Edinger Medical Group Receives "Platinum Right Care Initiative" Award from the California Department of Managed Healthcare

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. – The California Department of Managed Healthcare (DMHC) has awarded Edinger Medical Group the Platinum Right Care Initiative Award for providing the best possible care to lower the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and complications from diabetes. Edinger, which is a medical group partner of Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley, is one of only two medical groups in the entire state and the only one in Orange County to have received this designation. In the five years that the Platinum Right Care Initiative Award has been given by California, only five medical groups have received this award; Edinger has now received it twice.

In addition, Edinger was also one of only ten medical groups in California to receive the Excellence in Healthcare Award earlier this year for providing optimal overall care and excellent patient satisfaction. By holding these two prestigious designations, Edinger Medical Group is now the only medical group in California to have received both awards this year.

“We congratulate Edinger Medical Group for earning this outstanding clinical achievement and we are proud to have them as a medical group partner,” says Barry Arbuckle, PhD, President and CEO of the nonprofit MemorialCare Health System. “Their dedication to high quality and compassionate patient care exemplifies why they are highly regarded as one of California’s top medical groups.”

Edinger Medical Group, a physician-owned practice that has cared for Orange County patients for over 50 years, has offices on the campus of Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center and additionally, in Huntington Beach. Edinger specializes in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Family Medicine, and has been consistently recognized for its outstanding patient care and patient satisfaction.

“We are incredibly proud to receive this honor as it is a direct reflection of the daily efforts made by our physicians and staff,” says Matthew Boone, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Edinger Medical Group. “And while we are grateful for this recognition, Edinger remains committed to improving the quality of life and overall healthcare of the patients we serve.”

The statewide goal of the Right Care Initiative is for all California health plans and medical groups to reach the national 90th percentile of performance in the prevention of heart attacks, strokes and complications from diabetes through the control of blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol as published in the National Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) and the Integrated Health Care Association’s Program.

For more information about Edinger Medical Group, please call Lara McKenna (714) 965-2553 or log on to www.edingermedicalgroup.com.

About Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center
Orange Coast Memorial is a member of the nonprofit MemorialCare Healthy System, an integrated delivery system that includes five other top hospitals – Long Beach Memorial, Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Long Beach, Community Hospital Long Beach, and Saddleback Memorial Laguna Hills and San Clemente; medical groups – MemorialCare Medical Group and Greater Newport Physicians; a health plan – Seaside Health Plan; and numerous outpatient health centers throughout the Southland including imaging centers and surgery centers.