MILWAUKEE – The Business Health Care Group (BHCG) has received a $25,000 grant from NOVO Nordisk to increase the number of area physicians recognized in diabetic care and management by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). The grant will allow the BHCG to assist member physicians in its high performance network in achieving recognition for delivering care according to evidence-based medical guidelines. BHCG partners with Humana to offer a preferred provider network to the organization’s more than 360 member companies.
“This is a needed step toward insuring an adequate number of physicians who can provide quality care for the region’s diabetic patients,” said Dianne Kiehl, executive director of the Business Health Care Group. “When chronic diseases are managed properly, it positively impacts the patients’ quality of life while also reducing overall health care costs,” Kiehl added.
The grant was awarded in conjunction with the NCQA/American Diabetes Association’s Physician Recognition Program (DPRP). Physicians earn recognition by demonstrating high quality care for diabetic patients based on the NCQA’s nationally supported, comprehensive diabetes care measures.
According to Sandra Turriff, who is contracting with the BHCG to administer the grant, “We know there are a lot of physicians out there providing high quality care to their patients. Because of time and money constraints, however, they may be unable to apply for recognition. Consumers don’t know who they are. With this grant, we have the potential to offer assistance to more physicians to apply for recognition, while also offering consumer information that diabetic patients can use when selecting health care providers.”
The Business Health Care Group is a membership organization of more than 360 employers and employer groups in the 11-county region of
