Premier Medical Associates Receives AMGA’s Acclaim Award

Pennsylvania-based Premier Medical Associates recently received the American Medical Group Assocation (AMGA)'s Acclaim Award for the second year in a row. PMA is led by Chief Executive Officer Mark DeRubeis who also serves as co-chair of Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative.

The Acclaim Award recognizes the nation's premier healthcare delivery organization that has successfully aligned itself with the Quadruple Aim by moving toward equitable and value-based care.

Premier Medical Associates was recognized for initiatives including: Developing a strong focus on improving the control of chronic diseases, increasing screening rates, and improving immunization rates to reduce the incidence of preventable diseases; creating a patient experience committee and appointing patient experience managers, participating in a Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) that includes provider and hospital participants across three states; attaining level 3 NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home certification continuously since 2013; and creating an equity dashboard for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates, hypertension control, diabetes control, and more.