Dignity Health Mercy Medical Group and Dignity Health Woodland Clinic have been awarded Elite Status from America’s Physician Groups (APG), the nation’s main skilled affiliation for accountable doctor teams. The medical teams are two of simply 72 organizations nationally to attain Elite Standing (the best recognition) in 2022.
Elite Standing is earned by participation in APG’s Requirements of Excellence Survey, which evaluates the coordinated care infrastructure and value-based care efficiency of the group’s doctor group members.
APG’s membership at present contains greater than 335 medical teams and impartial apply associations (IPAs) throughout the US and Puerto Rico. To attain Elite Standing, organizations should obtain five-star rankings in 5 publicly reported domains: Care Administration Practices, Data Know-how, Accountability and Transparency, Affected person-Centered Care, and Group Help of Superior Main Care.
That is the ninth 12 months in a row that Dignity Well being Mercy Medical Group has acquired APG recognition. They acquired Wonderful Standing in 2013 and have acquired Elite Standing yearly since 2014. That is Dignity Well being Woodland Clinic’s fifth Elite Standing APG recognition.
“Dignity Well being Mercy Medical Group is as soon as once more honored to be awarded Elite Standing for our work to exceed nationwide requirements on the subject of high quality, affected person expertise, and accountability,” mentioned Alan J. Shatzel, DO, MBA, CEO of Mercy Medical Group. “We’re honored to earn high marks from APG and to be acknowledged for the care we’re offering our sufferers.”
“We’re thrilled to as soon as once more be acknowledged for our work to ship high-quality, coordinated care,” mentioned Karen Hopp, MD, CEO of Woodland Clinic Medical Group. “Receiving this recognition is a direct results of the collective effort from our complete care crew to place our sufferers on the middle of the whole lot we do.”
