Summit Medical Associates earns national recognition
Feb 10, 2012, 11:27 a.m.
Hermitage, TN — The physicians and providers of Summit Medical Associates (SMA), P.C. recently announced that SMA has achieved Level 3 recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for their Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care.
According to a news release issued by SMA, Level 3 is the highest level of recognition provided by the NCQA, which is considered by many to be the gold standard for evaluating healthcare quality and value.
The PCMH is a model of primary health care that is relationship-based with an orientation to the whole person. The primary care physician serves as the leader of the multi-faceted healthcare team, coordinating all of the patient's care and ensuring that patients receive the best, most comprehensive care available. When a specialist is required, the medical home physician coordinates the visits and follows the care throughout the duration of the specialist's treatment.
NCQA medical home qualifications are based on thorough and precise criteria for a number of healthcare standards. SMA has received superior scores in all criteria and thus attained the highest level of recognition, including:
- Access to care and patient communication
- Patient tracking and registry functions
- Care management of chronic conditions
- Patient self-management and support
- Electronic prescribing; test and referral tracking
- Performance reporting and improvement
- Advanced electronic communication
Summit Medical Associates, P.C. is the internal medicine practice of doctors William Baucom, Thomas DiNella, James Elrod, Amy Gordon, William McKean, Brian Scott and Christi Witherspoon along with NPs/PAs, Barbara (Lynn) Corlew, Velinda DeForge, Marisa Hughey, Sara McClellan and cardiovascular risk management specialists Dara Botts and Stacy Brown. For more information, visit www.smamd.com or call 615-391-3971.
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