Cahaba Receives Community Health Quality Recognition

Providing quality care to our patients, communities and populations is a core mission and value of Cahaba Medical Care. This is nowhere better exemplified than in the Federal Quality Awards with which we have been recognized. The CHQR badges recognize Health Center Program awardees that have made notable quality improvement achievements in the areas of access, quality, health equity, and health information technology for the most recent UDS reporting period. 

HEALTH CENTER QUALITY LEADER - GOLD

The Health Center Quality Leader (HCQL) badges are awarded to health centers that achieve the best overall clinical quality measure (CQM) performance among all health centers in the nation. The Gold Tier means that Cahaba ranks in the top 10% in quality nationwide. 

ACCESS ENHANCER

The Access Enhancer badge recognizes health centers that have increased the total number of patients and the number of patients who receive at least one comprehensive service (mental health, substance abuse, vision, dental, and/or enabling) by at least 5%. 

ADVANCING HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HIT) FOR QUALITY

The Advancing HIT for Quality badge recognizes health centers that meet all criteria to optimize HIT services that advance telehealth, patient engagement, interoperability, and collection of social determinants of health data to increase access to care and advance quality of care.

HEALTH DISPARITIES REDUCER

The Health Disparities Reducer badge recognizes health centers that have improved by at least 10% in low birth weight, hypertension control, or uncontrolled diabetes.

PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME (PCMH) RECOGNITION

The PCMH badge recognizes health centers with PCMH Recognition in one or more delivery sites.