United Healthcare honored Beverly, Ill.-based Metropolitan Gastroenterology Consultants Founder Darrien Gaston, MD, by designating him a Premium Care Physician for 2017, the Beverly Review reports.
Here's what you should know:
1. The designation is the highest of four designations United Healthcare bestows.
2. United Healthcare analyzes 350,000 physicians across the U.S. The payer measures several performance-based factors.
3. Dr. Gaston founded the practice 18 years ago. He has been working in Beverly for the last 25 years.