Top Physicians, Clinics and Medical Groups Being Celebrated Virtually
L.A. Care understands the unprecedented pressures related to COVID-19 and appreciates our providers who have risen to the challenge to provide excellent care for its members, despite obstacles. L.A. Care is honoring its top providers with a social media celebration and billboards in recognition of their accomplishments.
“This is the fourth year of L.A. Care’s Provider Recognition Awards, and the awardees have certainly earned these honors as the pandemic stretched beyond what anyone could have imagined,” said John Baackes, L.A. Care CEO. “We are so grateful for the commitment these providers have shown to serving our members who live in some of the most vulnerable communities in L.A. County – communities hit hardest by COVID-19.”
For the first time, the health plan is awarding a Provider Equity Award. L.A. Care created the award to honor health care organizations that are working to reduce health disparities in underserved communities, advancing the health plan’s commitment to providing equitable care to its members. The inaugural award is going to the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) for a program that addresses food insecurity and another that works to reduce high blood pressure, L.A. Care priority health outcome measures.
Join us in celebrating the awardees on social media beginning today, March 7, through next week, Friday, March 18. You can find us online on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. You will also spot them on billboards around town.
The 2021 Top Practitioner awardees are:
- Agnes Bahng, MD – L.A. Care Direct Network
- Jackyln Chan, MD – Pediatric Care
- Narciso Azurin, MD – Women’s Health
- Henry Chang, MD – Adult Care
The 2021 Top Performing Clinic awardees are:
- White Memorial Community Health Center – Pediatric Care
- Eisner Health – Women’s Health
- Queenscare Health Centers – Adult Care
"At the start of the pandemic, everyone pulled together, from physicians to the screeners at the entrance of the clinic, and when you do that, you have success," said Grace Floutsis, CEO and CMO of White Memorial Community Health Center. “Also, we put together a very strong QI program with the help of an L.A. Care grant that allowed us to hire a clinical quality champion. Thanks to the work we did in 2018 and 2019, we were already hardwired and poised to do good work when the pandemic hit, and we kept our focus, despite the uncertainty and the constant changes in workflow.”
This year, we are dividing our medical groups that serve L.A. Care Medi-Cal members into two groups based on the number of members they serve.
The 2021 Top Performing Independent Physician Association (IPA) awardees are:
- PMA/Axminster Medical Group – L.A. Care’s Medi-Cal product (Large Group IPA)
- All Care Medical Group – L.A. Care’s Medi-Cal product (Small Group IPA)
- PIH Health – L.A. Care’s Cal MediConnect product
- High Desert Medical Group – L.A. Care Covered product
The practitioner, clinic and IPA awardees were chosen based on an internal performance rating system used by L.A. Care to determine quality of care being provided for members. The Health Equity award winner was chosen for its performance on health equity efforts, including health disparities and addressing social determinants of health.
Watch their stories at Thank You, Providers.