Mid-Atlantic
Permanente Medical Group (MAPMG)
MAPMG
Names Philip S Carney, Jr, MD, as New President and Medical Director
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Philip
S Carney, Jr, MD
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On June
19, 2003, the MAPMG shareholder physicians ratified the election of
Philip S Carney, Jr, MD, as president and medical director of the
Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group. Dr Carney is board-certified
in emergency medicine, family practice, and geriatrics. In addition,
he earned both a Masters of Public Health and an executive MBA. He
has been Area Medical Director in the Southern California Permanente
Medical Group (SCPMG) and Chief of Staff at the Kaiser Foundation
Hospital in Fontana, Kaiser Permanente's birthplace in Southern California.
Shortly
after taking office, Dr Carney announced the appointment of Yancy
Phillips, MD, as MAPMG Chief Operating Officer. Dr Phillips served
as Associate Medical Director for Clinical Affairs of The Southeast
Permanente Medical Group (TSPMG), which he joined in 2000, following
a 20-year career in a variety of leadership positions at the Walter
Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.
Southern
California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG)
SCPMG Leadership Team
Appointments
Jeffrey
Weisz, MD, SCPMG Medical Director-Elect, who will take office on January
1, 2004, announced in May the partnership ratification of the following
SCPMG leadership team, also effective January 1: Michael Kanter, MD,
Associate Medical Director of Quality and Clinical Analysis; Paul
Minardi, MD, Associate Medical Director of Operations; and Jeffrey
Selevan, MD, Associate Medical Director of Business Management.
Kidney Disease Patients
Do Better at KP
The
results of a Medicare demonstration project recently released to Congress
by the US Department of Health and Human Services show that dialysis
and kidney transplant patients can receive high-quality, affordable
care in a managed care setting. KP Southern California was one of
four health plans in the country chosen by Medicare to participate
in the three-year demonstration project.
The
goal of the demonstration project was to determine the medical outcomes
and costs when fee-for-service patients with end-stage renal disease
(ESRD) join a managed health care program.
"The
independent scientific evaluation is clear. Medicare ESRD patients
who joined KP showed a 31% reduction in mortality rates," said
Peter Crooks, MD, Physician Director for the Southern California KP
site. "We have believed for a long time that our medical care
program provided very good outcomes for ESRD patients, and it is nice
to have validation and confirmation from Medicare."
KP School of Anesthesia/CSU
Fullerton Named One of the Top Programs in the US
US
News and World Report, in its directory America's Best Graduate
Schools, 2004 Edition, has named the Kaiser Permanente School
of Anesthesia/California State University Fullerton as one of the
top ten anesthesia training programs in the country. The US News
rankings spotlight the country's academically excellent graduate programs.
John Nagelhout, CRNA, PhD, Program Director, noted, "The high-quality
anesthesia education afforded
our nurses is a reflection of the excellent health care provided by
the Kaiser Permanente system and by our continued partnership with
California State University Fullerton." The KP School of Anesthesia
is affiliated with 16 KP and community hospitals throughout the KP
Southern California Region.
Fred Ziel, MD, Receives
CMI's "Lifetime" Diabetes Achievement Award
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Fred
Ziel, MD
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Fred
Ziel, MD, KP Woodland Hills, has received the Care Management Institute's
(CMI) 2003 Honorary Achievement Award for his outstanding commitment
to improving outcomes and care for KP members with diabetes. As Director
of the KP Woodland Hills Diabetes Program, SCPMG Regional Coordinator
for diabetes outcomes, and SCPMG Chairman of Regional Endocrinology,
Dr Ziel has been an innovator and a motivator in his efforts to improve
standards of care. His accomplishments for the diabetes program include:
improving testing outcomes from 25% to 80% through use of the "point-of-service
fax," which was conceived by his regional team; sending letters
to patients; creating quarterly physician reports; publishing eye
data (photos) in a leading diabetes journal, thus setting a national
standard for practical, accurate assessment of eye health in diabetic
patients; and developing telephone outreach.
The
Permanente Medical Group (TPMG)
First Honorees of New
Morris F Collen Research Award Announced
In July,
TPMG Executive Director/CEO Robert Pearl, MD, announced the first
honorees of the new annual Morris F Collen Research Award, named for
the TPMG physician who pioneered the field of medical informatics
in the 1950s and started what is now the Division of Research. The
honorees are William Durston, MD, whose research has focused on the
role of ultrasound in the emergency department; and Barry Rasgon,
MD, Research Director of the KP Oakland Head and Neck Surgery Residency
Program.
Domestic Violence Prevention
Program Receives National Award
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Dr
McCaw with KFHP Chairman and CEO, George Halvorson at the HERA
Awards dinner.
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The
American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) honored Kaiser Permanente
Northern California for its Family Violence Prevention Program with
the AAHP/Wyeth Gold HERA Award. The HERA Awards recognize programs
that have made a measurable difference in the lives of women and children.
The
Family Violence Prevention Program, a comprehensive program to prevent
and reduce domestic violence, began at the KP Richmond Medical Center
in 1998. Conceived and directed by Brigid McCaw, MD, MPH, the program
has four components: a screening and referral system, a supportive
environment, on-site resources, and community linkages. "Clinicians
have been trained to screen, identify, and support women who are at
risk for abuse," said Dr McCaw. "Part of this support may
be referral to an on-site social worker, participation in a support
group, or contacting a community advocacy agency. Community resources
include 24-hour crisis hotlines, emergency housing, and legal services."
NCQA Reports Cardiovascular
Disease Has Met its Match in KP Northern California
The
2003 annual report of the National Committee for Quality Assurance
(NCQA) pays tribute to KP Northern California's cardiovascular care
programs with a special section titled "Doing Cardiovascular
Care Right." Stating that "The Nation's Number One Killer--Cardiovascular
Disease--Has Met its Match in Northern California," the four-page
feature describes how health care professionals at KP Northern California
have accomplished the remarkable: They have reduced death from heart
disease among its three million members so significantly that it is
no longer the leading cause of death in the KP Northern California
population, despite remaining so in the general population.
Northwest
Permanente Medical Group (KPNW)
KNPW Ranked #1 HMO in
Nation
Results
of a national consumer magazine's 2002 annual survey published in
October 2003 ranked Kaiser Permanente Northwest as the #1 HMO in the
nation. The rankings were based on the responses of more than 42,000
readers. HMOs and PPOs were ranked according to ease of getting needed
care, choice of doctors, customer support, billing problems, access
to doctors, and satisfaction with primary care doctors. Four other
KP Regions and the Group Health Cooperative also ranked among the
top 15 HMOs nationwide.
| Barbara
Caruso compiled this material from California Wire, Partner
News, and other PMG newsletters and sources. To submit news
of physician or PMG awards and recognitions, contact Ms Caruso
at barbara.caruso@kp.org. |
