At its annual meeting in Maryland last week, AMGA, a trade association representing multispecialty medical groups and integrated health systems, honored four medical groups and health systems with 2019 Together 2 Goal Awards for their achievements in diabetes care.
The Diabetes: Together 2 Goal campaign is a national initiative involving more than 150 medical groups and health systems in an effort to improve care for 1 million people with Type 2 diabetes by 2021. As a part of the campaign, the awardees have been implementing best practices to improve the quality of diabetes care at their organizations and reporting results for their diabetes patients on a variety of measures, such as blood sugar control, blood pressure control, lipid management and testing for kidney disease.
The 2019 Together 2 Goal Award winners are:
- Best Performance – Basic Track 1: Inova Health System/Signature Partners (Va.)
- Best Performance – Core Track 2 (Small Group 3): Coastal Carolina Health Care (N.C.)
- Best Performance – Core Track (Medium Group 4): USMD Health System (Texas)
- Best Performance – Core Track (Large Group 5): Scripps Medical Foundation (Calif.)
In addition, 13 organization were recognized as 2019 Foundation Stars for their commitment to healthcare quality as demonstrated by their participation in four or more AMGA Foundation initiatives that focus on improving health and health care.
The 2019 Foundation Star awardees are:
- Utica Park Clinic
- Coastal Carolina Health Care, P.A.
- Geisinger
- Hattiesburg Clinic, P.A.
- Lexington Clinic, P.S.C.
- Mercy East Communities
- Northwell Health
- Norton Medical Group
- Novant Medical Group
- PriMed Physicians
- SwedishAmerican Health System
- Valley Medical Group
- Watson Clinic, LLP
AMGA Foundation also awarded seven corporate partners for their support and involvement with various foundation chronic care programs, including the Together 2 Goal campaign, extension, and Innovator Track as well as the Best Practices Learning Collaboratives.
The 2019 Corporate Partner Award recipients are:
- The Janssen Pharmaceuticals Companies of Johnson & Johnson – Together 2 Goal, Together 2 Goal Extension
- Novo Nordisk Inc. – Obesity Care Model Collaborative, Diabetes Bundle Collaborative, Together 2 Goal, Together 2 Goal Extension
- Optum – Distinguished Data & Analytics Corporate Collaborator
- Pfizer – Adult Immunization Best Practices Learning Collaborative
- Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly Diabetes Alliance – Together 2 Goal Innovator Track
- Merck – Together 2 Goal, Together 2 Goal Extension
- Sanofi – Together 2 Goal
