What Responsive Care Solutions does

Responsive Care Solutions (RCS) is a non-profit Accountable Care Organization enrolled in the CMS Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), focused exclusively on frail elderly populations and individuals living with serious illness. Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, and operationally affiliated with Bluegrass Care Navigators, RCS recruits physician practices and hospice/palliative care providers into value-based care arrangements, then supports them with a data analytics platform featuring predictive risk stratification and Health Information Exchange (HIE) integration, plus an active learning collaborative, compliance training, and shared decision-making resources.

The organization's core technology is a population health analytics platform that goes beyond Medicare claims to deliver total cost of care visibility and real-time patient insights at intervention points. Core products are organized around care coordination across assisted living, long-term care, and home settings; the data analytics platform; the learning collaborative; shared decision-making resources; and an annual compliance training portal for participating providers.

RCS's revenue model is the MSSP shared-savings model: when participating practices reduce healthcare costs while meeting quality performance standards, the ACO shares in the savings generated by CMS, with distributions passed through to participating practices based on performance. As of 2023, RCS reported $0.00 in shared savings, and no other revenue, funding, or participant fees are disclosed. The organization is governed by a board comprising representatives from partner hospice and palliative care organizations across the U.S., including Empath Health, Gilchrist, Care Dimensions, Midland Care Connection, Transitions LifeCare, Alive, Samaritan, Delaware Hospice, and Hospice of the Valley, alongside a Medicare beneficiary representative. RCS is not owned or controlled by any private equity or venture capital firm.

Name

Responsive Care Solutions

Legal name

Responsive Care Solutions

Website

https://responsivecaresolutions.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Responsive Care Solutions is a non-profit Medicare Shared Savings Program ACO that supports physician practices and hospice/palliative care providers serving frail elderly populations with predictive analytics, a learning collaborative, and value-based care infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Accountable Care Organization Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324)

akta.pro primary industry

Post-Acute & Transitional Care Virtual Platforms (SNF/home health coordination) (HLALABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Elderly/Frail & Assisted Living Connected Care (PERS/Fall Detection) (HLACAFAE)

Keywords

• Accountable care organization
• Value-based care
• Population health management
• Care coordination
• Medicare Shared Savings Program

Headquarters

HQ city

Sarasota

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP): RCS participates in the CMS Medicare Shared Savings Program as an ACO. The organization shares in savings generated when participating practices reduce healthcare costs while meeting quality performance standards. Shared savings are distributed to participating practices based on their performance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Responsive Care Solutions (RCS) is a non-profit accountable care organization (ACO) that recruits and onboards physician practices focused on caring for frail elderly populations into value-based care arrangements through the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The organization delivers coordinated care across assisted living, long-term care facilities, and patient homes, and supports participating practices with a data analytics platform (including risk stratification and HIE integration), a learning collaborative for evidence-based practices, shared decision-making resources, and required compliance training.

Product overview

Responsive Care Solutions (RCS) is a healthcare services organization operating as an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program. The organization offers a unified suite of services centered on care coordination for frail elderly populations, encompassing data analytics with predictive risk stratification, a learning collaborative for evidence-based practices, shared decision-making resources, and compliance training. RCS delivers care across assisted living, long-term care facilities, and patients' homes, supported by HIE integration for real-time patient insights.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Care Coordination Services
• Data Analytics Platform
• Learning Collaborative
• Shared Decision Making Resources
• Compliance Training Platform
• Health Education Resources

Quantifiable outcome

• 2024 Quality: HbA1c Poor Control rate of 28.53% (vs 23.88% mean)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Alive Complex CarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlive is a nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider serving Middle Tennessee, offering hospice care, palliative care, and grief support services. They serve patients in homes, nursing facilities, and inpatient facilities across 12 counties. Founded in 1975 as the first hospice in the Southeast and third in the nation.
• Care DimensionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMassachusetts' largest hospice provider, offering hospice, palliative care, primary care at home with HomeMD, and the Dementia GUIDE program. Provides comprehensive home-based healthcare for aging in place and serious illness care.
• CareSynergy NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCare Synergy affiliates operate as distinct not-for-profit, mission-driven hospice, home health, and palliative care providers along the Front Range in Colorado. Members share resources to meet community needs while maintaining quality, compassionate care.
• Delaware HospicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe region's leading licensed nonprofit community-based healthcare organization offering hospice and palliative care. Plays a critical role in helping people navigate end-of-life care challenges.
• Empath HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA nonprofit devoted to pioneering all-embracing care for the full life, providing for all stages of care, all dimensions of well-being. Offers comprehensive hospice and palliative care services across the care continuum.
• Everent HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA trusted partner helping organizations navigate necessary distractions in care delivery. Specializes in finding and implementing processes, policies, and technologies that modernize care delivery. Supports organizations with decades of nonprofit hospice and serious-illness care experience.
• GilchristcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaryland's largest provider of serious illness, hospice and palliative care services, serving over 26,000 patients annually. Offers comprehensive services across care settings including private residences and senior living communities. Founded in 1994.
• Hospice of the ValleycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the largest nonprofit hospices in the country, serving over 7,000 patients daily with home-based primary care, palliative care, dementia care, and hospice services. Located in Maricopa County, Arizona, with innovative Dementia Care and Education Campus.
• Lifetouch HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe state's largest nonprofit hospice organization, now expanded to include personal, primary and palliative care. Focused on compassion, bringing comfort to individuals when most vulnerable.
• Midland Care ConnectioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAn integrated community care delivery system addressing social, physical and spiritual needs. Serves more than 1,800 people across 22 counties in Northeast Kansas through PACE, hospice, home health, meals on wheels, palliative care, adult day and grief services.
• Transitions LifecarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA large nonprofit palliative/hospice agency based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Vision to deliver right care at the right time with best possible experience for patients and families facing end of life or life-changing illness.
• SamaritancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAn independent nonprofit provider of home-based healthcare and supportive services based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Founded in 1980 as one of the nation's first hospices, now serves more than 11,000 patients and families annually across five New Jersey counties.
• Bluegrass Care NavigatorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA nationally recognized leader in hospice and palliative care services. The organization hosts RCS's main office and provides executive leadership support to RCS through Turner West's dual role as RCS President and VP of Health Policy and Strategy for Bluegrass Care Navigators.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Aledade: ACO enablement company partnering with independent primary care practices in MSSP and ACO REACH; directly comparable ACO-as-platform model with shared savings distribution and physician-network focus.
• Privia Health: Physician enablement and value-based care platform operating ACOs and risk-bearing arrangements with multi-specialty groups; comparable model of supporting practices in value-based care contracts and shared savings programs.
• InnovAge Holding Corp. PACE operator providing comprehensive care to frail elderly to keep them living in the community; one of RCS's partners (Midland Care) runs a PACE program, and InnovAge represents a comparable frail-elderly value-based care model.
• Landmark Health: In-home medical care provider for complex, frail elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions; operates value-based contracts and serves a similar frail elderly population across multiple care settings.
• agilon health: Public ACO enabler partnering with primary care physicians to take risk for senior Medicare populations; comparable MSSP/REACH-based risk-bearing model focused on senior care delivery, with shared savings as the primary revenue mechanism.
• Aspire Health (Optum Care): Palliative care and complex illness provider serving seriously ill patients in their homes; closest direct peer given RCS's hospice/palliative care provider base and frail elderly focus.

Broad incumbents

• CenterWell Senior Primary Care (Humana): Humana-owned senior-focused primary care platform operating value-based care contracts for Medicare Advantage members; a much larger incumbent with similar focus on frail elderly care delivery.
• VillageMD: Value-based primary care platform owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance; comparable model of enabling primary care physicians to operate in risk-bearing arrangements for senior populations.
• Oak Street Health (CVS Health): Value-based primary care provider exclusively serving Medicare beneficiaries, including those with complex needs; now part of CVS Health, offering a much broader scale and geographic footprint than RCS for frail elderly populations.
• ChenMed: Family-owned value-based primary care group serving low-income seniors with complex chronic conditions; comparable senior-focused, risk-bearing care model with shared savings economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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