GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Priority Health, one of the nation’s top health plans, is recognizing nearly 200 primary care practices across the state of Michigan with a Priority Health Quality Award. The Priority Health Quality Awards, established in 2003, recognize practices for their performance in delivering excellence in health care.
“For more than 15 years, we have been working with physicians across the state to improve the quality of care for patients,” said Kimberly K. Horn, president and CEO for Priority Health. “This long-standing partnership has led us to create programs and services that far exceed the industry. As a result, patients in Michigan are more likely to get mammograms and receive help managing their chronic diseases than anywhere else in the nation.”
Priority Health analyzes the highest-performing practices within its network of 14,000 providers through its Partners in Performance program. The program provides financial rewards to primary care doctors who provide appropriate screenings and preventive care to patients. The National Business Coalition on Health recognized Partners in Performance for effectively rewarding physicians for providing high quality and cost-efficient care for patients.
Over 15 years, the company has paid out $150 million in support of primary care, over and above standard payment for services. The company expects to pay physicians $30 million in 2011.
Award winners include:
ABC Pediatrics
Adult Medicine Specialists
Advantage Health Physician Network - Downtown Family Medicine Office
Advantage Health Physician Network - Downtown OB/GYN Specialists
Advantage Health Physician Network - East Beltline Family Medicine Office
Advantage Health Physician Network - Jenison Family Medicine Office
Advantage Health Physician Network - Northwest Family Medicine Office
Advantage Health Physician Network - Southeast Family Medicine Office
Advantage Health Physician Network - Southwest Family Medicine Office
Advantage Health Physician Network - Walker Standale Family Medicine Office
AF Associates Family Medicine
Allendale Family Practice
Area Wide OB/GYN Health Services, PC
Battiste Family Medicine
Bay Area Family Care
Bear Creek Health Center
Brookville Pediatric & Internal Medicine, PC
Browne Medical, PLC
Byron Road Medical Group
Cadillac Family Physicians
Carson Family Care Center
Cascade Pediatrics, LLP
Charles R. Barker, Jr., DO
Cherry Bend Family Care
David B. Munro, MD and Joshua D. Munro, MD
David C. Tattan, DO
David J. Presley, DO, PC
Deborah L. Peery, MD
Debra Graetz, MD
Douglas J. Smendik, MD
Dundee Family Care
East Paris Internal Medicine Associates, PC
Eastside Family Medical
Family Care Center
Family Medicine Specialists, PC
Family Practice Associates of West Michigan, PC
Family Practice of Cadillac
Family Tree Medical Associates
Forest Hills Pediatric Associates, PC
Fowlerville Medical Center - Norine Tracy, MD
Gary Gulish, DO
Grand Traverse Internists, PC
Grand Valley Medical Specialists, PLC
Grandville Pediatrics, PC
Great Lakes Family Care
Greenville Family Care Center
Gun Lake Family Medicine
Harborwood Family Medicine
Harbour Point Medical Associates, PC
Harbour View Family Medicine
Hastings Pediatrics, PC
HealthCare Midwest Internal Medicine
Holland Family Medicine, PC
IHA - Ann Arbor Family Medicine
IHA - Brighton Family Care
IHA - Chelsea Family and Internal Medicine
IHA - Chelsea Pediatric Center
IHA - Child Health - Plymouth
IHA - Internal Medicine - Commonwealth
IHA - Livingston Pediatrics
IHA - Milan Family Medicine
IHA - Pediatric Healthcare - Arbor Park
IHA - Primary Pediatrics - Ann Arbor
IHA - West Arbor Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine of West Michigan
Jack R. Roossien Jr., MD, PC
Jackson Pediatrics
James Taylor, DO, PC
Jupiter Family Medicine, PC
Kent Pediatrics, PC
KPA Medical
L. Michael Sterenberg, DO
Lakes Family Medicine
Lakeshore Family Care
Lakeshore Family Care, PC
Lakeshore Health Partners - South Washington Family Medicine
Lakeshore Health Partners Internal Medicine & Pediatrics
Lakeshore Internal Medicine & Pediatric Associates
Lakewood Family Medicine, PLC
Laura Shea, MD
Little Traverse Primary Care
Lowell Family Medical Center
Mark N. Folkening, MD
Mary Louder, DO - Traverse Bay Medical
Mercy Westshore Internal Medicine
Metro Health Caledonia
Metro Health Cascade
Metro Health Cedar Springs
Metro Health Comstock Park
Metro Health Hudsonville
Metro Health Jenison
Metro Health Rockford
Metro Health Southwest - East
Metro Health Southwest - West
Metro Health Wayland
Michael G. Marcotte, MD, PC
Mika & Mika, PC
Neighborhood Family Care the Office of Robert C. Allen, MD
Northshore Family Practice
Norton Family Practice
OB/GYN Associates of Holland, PC
Partners in Family Health, PLC
Partners in Internal Medicine
Patricia Roy, DO, PC
Pediatric Associates of Kentwood, PC
Pediatric Partners, PLC
Peter B. App, MD
Phillip J. Gaca, DO
Pine Medical Group, PC
Port City Pediatrics, PLC
Ravenna Family Practice, PC
Riverside Pediatrics
Riverwood Family Medicine, PC
Robert Vartabedian, MD
Russell N. VanHouzen
Saint Mary's Health Care - Heritage Pediatrics
Saint Mary's Health Care - Peter M. Wege Center Family Medicine
Saint Mary's Health Care - Peter M. Wege Center Internal Medicine
Saline Adult and Pediatric Medicine - St. Joseph Mercy Medical Group
Satterlee Family Health
Scholl, Farmer & Shore
Shelly L. Williams, DO, PLLC
Shoreline Pediatrics
Spectrum Health Evart Family Practice
Spectrum Health Medical Group - 4069 Lake Drive Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - 4100 Lake Drive Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - 68th Street Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Alpine Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Blodgett Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Campustowne Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Century Lane Pediatrics
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Coopersville Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Gaslight Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Rapids Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Rapids Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Rapids Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Rapids OB/GYN
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Greenville Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Haven Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Haven Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Holland OB/GYN
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Holland South Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grandville Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Kalamazoo Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Kentwood Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Mid Towne OB/GYN
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Rivertown Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Rockford Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Rockford Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Spectrum Health Medical Group - South Pavilion Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Sparta Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Summit Park Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Spectrum Health Medical Group - West Pavilion Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - West Pavilion Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Reed City Family Practice
Spectrum Health Tustin Family Practice
Standale Family Physicians
Stanton Family Care Center
Suttons Bay Medical Clinic
Terry D. Howell, MD
Thirlby Clinic
Thomas R. Bannow, DO
Thomas Watkins, DO
Thornapple Valley Family Health
Trimas Family Care
West Front Primary Care, PLLC
West Michigan Family Medicine Kentwood
West Michigan Family Medicine, PC - Alpine
West Michigan OB-GYN PC
West View Family Medicine
Westshore Family Medicine, PC
Williamson Family Medicine
Wyoming Family Medicine, PC
Zeeland Physicians
About Priority Health:
Priority Health is an award-winning health benefits company, recognized for its innovative solutions that lower per capita health care costs while maximizing the members’ experience. It provides coverage for 600,000 people with a broad portfolio of products including: self-funded, HMO, PPO, small business, individual and Medicare plans. The company continues to be rated as one of America’s Best Health Plans by U.S. News & World Report and the National Committee for Quality Assurance.