{"id":38894,"date":"2014-01-23T21:56:44","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T01:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=38894"},"modified":"2014-01-23T21:56:44","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T01:56:44","slug":"sch-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/sch-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Earn recognition for providing quality care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/14jan\/awardth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/>Local physician practice receives Blues Provider Distinction Award<!--more--><br \/>\nSt. Johns Professional Associates, a division of Sparrow Clinton Hospital in St. Johns, recently earned designation by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as a Blues Provider Distinction Award winner.<br \/>\nThe practice was recognized for its outstanding achievement in meeting Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set\u00ae measures related to the federal Centers for Medicare &#038; Medicaid Service&#8217;s Star Quality Program.<br \/>\n&#8220;These programs are about strengthening the bond between doctors and patients to achieve lasting improvements in healthcare quality,&#8221; said Ed Bruun, President and CEO of Sparrow Clinton Hospital. &#8220;We are very pleased our physician practice has been recognized for taking the lead in documenting the high quality, patient-centered care they provide to all our patients.&#8221;<br \/>\nCriteria for earning the Provider Distinction Award were based on 2012 base performance recognition program data for care provided to BCBSM Medicare Plus Blue PPO and BCN Advantage HMO-POS members. Practices must receive an 80 percent or higher composite quality score to be eligible for an award.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/14jan\/award.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nFor more information about Sparrow Clinton Hospital and its services, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sparrowclinton.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.sparrowclinton.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local physician practice receives Blues Provider Distinction Award<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}