GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It pays to care. This month, Priority Health is recognizing its network of doctors and health care practices for working together to improve health care outcomes in Michigan with its 2015 Quality Awards.
To provide its members with the greatest access to exceptional patient care and raise the state’s overall health care standards, Priority Health partners with physicians and practices to meet this goal. While Priority Health’s physician network earned strong scores overall, the Quality Awards annually recognizes the top performers.
The Priority Health Quality Awards are given to practices that achieve the highest overall scores in preventive care and chronic disease measures through the Priority Health Primary Care Provider Incentive Program, which tracks clinical quality measures against national standards and evidence-based medicine. This year 245 practices were awarded statewide.
“It’s proven time and time again that the greatest health care outcomes are achieved when patients, health plans and physicians work together,” said Michael P. Freed, president and CEO for Priority Health. "For nearly 20 years, Priority Health has partnered with primary care physicians across Michigan to improve the quality, access and affordability of care for our members and we’re proud of the results we’re seeing today.”
This collaboration with top-performing physicians and practices has already had significant impact, as demonstrated by the number of Priority Health members who receive preventive screenings. Preventive screenings are a proven and cost-effective way to identify and treat potential health problems before they develop or worsen. Priority Health providers ranked among the nation’s best for ensuring their patients receive cervical cancer screenings, childhood and adolescent immunizations and well child visits for young children.
Priority Health invests in practices to help develop the infrastructure required to support the transformation of care. As a result, the Patient Centered Medical Home initiative, a model that is designed to deliver comprehensive care unique to individual patient needs, has seen consistent and steady growth. In fact, last year the program grew by 19 percent.
Priority Health sets high targets, with practices needing to meet or exceed the national 90th percentile in order to qualify for incentive awards. Based on performance, Priority Health has awarded more than $198 million to practices in support of primary care over and above standard payment of services. What started with recognition of fewer than 30 practices in 2003, the Quality Awards program has evolved to celebrating hundreds of practices across the state for achievement of the highest levels of care.
Across the network, physician practices earned nearly $22 million in incentive pay in 2015, based on 2014 performance.
List of recipients of the 2015 Priority Health Quality Awards:
Northern Michigan
Emmet County:
Bayside Family and Sports Medicine
Little Traverse Primary Care
Mark C. Antonishen, MD, PLLC
Grand Traverse County:
Brookside Family Medicine
Debra K. Graetz, MD
Gary S. Ruoff, DO, PC
Grand Traverse Children's Clinic, PC
Grand Traverse Internists, PC
Northern Michigan Medicine & Pediatrics, PLLC
Partners in Health of Traverse City
Thirlby Clinic, PLC
Traverse Area Pediatric & Adolescent Clinic
Village Family Practice
Leelanau County:
Cherry Bend Family Care, PLC
Russell N. VanHouzen, MD, FACP
Suttons Bay Medical Clinic, PLC
Manistee:
Ryan A. Sullivan, MD, PC
Mason:
Third Coast Family Practice
Missaukee County:
Mercy Cadillac Physician Network
Osceola County:
Marshall R. Wickens, DO
Spectrum Health Reed City Campus
Spectrum Health Reed City Campus
Spectrum Health Reed City Campus
Southeast Michigan
Genesee County:
Fenton Medical Center, PC
Livingston County:
Brighton Family Physicians, PC
Fowlerville Medical Center
IHA Internal Medicine – Livingston
Macomb County:
Lakeview Pediatrics
Northpointe Pediatrics, PC
Pediatric Healthcare, PLLC
Tri County Medical Clinical, PC
Wang Family Medicine
Oakland County:
Associates of Family Medicine
Child Health Associates
IPC - West Bloomfield Family Practice
Lifetime Medical Associates
Macomb Oakland Adult Medicine
Macomb Pediatric Associates, PC
Medical Center Pediatrics
Medical Center Pediatrics
Merrillwood Pediatrics
My Kid's Doc - Southfield
Northeast Pediatrics
Orchard Pediatrics, PC
Pediatric Consultants of Troy
Premiere Pediatrics, PC
Providence Park Pediatrics - Novi
Royal Oak Pediatrics, PC
Troy Family Practice, PLL
Watch Me Grow Pediatrics
Washtenaw County:
Dexter Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Drs. Babe & Mazer
Drs. Turke & Thomashow Pediatrics
IHA Ann Arbor Family Medicine
IHA Family Medicine - Arbor Park
IHA Milan Family Medicine & Internal Medicine
IHA Pediatric Healthcare - Arbor Park
IHA WestArbor Internal Medicine
Liberty Pediatrics
Moore Pediatrics & Associates
Rebecca Patrias, MD
Washtenaw Medicine
Wayne County:
Dr. Robert Vartabedian
Grosse Pointe Farms Family Physicians
IHA Pediatric Healthcare – Canton
Mark W. Sawka, MD
West Michigan
Allegan County:
Allegan Internal Medicine, PC
Metro Health Wayland
Neighborhood Family Care, PLLC
Barry County:
Bright Start Pediatrics
Douglas J. Smendik, MD
Family Tree Medical Associates
Gun Lake Family Medicine
Hastings Family Medicine
Hastings Internal Medicine
Southside Pediatrics
Steven G. Wildern, MD
Thomas M. Hoffman, MD
Thornapple Valley Family Physicians, PC
Calhoun County:
Cereal City Pediatrics, PC
Eaton:
Oaklawn Medical Group - Olivet
Kalamazoo County:
Borgess Family and Internal Medicine
Borgess Internal Medicine
Borgess Internal Medicine Currier Drive
Bright Futures Pediatrics
Bronson Healthcare Midwest Family Medicine
Bronson HealthCare Midwest Internal Medicine
David B. Thrower, DO
Pediatrics, PC
ProMed Pediatrics
Ionia County:
C. Richard Barnett, MD
Clarksville Family Medicine
Lakewood Family Healthcare
Lakewood Family Medicine, PC
Schmid, Rouse & Edmondson, DO, PC
Jackson County:
Aaron M. VanWagnen, MD, PLLC
Allegiance Family Medicine - East Michigan
Allegiance Family Medicine - Summit Woods
Allegiance Internal Medicine – Jackson
Clark E. Conant, DO
David B. Munro, MD
David L. Halsey, MD
Greenwood Pediatric Clinic
Jackson Pediatrics
James Taylor, DO, PC
Parkside Pediatric Clinic
Partners in Family Health, PLC
Pediatric Center of Jackson
Riverside Pediatrics
Rolando M. Beredo, MD, PLLC
Sacred Heart Pediatrics
Hillsdale County:
Hillsdale Medical Associates, PLC
Kent County:
ABC Pediatrics, PC
AF Associates Family Medicine, PC
Alger Pediatrics, PC
Area Wide OB/GYN Health Services, PC
Brookville Pediatric & Internal Medicine, PC
Caledonia Family Medicine
Cascade Pediatrics, LLP
Cherry Street Health Services - Belknap Commons Health Center
Cherry Street Health Services - Burton Health Center
Cherry Street Health Services - Heart of the City Health Center
DeVos General Pediatric Clinic
East Paris Internal Medicine Associates, PC
Family Medicine Residency Clinic
Family Medicine Specialists, PC
Forest Hills Pediatric Associates, PC
Grand Rapids Family Physicians, PC
Grand Rapids Womens Health
Grand Valley Medical Specialist, PLC
Grandville Pediatrics, PC
Helen DeVos Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Clinic
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics of West Michigan, LLC
Internal Medicine of West Michigan
Internal Medicine Residency Clinic
Jupiter Family Medicine, PC
Kent Pediatrics, PC
Kentwood Family Physicians, PC
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 – Northland
Mercy Health Physician Partners – Northwest
Mercy Health Physician Partners - OB/GYN
Mercy Health Physician Partners - Rivertown Medical Center
Mercy Health Physician Partners – Southeast
Metro Health Alger Heights
Metro Health Cedar Springs
Metro Health Comstock Park
Metro Health Internal Medicine
Metro Health Rockford
Metro Health Southwest – IM
Metro Health Southwest – Peds
Metro Health Southwest – West
Michael G. Marcotte, MD, PC
NE Family Physicians & Therapy Services
Pediatric Associates of Kentwood, PC
Pediatric Partners, PLC
Phillip J. Gaca, DO
Riverwood Family Medicine, PC
Spectrum Health - OB/GYN Clinic
Spectrum Health Medical Group - 4069 Lake Drive Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - 68th Street Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group – Alpine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Beltline Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Beltline IM/Peds
Spectrum Health Medical Group – Blodgett
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Byron Family Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Gaslight Family Practice
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Rapids IM/Peds
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Rapids Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Grand Rapids Pediatrics
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Kalamazoo Center
Spectrum Health Medical Group – Kentwood
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Lowell Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Spectrum Health Medical Group - Rivertown
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 - West Pavilion Enhanced Primary Care
Spectrum Health Medical Group - West Pavilion Internal Medicine
Spectrum Health Medical Group - West Pavilion Primary Care
Standale Family Physicians
Timothy J. Tobolic, MD
West Michigan Family Health, PC
West Michigan Family Medicine
West Michigan OB/GYN, PC
Western Michigan Pediatrics, PC - GR
White Pine Family Medicine, PLLC
Wyoming Family Medicine, PC
Mescota County:
Eastside Family Medical
Mecosta Health Services, Inc.
Pediatric Associates of Big Rapids
Montcalm County:
Carson Family Care Center
Domenico S. Ausiello, MD
Grandville Pediatrics, PC
Greenville Family Care Clinic
Greenville Family Medicine
Sheridan Community Hospital Clinics
Spectrum Health Medical Group – Greenville
Stanton Family Care
Muskegon County:
Adult Medicine Specialists
Apple Family Medicine, PLC
Bear Creek Health Center
Harborwood at the Lakes
Harbour Pointe Medical Associates, PC
Harbour View Family Medicine
Lakes Family Medicine
Mercy Westshore Internal Medicine
Muskegon Family Care
Norris Creek
Northshore Family Practice
Northside Immediate Care
Norton Family Practice
Patricia Roy, DO, PC
Port City Pediatrics, PLC
Ravenna Family Practice, PC
Shoreline Pediatrics
West View Family Medicine
Westshore Family Medicine, PC
Newaygo County:
Gerald E. VanWieren, MD, PC
Main Street Internal Medicine & Pediatrics
Oceanea County:
Hart Family Medical Center
Lakeshore Medical Center - Shelby
Spectrum Health Family Medicine – Hart
Ottawa:
Allendale Family Practice
Holland Family Medicine
Holland Pediatric Associates, PLC
Jack R. Roossien Jr., MD, PC
L. Michael Sterenberg, DO, PLLC
Lakeshore Family Care
Lakeshore Health Partners - Internal Medicine
Lakeshore Health Partners - Zeeland Family Medicine
Lakeshore Health Partners IM/Peds
Mark N. Folkening, MD
Mercy Health Physician Partners – Jenison
Metro Health Allendale
Metro Health Hudsonville
Metro Health Jenison
OB/GYN Associates of Holland, PC
Spectrum Health Medical Group – Campustowne
Spectrum Health Medical Group – Coopersville
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 - Holland Family Medicine
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
Wexford County:
Cadillac Family Physicians, PC
Cadillac Primary Care & OB/GYN
Family Practice of Cadillac
About Priority Health:
Priority Health is an award-winning, Michigan-based non-profit health plan nationally recognized for improving the health and lives of 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.