Sunflower Rural Health Clinic has been named one of the top providers of rural health care in this area.
Lilypad, a leading healthcare analytics firm, named the 2020 Lilypad Awards last week from the 4,400 rural health clinics it observed and ranked across the nation.
The Lilypad Awards recognizes clinics that outperform their rural primary care practice peers in terms of efficiency and operational excellence. Utilizing data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid program to calculate rural-relevant metrics across five domains, the Lilypad Awards provide a comprehensive and objective assessment of rural health clinic performance.
Two other Mississippi rural health care providers – Family Medical Group in Meadville and South Central Regional Medical Center in Laural – also made the list.
The Lilypad Awards and Lilypad’s Practice Operations National Database (POND) programs are used nationally by rural clinics, State Offices of Rural Health, regional healthcare systems and rural hospitals to measure and monitor rural primary care practice performance. In many cases Rural Health Clinics receive enhanced reimbursement from government payers such as Medicare and Medicaid as a means of sustaining financial solvency based on this rating.
Sunflower Rural Health Clinic was named to the the Top Five organizations in the southeastern region to earn the 2020 Lilypad Award Top Clinic recognition.
"We're proud of the work that NOSORH, the fifty State Offices of Rural Health and our partners are doing to support these crucial and dedicated rural providers,” said Teryl Eisinger, Chief Executive Officer of the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. “Rural health clinics around the nation are stars of serving underserved communities; and they need all the resources, data and support we can find to continue their efforts to serve small populations in small towns across the country. Congratulations to all Lilypad Award recipients for exemplifying the power of rural.”
“Rural Health Clinics are exempt from most public reporting programs. As a result, generally there is a lack of information about these provider organizations – compared with what we © 2020 Lilypad®, LLC. January 19, 2020 All Rights Reserved. know about hospitals,” said Gregory Wolf, founder and President of Lilypad, LLC. “The Lilypad Awards seek to fill this data gap and shed new light on the relative performance among Rural Health Clinics. We feel it is time to recognize high performing clinics as a catalyst for future improvement and investment. Our rural healthcare delivery system relies on affordable access to high quality primary care services and Rural Health Clinics play a vital role in strengthening our rural safety net.”
About Lilypad. Lilypad is a Maine-based analytics firm founded in 2011 to provide mobile and web-based performance improvement applications for healthcare provider organizations and State Offices of Rural Health. We adhere to a core business principle that accountable leaders require sound data and simple, innovative tools to be successful in their roles within the emerging value-based care delivery environment.
