GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Raising health care standards statewide though partnerships with leading primary care physicians and practices is one more way Priority Health is providing access to exceptional patient care.
The physicians and practices selected for the Priority Health Quality Award have achieved the highest overall scores for ensuring patients receive preventive care, control chronic disease and have a good experience. Each award recipient is selected by analyzing the results of the Priority Health Primary Care Provider Incentive Program, a program that tracks clinical quality measures against national standards and evidence-based medicine.
“The result of our collaboration with top-performing physicians has tremendous impact – we are ensuring patients in Michigan are getting the highest quality of care possible while reducing and controlling health care costs,” said Michael P. Freed, president and CEO for Priority Health.
The program’s success is clearly demonstrated by the number of Priority Health members who receive preventive screenings. Preventive screenings are recognized as a cost-effective way to identify and treat potential health problems before they develop or worsen. In the last year, more than 75 percent of Priority Health members received routine colorectal cancer screening exams compared to a national average of 63 percent. Additionally, 85 percent of members received childhood immunizations compared to the national average of 77 percent.
Another example of the program’s success is demonstrated through chronic disease care. By collaborating with physicians, Priority Health has successfully helped health plan members avoid incidence of chronic disease complications for conditions such as congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, asthma and hypertension – at rates better than state and national averages.
Since 2003, when the Quality Award was established, more than 200 health care practices have been distinguished with this honor. Priority Health has awarded practices with $175 million in support of primary care, over and above standard payment for services. The company expects to pay physicians $22 million in 2014, based on their performance in 2013.
The 2014 Priority Health Quality Award winners include:
Southeast Michigan
Livingston
County
Browne Medical, PLC
Fowlerville Medical Center
Hartland
Family Physicians & Staff
IHA Internal Medicine – Livingston
IHA
Livingston Pediatrics
Macomb County
Lakeview Pediatrics
Northpointe
Pediatrics, PC
Pediatrics Healthcare & Staff
Oakland County
Associates of Family Medicine & Staff
Child
Health Associates & Staff
Lifetime Medical Associates & Staff
Medical
Center Pediatrics
Orchard Pediatrics & Staff
Providence
Park Pediatrics - Novi
Troy Internal Medicine a Division of
Arcturus Healthcare PLC
Washtenaw County
Arbor Internal Medicine, PLLC
Deborah
L. Peery, MD
IHA Internal Medicine – Domino’s Farms
IHA Family
Medicine – Hogback
IHA Primary Pediatrics – Domino’s Farms
IHA
Child Health – Ann Arbor
IHA Chelsea Pediatrics
Moore
Pediatrics and Associates
Turke & Thomashow Pediatrics, MD, PC
Wayne County
Canton Internal Medicine
IHA Child Health
– Plymouth
Robert S. Levy, MD
Robert Vartabedian, MD
West Michigan
Allegan County
Allendale
Family Practice
Holland Family Medicine, PC
Holland Pediatric
Associates, PLC
Jack R. Roossien Jr., MD, PC
L. Michael
Sternberg D.O.
Lakeshore Family Care
Lakeshore Health Partners
– Family Medicine South Washington
Lakeshore Health Partners –
Family Medicine Zeeland
Lakeshore Health Partners – Internal
Medicine
Lakeshore Health Partners – Pediatrics and Internal
Medicine/Pediatrics
Lakeshore Internal Medicine & Pediatrics
Associates
Lakewood Family Medicine, PC
Mark N. Folkening, MD
Mercy
Health Physician Partners - Jenison
Metro Health Hudsonville
Metro
Health Jenison
Newberry Medical, PLLC
North Ottawa Family
Practice – Dr. Rabideau
North Ottawa Internal Medicine
Partners
in Family Health, PLC
Spectrum Health Medical Group – Campustowne
Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group – Coopersville Family
Medicine
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 – Holland Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group –
Holland OB/GYN
Spectrum Health Medical Group – Holland Pediatrics
Spectrum
Health Medical Group – Zeeland
Barry County
Bright Start Pediatrics
Delton Medical
Center
Douglas J. Smendick, MD
Family Tree Medical Associates
James
L. Weatherhead, MD
Hastings Family Medicine
Hastings Internal
Medicine
Nashville Family Medicine
Southside Pediatrics
Steven
G. Wildern, MD
Thomas M. Hoffman, MD
Berrien County
Borgess Internal Medicine
Borgess
Internal Medicine
Calhoun County
Cereal City Pediatrics, PC
DayOne Family
Healthcare
Kalamazoo County
Bright Future Pediatrics
Bronson
Healthcare Midwest Internal
Gull Crossing Family Practice
Promed
Internal Medicine
Ingham
Allegiance Family Medicine – Mason
Ionia County
Edmondson, Rouse & Schmid, DO, PC
Family
Health Center – Ionia
Lakewood Family Healthcare
Jackson County
Allegiance Family Medicine - Brooklyn
Allegiance
Family Medicine – Northwestern
Allegiance Family Medicine – Townsend
Allegiance
Internal Medicine – Jackson
Columbia Medical Center
Ceryl A.
Colletti, DO, PLLC
David B. Munro, MD
David L. Halsey, MD
Grass
Lake Medical Center
Greenwood Pediatric Clinic
Jackson
Pediatrics
James Taylor, DO, PC
Parkside Pediatric Clinic
Pediatric
Center of Jackson
Riverside Pediatrics
Hillsdale County
Jon C. Herbener, MD, PC
Kent County
ABC Pediatrics, PC
AF Associates Family
Medicine, PC
Area Wide OB/GYN Health Services PC
Battiste
Family Medicine
Brenton Village Pediatrics and Family Medicine
Brookville
Pediatric & Internal Medicine, PC
Caledonia Family Medicine
Cherry
Street Health Services – Burton Health Center
East Paris Internal
Medicine Associates, PC
Family Care Center/Scott A. Carlson, D.O.
Family
Medicine Specialists, PC
Forest Hills Pediatric Associates
Grand
Valley Medical Specialists, PC
Gursharn S. Dosanjh, MD
GVSU
Family Health Center
HDVCH Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic
Internal
Medicine of West Michigan
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics of West
Michigan, LLC
Jupiter Family Medicine, PC
Kent Pediatrics, PC
Kentwood
Family Physicians, PC
Lenard Lewis & David McCorry
Lowell
Family Medical Center
Mercy Health – Heritage Pediatrics
Mercy
Health – Wege Center
Mercy Health Physician Partners – Byron Center
Mercy
Health Physician Partners – Caledonia
Mercy Health Physician
Partners – Clinica Santa Maria
Mercy Health Physician Partners –
Downtown
Mercy Health Physician Partners – Grand Ridge
Mercy
Health Physician Partners – Northeast
Mercy Health Physician
Partners – Northwest
Mercy Health Physician Partners – Northwest
Mercy
Health Physician Partners – Rivertown Medical Center
Mercy Health
Physician Partners - Southeast
Mercy Physician Partners – Northland
Metro
Health Alger Heights
Metro Health Cedar Springs
Metro Health
Comstock Park
Metro Health Internal Medicine
Metro Health
Southwest - IM
Metro Health Southwest - PEDS
Metro Health
Southwest – West
Michael G. Marcotte, MD, PC
Pediatric
Associates of Kentwood, PC
Pediatric Partners, PLC
Phillip J.
Gaca, DO
Riverwood Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Academic
Medicine Associates/ Internal Medicine Residency Practice
Spectrum
Health Family Medicine Residency Center
Spectrum Health Medical
Group – 68th Street Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health
Medical Group – 4100 Lake Drive Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health
Medical Group – 4069 Lake Drive Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health
Medical Group – Alpine IM/PEDS
Spectrum Health Medical Group –
Blogett Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group – Byron
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
Spectrum Health Medical Group – Grand Rapids IM/PEDS
Spectrum
Health Medical Group – Grand Rapids Pediatrics
Spectrum Health
Medical Group – Kalamazoo Center Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health
Medical Group – Kentwood Family Practice
Spectrum Health Medical
Group – Lowell Internal Medicine And Pediatrics
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 OB/GYN Residency Practice
Timothy J.
Tobolic, MD
Wege Family Medicine
West Michigan Family
Medicine, PC
West Michigan Obstetricians & Gynecologists PC
Western
Michigan Pediatrics
White Pine Family Medicine
Wyoming Family
Medicine, PC
Lenawee County
Adekoyejo Adenuga, MD
Mason County
Craig K. Matheson, DO, Third Coast Family
Practice
Mescota County
EFM
Pediatric Associates of Big Rapids
Montcalm County
Greenville Family Care Clinic
Spectrum
Health Medical Group – Greenville IM/PEDS
Muskegon County
Apple Family Medicine, PLC
Bear Creek
Health Center
Grandville Pediatrics, PC
Harborwood At the Lakes
Harbour
View Family Medicine
Lakes Family Medicine
Lakeshore Medical
Center
Mercy Health Physician Partners – Rivertown Medical Center
Mercy
Westshore Internal Medicine
Northern Lights Family Medicine
Northside
Immediate Care
Norton Family Practice
Patricia Roy, DO, PC
Ravenna
Family Practice, PC
Shoreline Pediatrics
Spectrum Health
Medical Group – Rivertown IM/PEDS
Spectrum Health Medical Group –
West Pavilion Enhanced Primary Care
Spectrum Health Medical Group –
West Pavilion Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medial Group – West
Pavilion Primary Care
Thomas Watkins, DO
Westshore Family
Medicine, PC
West View Family Medicine
Newaygo County
Gerald E. Vanwiern, MD, PC
Oceanea County
Hart Family Medical Center
Lakeshore
Medical Center
Wexford County
Cadillac Family Physicians, PC
Mercy
Cadillac Physicians Network
Northern Pines Health Center Inc.
Northern Michigan
Charlevoix
County
Physician Clinic of Charlevoix
Crawford County
Grayling Family Practice Clinic, PC
Emmet County
Bayside Family & Sports Medicine
Little
Traverse Primary Care
Internal Medicine of Northern Michigan, PLLC
Mark
C. Antonishen, MD, PLLC
Gratiot County
Gratiot Family Practice
Ithaca Family
Care Center
Grand Traverse County
Brookside Family Medicine
Cherry
Bend Family Care, PLC
Debra Graetz, MD
Gabrielle Cochran, FNP
Gary
S. Ruoff, DO, PC
Grand Traverse Children’s Clinic, PC
Grand
Traverse Internists, PC
Katherine A. Roth, MD, PLC
Kids Creek
Children’s Clinic, PC
Northern Michigan Medicine & Pediatrics, PLLC
Partners
In Family Practice
Partners in Health Of Traverse City
Russell
N. Vanhouzen, MD, FACP
Traverse Area Pediatric & Adolescent Clinic
Thirlby
Clinic, PLC
Thomas R. Bannow, DO
Village Family Practice
West
Front Primary Care, PLLC
Leelanau County
Suttons Bay Medical Center, PLC
Midland County
MidMichigan Physicians Group – Family
Practice Campus Ridge
Missaukee County
Gregory Lamboure, MD
Montmorency County
Thunder Bay Community Health Services,
Inc. – Atlanta
Osceola
Marshall R. Wickens, DO
About Priority Health:
Priority Health is an award-winning, Michigan-based non-profit health plan nationally recognized for improving the health and lives its members. It continues to lead the industry in engaging members in their health, delivering effective health and disease management programs, and working with physicians to improve health care outcomes and performance. Priority Health is one of only 20 health plans nationwide with wellness programs accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, an organization that also rated its plans among the best health plans in the nation. Priority Health was also named the benchmark plan, by the State of Michigan, for all individual and group plans to model.
Priority Health offers a broad portfolio of health benefit options for employer groups and individuals, including Medicare and Medicaid plans. Its network of health care providers features 95 percent of practicing physicians available in Michigan and more than 900,000 nationwide. For more information visit priorityhealth.com.
