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Lamprey Health Care is pleased to be awarded the Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) - Health Center Quality Leader (HCQL) SILVER LEVEL badge for 2024 from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA.) This is awarded to the top 20% of all health centers nationally achieving the best overall clinical quality measurement performance.

Additionally, Lamprey Health Care was one of only two health centers in New Hampshire to achieve this recognition, and one of only three health centers in New Hampshire to achieve silver or bronze. (There were no gold awarded this year.)

The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) provides equitable health care to the nation's highest-need communities. Their programs support people with low incomes, people with HIV, pregnant people, children, parents, rural communities, transplant patients, and the health workforce.

In addition to the SILVER LEVEL badge, Lamprey Health Care received awards for Advancing HIT (Health Information Technology.)

Lamprey Health Care, at its Newmarket, Raymond, and Nashua offices, has been awarded recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home Program.

The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is a model of care that puts patients at the forefront of care. PCMHs build better relationships between patients and their clinical care teams. Research shows that PCMHs improve quality, the patient experience and staff satisfaction, while reducing health care costs. Practices that earn recognition show that they have made a commitment to providing quality improvement within their practice and a patient-centered approach to care.

About PCMH

NCQA is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA’s website (ncqa.org) contains information to help consumers, employers and others make more-informed health care choices. NCQA can be found online at ncqa.org, on Twitter @ncqa, on Facebook at facebook.com/NCQA.org/ and on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/ncqa.

The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home program reflects the input of the American College of Physicians (ACP), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and others. It was developed to assess whether clinical practices are functioning as medical homes and recognize them for these efforts. The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home standards emphasize the use of system, patient-centered, coordinated care that supports access, communication and patient involvement.

“NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition raises the bar in defining high-quality care by emphasizing access, health information technology and coordinated care focused on patients,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. “Recognition shows that Lamprey Health Care has the tools, systems and resources to provide its patients with the right care, at the right time.”