Allegiance Health

Primary Care Practices Earn Designation from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

September 11, 2012

Jackson, Mich. — Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has designated the following primary care practices as patient-centered medical home (PCMH) practices. This means that these practices are among a select group of primary care physicians in Michigan who are improving health care quality by adopting the PCMH model of care.

• Allegiance Family Medicine – Albion 
• Allegiance Family Medicine – Brooklyn 
• Allegiance Family Medicine – Grass Lake 
• Allegiance Family Medicine – Leslie 
• Allegiance Family Medicine – Mason 
• Allegiance Family Medicine – Michigan Center 
• Allegiance Family Medicine – North Street 
• Allegiance Family Medicine – Onsted 
• Allegiance Family Medicine – Spring Arbor 
• Allegiance Family Medicine – Summit Woods 
• Allegiance Family Medicine – Townsend 
• Allegiance Internal Medicine – Albion 
• Allegiance Internal Medicine – Jackson  
• Imdad Butt, MD
• Cedar Street Medicine
• Raymond Cole, DO
• Grass Lake Medical
• Greenwood Pediatric Clinic
• David Halsey, MD
• Robert Israel, MD
• Jackson Pediatric Associates
• Mid-Michigan Health Centers
• David Munro, MD
• Ali Orandi, MD
• Pediatric Center of Jackson
• Lorna Pinson, MD
• Riverside Pediatrics
• Rose City Family Practice
• Springcrest Family Physicians
• Trimas Family Care
• Aaron Van Wagnen, MD
• Lynn Van Wagnen, MD

“The patient-centered medical home is health care focused on the patient,” said Allegiance Health Chief Medical Officer Ray King, MD. “We take a holistic and comprehensive approach to patient care, helping our patients meet their health goals and keeping track of all their specialist visits, test results and prescriptions.” 

With the PCMH model, primary care physicians (pediatricians, internists and family practice doctors) lead care teams that work with patients to keep them healthy and monitor their care on an ongoing basis. PCMH teams coordinate patients' health care, track patients’ conditions and ensure that they receive the care they need. They offer extended access to the care team, coordinate complementary care (such as nutrition counseling) and help patients learn to better manage conditions like asthma and diabetes. 

A recent analysis of claims data shows that PCMH-designated doctors are succeeding in more effectively managing patients’ care to keep them healthy and prevent complications.