Priority Health Honors Michigan Providers for Quality Care

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Priority Health is recognizing more than 200 Michigan primary care practices with Priority Health Quality Awards. The award, established in 2003, identifies practices for delivering superior performance in clinical quality measures and patient satisfaction.

“These top-performing practices share Priority Health’s long-standing commitment to continuously improving the quality of care for patients”

“These top-performing practices share Priority Health’s long-standing commitment to continuously improving the quality of care for patients,” said Michael P. Freed, president and CEO for Priority Health. “Our commitment to build strong partnerships with physicians has led us to create programs and services that far exceed the industry. As a result, patients in Michigan are more likely to get breast and colon cancer screenings and 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 awards to primary care physicians who provide appropriate preventive care and screenings to patients to support delivery of prevention, high-quality and cost-effective 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. Priority Health expects to pay physicians $24 million in 2012.

Award winners include:

ABC Pediatrics
Adult Medicine Specialists
Advantage Health - Caledonia Family Medicine Office
Advantage Health - Downtown Family Medicine Office
Advantage Health - East Beltline Family Medicine/ Internal Medicine Office
Advantage Health - Northeast Family Medicine Office
Advantage Health - Northwest Family Medicine/ Internal Medicine Office
Advantage Health - Rivertown Office
Advantage Health - Southeast Family Medicine Office
Advantage Health - Southwest Family Medicine/ Internal Medicine/Pediatric Office
Advantage Health - Walker Standale Family Medicine Office
Advantage Health Downtown OB/GYN Specialists
AF Associates Family Medicine, PC
Allegiance Family Medicine - Spring Arbor
Allegiance Family Medicine - Summit Woods
Allendale Family Practice
Area Wide OB/GYN Health Services, PC
Associates of Family Medicine
Battiste Family Medicine
Bay Area Family Care of Traverse City, PLC
Bear Creek Health Center
Brookville Pediatric and Internal Medicine, PC
Brown Medical, PLC
Byron Road Medical Group
Cadillac Family Physicians, PC
Canton Internal Medicine
Carson Family Care Center
Cascade Pediatrics
Cherry Bend Family Care, PLC
Clarkston Medical Group
Columbia Medical Center
Dave May, DO, PLLC
David B. Munro, MD, PC
David J. Presley, DO, PC
Deborah L. Perry
Debra Graetz, MD
Dexter Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Douglas Smendik, MD
Dr. Robert Vartabedian
East Paris Internal Medicine Associates, PC
Eastside Family Medical
Edmondson, Rouse & Schmid, DO, PC
Elk Rapids Family Practice
Elk Rapids Primary Care
Family Care Center / Scott A Carlson, DO
Family Health Care - Cadillac
Family Health Center - Portland
Family Medicine Specialists, PC
Family Practice of Cadillac
Family Tree Medical Associates
Farmington Family Physicians
Fenton Medical Center, PC
Forest Hills Pediatric Associates
Fowlerville Medical Center
Gary Gulish, DO
Gary S. Ruoff, DO, PC
Grand Rapids Family Physicians, PC
Grand Traverse Children's Clinic, PC
Grand Traverse Internists, PC
Grand Traverse Women's Clinic
Grand Valley Medical Specialist, PLC
Grandville Pediatrics, PC
Grass Lake Medical Center
Grayling Family Practice Clinic
Greenwood Pediatric Clinic
Gun Lake Family Medicine
Harborwood Family Medicine
Harbour Pointe Medical Associates, PC
Harbour View Family Medicine
Hart Family Medical Center
Hastings Pediatrics, PC
HDVCH Academic General Pediatrics Clinic
Healthcare Midwest
Holland Family Medicine
Holland Pediatric Associates
IHA Ann Arbor Family Medicine
IHA Brighton Family Care
IHA Child Health - Ann Arbor
IHA Child Health - Plymouth
IHA Family Medicine - Hogback
IHA Internal Medicine - Cherry Hill
IHA Internal Medicine - Commonwealth
IHA Livingston Pediatrics
IHA Milan Family Medicine
IHA Pediatric Healthcare - Arbor Park
IHA Westarbor Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine of West Michigan
IPC - Livonia Family Practice
Jack R. Roossien Jr., MD
Jackson Pediatrics
James A. Taylor, DO, PC
Jenison Family Medicine Office
Jupiter Family Medicine, PC
Kent Pediatrics
Kentwood Family Physicians, PC
Kinney & Parrett
L. Michael Sterenberg, DO
Lakes Family Medicine
Lakeshore Family Care
Lakeshore Health Partners - Internal Medicine
Lakeshore Health Partners - Pediatric & Internal Medicine
Lakeshore Health Partners - South Washington Family Medicine
Lakeshore Internal Medicine & Pediatric Associates
Lakeshore Medical Center
Lakewood Family Healthcare
Lakewood Family Medicine
Laura Hill, MD
Leonard A. Lewis, DO and David F McCorry, DO
Linda Satterlee, DO, PC
Little Traverse Primary Care
Livonia Family Physicians
Lowell Family Medical Center
Mark N. Folkening, MD
Mecosta Health Services
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 - Peds
Metro Health Southwest - West
Metro Health Wayland
Michael G. Marcotte, MD, PC
Mika & Mika Family Medicine
Milliken Medical, PLLC
Neighborhood Family Care the Office of Robert C. Allen, MD
Newberry Medical
Northern Lights Family Medicine
Northern Michigan Medicine & Pediatrics, PLLC
Northern Pines Health Center
Northshore Family Practice
Northside Immediate Care
Norton Family Practice
Oakwood Healthcare Center - Canton
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
Port Huron Mercy Family Care
Premium Healthcare
Ravenna Family Practice, PC
Riverside Pediatrics
Riverwood Family Medicine, PC
Robert W. Dixon Jr., MD
Russell N. VanHouzen, MD, FACP
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
Saint Mary's Health Care - Sparta Health Care
Saline Adult & Pediatric Medicine
Scholl, Farmer & Shore
Shelly L. Williams, DO, PLLC
Shoreline Pediatrics
Sparrow Ionia Hospital - Family Health Center Ionia
Spectrum Health Academic Medicine Associates/ Internal Medicine Residency Practice
Spectrum Health Gerber Memorial Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
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 IM/Peds
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Blodgett Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Byron Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Campustowne Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Century Lane Peds
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Coopersville Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Gaslight Family Practice
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Georgetown
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Haven Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Haven Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Haven Pediatrics
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Rapids Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Rapids IM/Peds
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Rapids Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Rapids OB/GYN
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Rapids Pediatrics
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Greenville IM/Peds
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Holland OB/GYN
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Holland South Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Kalamazoo Center Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Kentwood Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Midtowne OB/GYN
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Rivertown IM/Peds
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Rockford Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Rockford IM/Peds
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Sparta Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Summit Park Center IM/Peds
Spectrum Health Medical Group - West Pavilion Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - West Pavilion Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Zeeland
Spectrum Health Medical Office, Hesperia
Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital
Stanton Family Care Center
Suttons Bay Medical Clinic, PLC
Thirlby Clinic PLC
Thomas R. Bannow, DO
Thomas Watkins, DO
Thornapple Valley Family Health
Timothy J. Tobolic, MD
Timothy L. Geerlings, MD
Traverse Bay Medical, PC
Village Family Practice
Washtenaw Medicine of Saline
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
Western Michigan Pediatrics - Grand Rapids
Westshore Family Medicine, PC
White Pine Family Medicine, PLLC
Williamson Family Medicine
Wyoming Family Medicine, PC

About Priority Health

Priority Health is an award-winning health plan nationally recognized for creating innovative solutions that impact health care costs while maximizing customer experience. It offers a broad portfolio of products for employer groups and individuals including Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. As a nonprofit company, Priority Health serves more than 600,000 people and continues to be rated among the best health plans in the nation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.