We want to recognize the primary care physician (PCP) offices that have demonstrated a dedication to high-quality patient care by achieving the highest rank in quality of care for the Quality Performance Measure (QPM) score program for measurement year 2013.

The QPM score program is a comprehensive ranking system of quality measures for primary care offices with 150 or more commercial HMO/POS and Medicare Advantage HMO members. We congratulate the offices listed below for achieving excellence, in aggregate, in the following areas of preventive care:

• childhood and adolescent immunizations;
• childhood and adolescent well visits;
• cancer prevention in the areas of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screenings;
• heart care (cholesterol management for patients with cardiovascular conditions, beta-blocker treatment after a heart attack);
• asthma care (use of preferred medications for patients with chronic persistent asthma);
• diabetic care (HbA1c testing, LDL-C screening, eye exam rates, and nephropathy screening);
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care (use of spirometry testing in assessing and diagnosing);
• rheumatoid arthritis care (disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug therapy);
• fracture care (osteoporosis management in women).

Congratulations again to the above-listed PCP offices for demonstrating excellence in quality by achieving the highest rank in 2014, based on 2013 data, for the QPM score program.