Holy Cross Physician Partners, Memorial Health Network and Orange Care Group’s Independent Physician Association belong to ACHN, a super clinically integrated network

Board-certified neurologist Dr. James Goldenberg has joined the Atlantic Coast Health Network (ACHN) as medical director.

ACHN is a regional, super clinically integrated network (CIN) representing more than 1,600 physicians and 160,000 patients. It is comprised of HolyCrossHospital’s independent CIN, Holy Cross Physician Partners; MemorialHealthcareSystem’sindependent CIN, MemorialHealthNetwork; and Orange Care Group, LLC’s Independent Physician Association (IPA).

Clinical integration is the collaboration between physicians, ancillary health providers and hospitals with the goal of improving the health of a community by focusing on quality of care and outcomes while optimizing healthcare utilization and costs. ACHN is setting a new standard for value-focused transformations in South Florida, which, until recently, has remained largely steeped in old models of fee-for-service care compared to other major metropolitan areas.

Dr. Goldenberg previously had a private neurology practice in Palm Beach County. He has more than 25 years of clinical experience.

In addition to serving as ACHN’s new medical director, Dr. Goldenberg also is an affiliated assistant professor of neurology at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.

His leadership experience includes serving as JFK Hospital’s chairman of the board of trustees, chairman of the credentials committee, chairman of the bylaws committee and chief of the department of psychiatry and neurology. Additionally, he was the founding medical director of JFK Hospital’s stroke program and helped to develop the hospital’s comprehensive stroke center.

Dr. Goldenberg also founded the South Florida Physician Leadership Academy, which allows 18 physicians each year to learn new leadership skills to help them better serve their patients and communities, and launched the JEM Research Institute, a clinical research organization that performs predominantly industry-sponsored Phase II – IV clinical trials to help develop new treatments in the area of neurology.

An advocate for patients and physicians at the local, regional and national levels, Dr. Goldenberg is a past president of the Palm Beach County Medical Society and current board of governors member of the Florida Medical Association as well as the Council on Medical Economics and Practice Innovation. He also serves on the government relations committee, leadership committee and the board of directors of the American Academy of Neurology.

Among his accomplishments, Dr. Goldenberg has served as a disease-specific surveyor in stroke for The Joint Commission, the first physician to hold that position nationally.

He received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Florida and his medical degree from the University of South Florida. His neurology training and fellowship in neuromuscular disease were completed at the University of Miami.

Dr. Goldenberg is a resident of Lake Worth.

About Holy Cross Physician Partners

Holy Cross Physician Partners (HCPP) is a clinically integrated health care provider network that unites independent and employed physicians along with Holy Cross Hospital in a program that drives improvements in efficiency as well as health outcomes for close to 23,000 lives. Our approach involves a fundamentally different and more comprehensive approach to coordinating care across the health care continuum to ensure the right care is delivered at the right place at the right time—all at the right cost. We feel this approach is crucial to a sustainable, high quality health care delivery system that provides value to patients, employers and payers by delivering outstanding clinical care and outcomes while reducing inefficiencies and redundancies and their associated costs. Learn more at HolyCrossPhysicianPartners.com.

About Memorial Health Network

Memorial Health Network (MHN) is a physician-led partnership between the Memorial Healthcare System and its physicians created to manage and operate a clinically integrated network. With operations beginning in January of 2013, MHN’s mission is to promote a culture of collaboration and effective patient management across the entire continuum of care to produce exceptional clinical outcomes, reduce costs and consistently achieve the highest level of patient and family satisfaction while enjoying a distinction for value within the community and across the region. With more than 1,100 participating physicians, MHN presently cares for more than 70,000 lives. MHN's clinically integrated model promotes evidence-based healthcare and embraces the goal of value by improving quality outcomes and lowering costs. Learn more at MemorialHealthNetwork.net.

About Orange Care Group

Orange Care Group is a growing network of Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (“ACOs”), an Independent Physician Association (“IPA”), and a Management Services Organization (“MSO”) currently servicing over 700 providers and more than 45,000 patients in the states of Florida, New York, and New Jersey. With a mission to deliver high-quality, cost-effective, patient-centered care through integrated providers dedicated to superior patient experiences, Orange has achieved among the highest savings and quality scores in the nation. For more information, visit OrangeCareGroup.com.

About Atlantic Coast Health Network

Atlantic Coast Health Network provides enhanced care coordination for residents in the tri-county region, making it easier to share important health information across the healthcare continuum so providers involved in a patient’s care support the same treatment plan. This collaboration also helps to transition the region’s healthcare system from one that reimburses for quantity of services to one that rewards the quality of patients’ health outcomes while seeking to make care more affordable. For more information, visit ACHNFL.com.