American Medical Group Association named Denver-based New West Physicians as the national 2015 Acclaim Award recipient for group practices with less than 150 physicians.
Here are five notes:
1. New West Physicians utilizes a team-based approach to deliver quality care to its nearly 200,000 Denver patients.
2. Through New West Physician's diabetes and smoking cessation programs, the group has served as a model for efficient healthcare delivery.
3. Of New West Physicians' entire patient population, 80 percent of patients had their blood pressure under control. The national average is 60 percent.
4. For Medicare patients, New West Physicians' 30-day hospital readmission rate is merely 6.7 percent.
5. New West Physicians accepted the award at AMGA's Institute for Quality Leadership Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.
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