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Physicians receive national recognition for care

Three MUSC physicians are the only doctors in South Carolina to receive national recognition for providing quality care to patients with diabetes. The National Diabetes Association (ADA) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) announced that John A. Colwell, M.D., Kathie L. Hermayer, M.D. and Ronald K. Mayfield, M.D., all of the MUSC Diabetes Center, were cited by the Provider Recognition Program. They will hold recognition status for three years.

The Provider Recognition Program was designed to improve the quality of care that patients with diabetes receive by recognizing physicians who deliver quality diabetes care, and by motivating other physicians to document and improve their delivery of diabetes care. 

To receive recognition, doctors submit data that demonstrate performance that meets the program's key diabetes measures for patients, including eye exams, blood pressure tests, nutrition therapy and patient satisfaction, among others. When people with diabetes receive quality care as outlined by these measures they are less likely to suffer complications such as heart attacks, stroke, blindness, kidney disease and amputations.

“In this era of cost-consciousness, it is important to recognize physicians like Drs. Colwell, Hermayer and Mayfield, who are providing quality care for their patients with diabetes,” said Robert Sherwin, M.D., president of the American Diabetes Association. “We hope that all physicians who care for people with diabetes will see the importance of tracking their patients' care and meeting the quality measures of the Provider Recognition Program to help prevent or delay the devastating complications associated with this chronic disease.”

The National Committee for Quality Assurance is a non-profit watchdog organization that is widely recognized as the leader in the effort to assess, measure and report the quality of care provided by the nation's managed care organizations.

The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading voluntary health organization supporting diabetes research, information and advocacy.