Unity Healthcare Achieves MGMA ‘Better Performer’ Status

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Performance and Practices of Successful Medical Groups: 2009 Report Based on 2008 Data identified Unity Healthcare as a "better performer" because of superior operational performance compared with similar medical group practices nationwide.

Unity Healthcare has received this award for several years. "This recognition exemplifies the extraordinary care given by our physicians and staff," says Dr. Jason Burgett, the Unity Healthcare Board of Directors President.

The MGMA report, a benchmarking standard among medical groups for nearly a decade, was produced using data from respondents to the MGMA Cost Survey: 2009 Reports Based on 2008 Data as well as data from a questionnaire that assessed management behaviors, practices and procedures of better performers. The report profiles medical practices that have demonstrated success in one or more areas including: profitability and cost management; productivity, capacity and staffing; accounts receivable and collections; patient satisfaction; and managed care operations.

About Unity Healthcare:
Unity Healthcare is a renowned medical network with over 75 general and specialty physicians operating from Unity's state-of-the-art medical facility in Lafayette and surrounding communities and provides care for more than 200,000 patients per year. Unity Healthcare physicians provide an array of medical services with specialists in allergy and asthma, anesthesiology, gastroenterology, general and trauma surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, occupational medicine, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, orthopedic spinal surgery, otolaryngology, pain management, pediatrics, physical therapy, plastic surgery, podiatry, primary care, psychology, radiology, radiation oncology, urology, venous medicine services, and many others. Please visit www.unityhc.com.

About MGMA
MGMA, founded in 1926, is the nation's principal voice for medical group practice. MGMA's more than 21,500 members manage and lead 13,700 organizations, in which more than 275,000 physicians practice. MGMA's core purpose is to improve the effectiveness of medical group practices and the knowledge and skills of the individuals who manage and lead them. MGMA headquarters are in Englewood, Colo. Please visit www.mgma.com.