Signify Health, Inc. announced an expansion of its relationship with Ardent Health Services, a premier provider of healthcare services with more than 200 sites of care across six states. A former participant in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement-Advanced (BPCI-A) program, Ardent will join a 2023 Signify-enabled accountable care organization to implement care transformation, manage risk and provide high-quality, coordinated care for its Medicare patients. Ardent's affiliated network of facilities and physicians in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas will work together with independent providers in a collaborative ACO model to achieve the benefits of scale and to effectively manage risk.

The strategic collaboration will support alignment with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' goal of having all Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in an accountable relationship by 2030. Earlier this year, Signify Health acquired Caravan Health, a leader in enabling sustainable ACO and population health programs. With this acquisition, Signify Health supports one of the largest networks of at-risk providers and offers one comprehensive platform to manage total cost of care. In 2020 and 2021, 100% of Signify Health's collaborative ACO participants earned shared savings.