(s): Boone, Champaign, Christian, Cook, DeWitt, DuPage, Ford, Henry, Kane, Kankakee, Knox, Lake, Logan, Macon, McHenry, McLean, Menard, Peoria, Piatt, Sangamon, Stark, Tazewell, Vermilion, Will, and Winnebago.
Mandatory Enrollment Region Counties Not Within ACE Service Area: Clinton, Madison, Mercer, Rock Island, and St. Clair. ACE Counties In Voluntary Enrollment Regions: Adams, Brown, Cass, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, DeKalb, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fulton, Grundy, Hancock, Henderson, Iroquois, Jasper, Kendall, La Salle, Lee, Livingston, Macoupin, Marshall, Mason, McDonough, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Pike, Putnam, Rock Island, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stephenson, Warren, Whiteside, and Woodford.

Independent Physicians' ACO of Chicago, LLC

John Venetos, M.D. - Chairman of the Board
2740 West Foster Avenue, Suite 116
Chicago, Illinois 60625
Office: 773-989-6262
samv5161@aol.com
Service Area(s): Entire State of Illinois

Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center

Margo Brooks-Pugh - Vice President, Resource Development
7531 Stony Island
Chicago, Illinois 60649
Office: 773-947-7525 (O)
Fax: 773-947-7812 (F)
MargoBrooks@JacksonPark.Com
Service Area(s): 60649, 60619, 60617, 60637, 60620, 60628, 60621, 60636, 60615, 60609, 60643

Loyola University Health Systems

Ellyn Chin - VP Payor Strategies and Contracting
2160 S. First Ave., Mulcahy-2529
Maywood, Illinois 60153
Office: 708-216-3998
chine@lumc.edu
Service Area(s): Cook, DuPage and some Will Counties

Medical Home Network

Lynn S. Robertson Executive Assistant
939 W. North Ave., Suite 875
Chicago, Illinois 60642
Office: 312-274-0126 x1212 (O)
Fax: 312-274-0555 (F)
lrobertson@mhnchicago.org
Service Area(s): Includes 47 Zip Codes on Chicago's South Side

NorthShore University Health System

Preethy Rangan, MHA - Managed Care Contract Specialist
4901 Searle Parkway
Skokie, IL 60076
Office: 847-982-4214
prangan@northshore.org
Service Area(s): 60004, 60005, 60015, 60016, 60022, 60025, 60026, 60029, 60030, 60031, 60035, 60037, 60040, 60043, 60044, 60045, 60047, 60048, 60053, 60056, 60060, 60061, 60062, 60064, 60065, 60069, 60070, 60073, 60076, 60077, 60082, 60085, 60087, 60089, 60090, 60091, 60093, 60201, 60202, 60203, 60208, 60625, 60626, 60631, 60640, 60641, 60645, 60646, 60659, 60660, 60712, 60714

Presence Health Partners

Jessica Bullock - Director, Grants & Government Partnerships
200 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Office: 312-308-3246
Fax: 312-308-3396
jessica.bullock@presencehealth.org
Service Area(s): State of Illinois

Proviso Township Mental Health Commission (Path to Wellness)

Jesse D. Rosas
4565 Harrison 3rd Floor
Hillside, Illinois 60162
Office: 708-449-5508 (O)
Fax: 708-449-6421 (F)
jrosas@ptmhc.org
Service Area(s): 60104, 60126, 60130, 60141, 60153, 60154, 60155, 60160, 60162, 60163, 60164, 60165, 60305, 60513, 60521, 60525, 60526, 60546, 60558, 60301, 60304, 60402, 60804

Rockford Health System ACE

Paula R. Dillon - Director of Managed Care
2400 N. Rockton Avenue
Rockford, Illinois 61103
Office: 815-971-5871
pdillon@rhsnet.org
Service Area(s): Winnebago, Boone and Ogle Counties. Tertiary Service Areas: Stephenson, Whiteside, Lee, McHenry, LaSalle and DeKalb Counties

Sinai Health System

Craig Frazier - Vice President
2750 W. 15th Street. Room F127
Chicago, Illinois 60608
Office: 773-257-5296 (O)
Fax: 773-257-6430 (F)
craig.frazier@sinai.org
Service Area(s): West, Southwest and South Chicago and Proximate Areas of Suburban Cook County

St. Mary's-Good Samaritan, Inc.

Phil Gustafson - President and CEO
1 Good Samaritan Way
Mt. Vernon, Illinois 62864
Office: 618-436-6540
Philip_Gustafson@ssmhc.com

Julie Long - Vice President of Strategic Planing
1 Good Samaritan Way
Mt. Vernon, Illinois 62864
Office: 618-436-6535
julie_long@ssmhc.com

Michelle Darnell - Vice President of Systems Improvement/CCN
1 Good Samaritan Way
Mt. Vernon, Illinois 62864
Office: 618-899-1044
michelle_darnell@ssmhc.com

Dee Evischi - Chief Financial Officer
1 Good Samaritan Way
Mt. Vernon, Illinois 62864
Office: 618-899-1040
dee_evischi@ssmhc.com

Thomas Gaziano - Vice President of Clinical Services, Accountable Care Associates
One Monarch Place, 10th floor
Springfield, Massachusetts 01144
Office: 413-439-2600
tagaziano@acafirst.com

Jean Brodowski - Vice President of Compliance, Accountable Care Associates
One Monarch Place, 10th floor
Springfield, Massachusetts 01144
Office: 413-439-2512
jbrodowski@acafirst.com

Dr. Phil Gaziano - CEO, Accountable Care Associates
One Monarch Place, 10th floor
Springfield, Massachusetts 01144
413-314-6268
gazianop@acafirst.com

Amy Dias - Fraud, Waste & Abuse Manager, Accountable Care Associates
One Monarch Place, 10th floor
Springfield, Massachusetts 01144
Office: 413-439-2580
Adias@acafirst.com

Service Area(s): Clay, Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Marion, Perry, Washington & Wayne

The Methodist Medical Center of Illinois (Peoria Regional Organized System of Care)

Terry Waters - VP Strategy and Development
221 NE Glen Oak Ave
Peoria, Illinois 61636
Office: 309-672-4521
Terry.Waters@unitypoint.org
Service Area(s): Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell Counties

Thorek Memorial Hospital

Ned Budd - Chief Executive Officer
850 W. Irving Park Road
Chicago, Illinois 60613
Office: 773-975-6705 (O)
Fax: 773-975-3217 (F)
EBudd@Thorek.org
Service Area(s): 60018, 60606, 60607, 60608, 60612, 60613, 60614, 60618, 60622, 60625, 60634, 60640, 60641, 60647, 60657, 60644, 60624, 60626, 60660, 60637, 60653, 60616, 60645, 60620, 60639, 60619, 60651, 60628, 60636, 60621, 60623, 60609, 60615, 60659,

Unified Physicians Network ACO, LLC (Independent Health Resources, Inc.)

Tayebe Shah-Mirany - Vice President & General Counsel
5215 Old Orchard Road, Suite 340
Skokie, Illinois 60077-1042
Office: 847-763-7259 (O)
Fax: 847-676-6983 (F)
TSM@IHR-MSO.COM
Service Area(s): Cook, Kane, and DuPage Counties

UnityPoint Health - Trinty

Nancy Mulcahey - Grants Administrator
2121 - 1st Street A
Moline, Illinois 61265
Phone: 309-764-7038 (O)
Fax: 309-764-3854 (F)
Nancy.Mulcahey@unitypoint.org
Service Area(s): Henry, Mercer and Rock Island Counties