Accreditations & Designations

Accred-&-Designation

ACCREDITATIONS & DESIGNATIONS

Marlette Regional Hospital

Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)

www.hfap.org

The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program is a non-profit, nationally recognized accreditation organization. Its mission is to advance high quality patient care and safety through objective application of recognized standards. Its accreditation is recognized by the federal government, state governments, managed care organizations, and insurance companies.

National Rural Accountable Care Consortium- Medicare Shared Savings Program

National Rural ACO 11 LLC

www.nationalruralaco.com

The National Rural Accountable Care Consortium is a non-profit organization that supports rural healthcare transformation.

They aim to support rural practice transformation to improve care, reduce unnecessary healthcare costs, and improve patient satisfaction, while also improving the financial performance and sustainability of rural health systems.

Diabetes Education: Diabetes Self-Management Training Program

Certified by the State of Michigan

National member of the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Program

www.diabetes.org

Education Recognition by the American Diabetes Association is the largest and most widely known organization in the field of diabetes. Membership signifies that quality diabetes self-management education services meet the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support.

Family Health Care

Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Designation with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM)

Daniel Kulick, DO in Brown City, Jabir Akhtar, MD in Marlette, and William Starbird, MD, FAAFP in North Branch

www.bcbsm.com

BCBSM’s Patient-Centered Medical Home program is the largest of its kind in the country. Physician organizations and their practices and doctors participate in initiatives that support the implementation of PCMH-related tools and processes.

National Association of Rural Health Clinics

Family HealthCare of Brown City, Kingston Family HealthCare, Marlette Family HealthCare, and Mayville Family HealthCare

www.narhc.org

The purpose of the Rural Health Clinics program is to encourage and stabilize the provision of outpatient primary care in underserved rural areas through the use of physicians, physician assistants (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs), and certified nurse midwives (CNMs).

Laboratory & Cardiopulmonary Services

The College of American Pathologists (CAP)

www.cap.org

The College of American Pathologists is a medical society serving more than 18,000 physician members and the global laboratory community. It is the world’s largest association composed exclusively of board-certified pathologists and is the worldwide leader in laboratory quality assurance. The College advocates accountable, high-quality and cost-effective patient care.