Ten Oakland Southfield Physicians Practices Receive Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition

SOUTHFIELD, MI -- (Marketwire) -- 07/20/09 -- Ten Oakland Southfield Physicians (OSP) practices have been selected as Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) designated practices by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM). These ten practices are the first OSP practices to be recognized as part of a statewide PCMH initiative established in partnership with physician organizations and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

PCMH is a new way for patients to work as a team with their primary care physician to manage their medical care. The PCMH-designated OSP practices support their patients with their health care needs. The physicians provide their patients with extended office hours and other ways to keep in contact. The practices use technology such as electronic prescribing, patient registry systems and electronic medical records to monitor patient health conditions and treatment. Adoption of PCMH principles by OSP physician practices impacts quality and efficient delivery of health care.

"We are very pleased about this recognition and value our partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan," says Jerome Frankel, DO, Medical Director at Oakland Southfield Physicians.

Dr. Frankel has played an important role in helping to implement the fundamentals behind the Patient-Centered Medical Home by serving on the BCBSM Value Partnerships Primary Care Leadership Committee, a committee which represents the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and cooperative physician partnerships that are striving to improve medical care.

"It is a great honor to be part of this transformation in medical care and we at Oakland Southfield Physicians are proud to be acknowledged for instituting the Patient-Centered Medical Home," says Dr. Frankel.

"This accomplishment took a huge effort on the part of the physicians and their office staff; we greatly appreciate their commitment to this innovative approach to medicine," says Dr. Frankel. "The PCMH standards require leadership on the part of the physicians and are meant to be constantly improved upon."

The enormous effort that has been put forth by these physicians has proven to be a benefit to both the patients and the physicians involved. Oakland Southfield Physicians sees these ten practices as the first of many within their organization to be PCMH certified. OSP is appreciative to the ten recognized practices and is moving forward with PCMH throughout the entire physician organization.

Oakland Southfield Physicians PCMH Recognized Practices

Christopher R DeAngelis, DO, Woodhaven, MI

--  Christopher R DeAngelis, DO
    

Family Medicine, Southfield, MI

--  Rodrigo Tobar Jr, DO
--  Rodrigo Tobar Sr, MD
    

Mark W Sawka, MD, Woodhaven, MI

--  Mark W Sawka, MD
    

Northside Medical Center, Detroit, MI

--  Jerome Frankel, DO
--  Kevin Frankel, DO
    

William F Murray, MD, Novi, MI

--  William F Murray, MD
    

Infinity Primary Care Brighton Family Medicine Center, Brighton, MI

--  Kevin Deighton,  MD
--  Joseph Giannola, MD
--  Erika Giordano, DO
--  Anthony Vettraino, MD
    

Infinity Primary Care Livonia Family Practice, Livonia, MI

--  Jacqueline Appiah, MD
--  Maura Bradley, MD
--  Kevin Deighton, MD
--  Kelly Fitzgibbons, MD
--  Joseph Giannola, MD
--  Fawaz Hasso, MD
--  Stacy O'Dowd, MD
--  Mark Stacherski, MD
--  William White, MD
    

Infinity Primary Care Novi Family Care, Novi, MI

--  Anjana Barad, MD
--  Robert Boomer, MD
--  Robert Carter, MD
--  Stephanie Linden, MD
--  Frank Parrinello, DO
--  Angela Sweeney, MD
    

Infinity Primary Care Park Family Practice, Novi, MI

--  Michael Balon, MD
--  Anita Bodiya, MD
--  Ronald Grose, MD
--  Sushma Sadasivan, MD
--  Glenn Taylor, MD
--  Gayla Zoghlin, MD
    

Infinity Primary Care West Bloomfield Family Practice, Novi, MI

--  Bethany Clary, MD
--  Coleen DeWitt, DO
--  Steven Klein, MD
    

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About Oakland Southfield Physicians

Oakland Southfield Physicians (OSP) is an association of more than 300 independently practicing physicians who provide primary care to thousands of families in southeastern Michigan. Administrative Network, Inc. (ANI) is a private company formed to exclusively serve Oakland Southfield Physicians as its business organization. Its staff members are experts at managing the complicated requirements of the health insurance industry. They provide customized services to support OSP physicians. Physicians affiliated with OSP consist of family and general practitioners, pediatricians and internal medicine doctors. Physicians furnish patient care services through their own independently owned and operated medical practices located throughout southeastern Michigan. For more information on OSP, please visit www.ospdocs.com