A Pioneer & Visionary Leader

Dr. Denton Cooley is world-renowned as the first doctor to perform a successful heart transplant in the U.S., and the first cardiovascular surgeon worldwide to implant an artificial heart. His legacy not only encompasses the positive impact he had on his patients’ lives, but also his innovation in creating the first and most successful prospective bundled payment program in America.

CVCP Through the Years

1984

Created the first bundled payment direct to employer with an oil & gas company

CVCP Certificate of Incorporation

1985

CVCP submitted the first proposal for a bundled payment program to HCFA (the precursor to CMS), which was denied

1991

CVCP's second submission for a bundled payment program to HCFA was accepted, and they became one of 7 bundled payment sites nationwide for Medicare patients

1995

1990s

Houston Medical Center
Added interventional and diagnostic packages HCFA Bypass Bundle Demonstration with Medicare

1991

Over 100 doctors in the CVCP network

1995

1998

2002

2010

CVCP, A Pioneer in Bundled Services, Shared Risk, and Single Payment: 1995 THI Journal Publication

Integrated Cardiac Care: Annual of Thoracic Surgery Publication

Partnered with Global Health Alliance (GHA) as their bundles managed services organization

The Woodlands
Added CHI The Woodlands (1st Ancillary Facility)

2013

North-West & West Houston
Added Methodist Willowbrook & West Houston Hospitals

2016

Houston Medical Center
Added Methodist Hospital Medical Center

Baytown & Dallas Fort Worth
Added HeartPlace and Methodist San Jacinto Hospital

2017

Sugar Land
Added Methodist Sugar Land

2018

GHA became part of the Cedar Gate suite of value-based care solutions, launching CVCP's partnership with Cedar Gate for its bundles program management

2019

Corpus Christi, Clear Lake, Kingwood, Pearland, Tomball & North Cypress
Added HCA Facilities at these locations

2020

McAllen
Added HCA Rio Grande

2021

Lake Jackson, Pasadena & Conroe
Added CHI Brazosport, and HCA Southeast & Conroe Hospitals

2022

Brownsville
Added HCA Valley Regional Hospital

2024

Celebrating 40 years of Cardiovascular Care

Denton A. Cooley, M.D.
Symbol of Excellence
Cardiovascular Surgery in Progress
Patrick J. Hogan, M.D.
Members of CVCP Administrative Staff
Donald G. Rochelle, M.D.
Denton A. Cooley, M.D.
Cardiac Catherization Lab - St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Hugh A. McAllister, M.D.
Charles W. McCluggage, M.D.
Joyce Bigley and Valerie Carroll, Certified Cardio-Pulmonary Perfusionists
O. Howard Frazier, M.D. and Dorris Skinner (1984 Heart Transplant Recipient)
Jerriann Hacker, M.D.
Denton A. Cooley, M.D.
Diane Peterson (Head of Marketing, St. Luke's) & Richard Smith (President, CVCP)
Edward Massin, M.D., Reviewing Patient Charts with a Nurse
Edward Bernacki, M.D., Medical Director for Tenneco
CVCP President Richard Smith (seated) with a Colleague
CVCP Employees