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 presently contains greater than 335 medical teams and impartial apply associations (IPAs) throughout the USA and Puerto Rico. To attain Elite Standing, organizations should obtain five-star scores in 5 publicly reported domains: Care Administration Practices, Info Expertise, Accountability and Transparency, Affected person-Centered Care, and Group Assist 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 Glorious 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 with regards to high quality, affected person expertise, and accountability,” stated Alan J. Shatzel, DO, MBA, CEO of Mercy Medical Group. “We’re honored to earn prime 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,” stated Karen Hopp, MD, CEO of Woodland Clinic Medical Group. “Receiving this recognition is a direct results of the collective effort from our total care workforce to place our sufferers on the heart of every little thing we do.”