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University physicians receive national recognition for quality diabetes care COLUMBIA, Mo. — Joseph Beckmann, M.D., and Paul Schoephoerster, M.D., assistant professors of family and community medicine at the MU School of Medicine, were recently recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the American Diabetes Association for providing quality care to their patients with diabetes. Beckmann sees patients at the University Physicians-Smiley Lane Clinic in Columbia, and Schoephoerster sees patients at the University Physicians-Fayette Medical Clinic in Fayette. Both physicians train MU resident physicians at the Fayette clinic. The pair joins James Koller, M.D., assistant professor of general internal medicine at the MU School of Medicine and Kristin Hahn-Cover, M.D., associate medical director of University of Missouri Health Care’s Office of Clinical Effectiveness, as University physicians recognized with this honor. The Diabetes Physician Recognition Program was designed to improve the quality of care for patients with diabetes by recognizing physicians who deliver quality diabetes care, and by motivating other physicians to document and improve their delivery of diabetes care. To receive recognition, which is valid for three years, Beckmann, Schopehoester, Hahn-Cover and Koller submitted data that demonstrates performance that meets the program’s key diabetes care measures. These measures include eye exams, blood pressure tests, nutrition therapy and patient satisfaction, among others. When people with diabetes receive quality care as outlined by these measures, they are less likely to suffer complications such as heart attacks, stroke, blindness, kidney disease and amputations. Diabetes is a serious disease that affects the body’s ability to produce or respond properly to insulin, a hormone that allows blood sugar to enter the cells of the body and be used for energy. An estimated 16 million Americans have diabetes and it is the sixth-leading cause of death by disease in the United States. NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations and recognizes physicians in key clinical areas. NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care. University of Missouri Health Care’s system of hospitals, clinics and telehealth sites employs approximately 6,000 clinicians, scientists, educators and other health professionals. The system includes University Hospital and Clinics, Children’s Hospital, Columbia Regional Hospital, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center and University Physicians, all based in Columbia, Mo. The health system also includes a long-term acute care facility, Missouri Rehabilitation Center, in Mount Vernon, Mo. Academic partners of the health system include the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Sinclair School of Nursing and School of Health Professions. Other affiliates of the health system include Rusk Rehabilitation Center in Columbia, Mo.; Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, Mo., and Cooper County Memorial Hospital in Boonville, Mo. E-mail this page | | Print this page |
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