LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) held the 2014 Annual IHA Stakeholders Meeting to share key updates for the California value based pay for performance (P4P) program and announce the top quality and most improved physician organizations in the state. Awards are based on performance in three P4P quality measurement domains: clinical quality, patient experience, and meaningful use of health information technology.
Out of nearly 200 physician organizations, IHA presented awards to the 39 quality performers that achieved the highest overall quality in measurement year 2013, reported in 2014 and based on the IHA statewide P4P program measures.
Palo Alto Medical Foundation Included in Quality Performers for Eleventh Year
This is the eleventh year that IHA recognized physician organizations with excellent quality. Although several organizations have consistently met the criteria to achieve the highest level of quality performance year after year, only one organization, Palo Alto Medical Foundation – Sutter Health, has received the award every year since 2003.
“Enhancing the health of people in our communities has been our priority, and we’re proud to be recognized as a consistent quality performer for over a decade,” said Richard Slavin, M.D., chief executive officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), and IHA board director. “We have participated in the P4P program since its inception, and work hard to achieve breakthrough improvements in clinical quality and the patient experience,” he added.
Quality Performers
The 39 physician organizations that achieved the Quality Performer status in 2013 were identified by an overall quality score based on their P4P domain scores and compared against a comprehensive threshold calculated from the top 25 percent scores statewide for each P4P quality measure. IHA provides data on Quality Performers for the Office of the Patient Advocate to report on their website, http://www.opa.ca.gov/.
Quality Performers – Northern California
Mercy Medical Group/Dignity Health Medical Foundation
Palo Alto Medical Foundation – Mills-Peninsula Division/Mills-Peninsula Medical Group
Palo Alto Medical Foundation – Sutter Health
Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation
Sutter Gould Medical Foundation
Sutter Medical Group
Sutter Medical Group of the Redwoods
Woodland Healthcare
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Permanente Medical Groups:
Diablo/Antioch
Fremont/San Leandro
Fresno Medical Center
Modesto/Manteca/Stockton
Oakland/Richmond
Redwood City
Roseville/Sacramento
San Jose
San Rafael
Santa Clara
Santa Rosa
South Sacramento
South San Francisco
Vallejo/Vacaville
Quality Performers – Southern California
Cedars- Sinai Medical Group
Edinger Medical Group
MemorialCare Medical Group
Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group
St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group
UC San Diego Health System
Kaiser Permanente Southern California Permanente Medical Groups:
Baldwin Park
Downey
Fontana/Ontario
Kern County
Los Angeles
Orange County
Panorama City
Riverside
San Diego
South Bay
West Los Angeles
Most Improved – “Ronald P. Bangasser, MD, Memorial Award for Quality Improvement”
IHA also honored the physician organization that demonstrated the most quality improvement from 2012 to 2013 from each California region. Recipients of the Ronald P. Bangasser, MD, Memorial Award for Quality Improvement for each region are:
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