Several Toledo Clinic Physician Offices receive PCMH Recognition by NCQA

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently announced 25 Toledo Clinic Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatric Medicine practices renewed NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition. These offices initially received this recognition three years ago. The NCQA PCMH standards emphasize the use of systematic, patient-centered, coordinated care that supports access, communication and patient involvement.

Congratulations to the medical offices of the following physicians for all the hard work and dedication put forth by their providers and staff members!

Family Medicine

• Dr. J. Adil
• Drs. H. Barlekamp, R. Fahoury, B. Laungani, S. Solomon
• Dr. J. Diethelm
• Dr. B. Doumet
• Dr. K. Durrani
• Drs. C. Ellis, D. Fairchild, S. Hasan,
• Drs. I. Hasan, R. Schmidt
• Dr. H. Lateef
• Dr. P. Lepkowski
• Dr. N. Lopez
• Dr. Y. Malik
• Dr. H. Naddaf
• Drs. M. Neverauskas, L. Smith
• Dr. U. Rao
• Drs. D. Welt, I. Welt

Internal Medicine

• Dr. J. Ahrens
• Drs. D. Bhavsar, Y. Hazimah, M. Salem, W. Stotz, A. Wolfe
• Drs. N. Daboul, N. Khamousia
• Dr. M. Doumet
• Dr. M. Durkin
• Dr. M. Elkhatib
• Dr. M. Jacob
• Dr. M. Javaid
• Drs. T. Smallwood, K. Zafar

Pediatric Medicine

• Dr. W. Wexler

Drs. S. Federman, H. Haynes, and R. Talla are preparing for their initial NQCA PCMH Recognition.

“NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition raises the bar in defining high-quality care by emphasizing access, health information technology and coordinated care focused on patients,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. “Recognition shows that practices have the tools, systems and resources to provide its patients with the right care, at the right time.”

The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home program reflects the input of the American College of Physicians (ACP), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and others. It was developed to assess whether clinician practices are functioning as medical homes and recognize them for these efforts. The official NCQA directory of Recognized Clinicians can be accessed at http://recognition.ncqa.org

NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA’s website (ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers and others make more-informed health care choices. NCQA can be found online at ncqa.org, on Twitter @ncqa, on Facebook at facebook.com/NCQA.org/ and on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/ncqa.