NeighborHealth Earns National Recognition from HRSA for Quality Excellence
NeighborHealth is recognized with four distinguished quality badges by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
BOSTON, MA (March 17, 2025) – NeighborHealth, Massachusetts’ largest community-based primary care health system, has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) with four distinguished quality badges for 2024. These awards, distributed in late 2024, highlight NeighborHealth’s commitment to delivering exceptional patient care and advancing health outcomes in our community.
The quality badges awarded to NeighborHealth include three different Community Health Quality Recognition (CHQR) badges in addition to Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition.
National Quality Leader – Cancer Screening (Gold)
This coveted gold badge places NeighborHealth among an elite 1% of health centers nationwide recognized for excellence in cancer screening – underscoring the tireless efforts of NeighborHealth’s clinical teams in early detection and preventive care. NeighborHealth’s ability to foster close partnerships between providers, clinical and operations leaders allows them to seamlessly maintain quality teams to support preventative cancer screening.
Health Center Quality Leader (Silver)
NeighborHealth received silver status as a leader in overall quality performance, demonstrating its dedication to providing high-standard, equitable healthcare services. This badge is only awarded to the top performing health centers nationwide. NeighborHealth has demonstrated commitment to holistic health care, with compassion, curiosity and empathy to receive this accolade.
Advancing Health Information Technology for Quality
This recognition reflects NeighborHealth’s commitment to leveraging innovative health information technology to enhance patient outcomes and streamline care delivery. NeighborHealth was awarded this badge for meeting all criteria to optimize Health Information Technology services that advance telehealth, patient engagement, interoperability, and collection of social risk factors to increase access to care and advance quality of care. NeighborHealth has implemented multiple care delivery options, including telehealth through the coordination and partnership between information technology, clinical, quality and operations.
Patient-Centered Medical Home
An honor, recognizing NeighborHealth’s implementation of the Patient-Centered Medical Home model, emphasizing patient-focused, comprehensive and coordinated care.
Community Health Center Quality Recognition (CHQR) badges received by NeighborHealth in 2024.
“Our team’s exceptional dedication to delivering accessible, proactive and high-quality care to all our patients earned us these recognitions. NeighborHealth’s focus has been and remains on caring for patients beyond the exam room to empower healthier communities,” said Greg Wilmot, President and CEO of NeighborHealth “We are expanding clinical spaces and integrating advanced screening technologies to enhance preventive and early detection care, allowing us to better serve our most vulnerable communities.”
The 2024 HRSA quality awards, based on 2023 data, are designed to recognize health centers that exhibit excellence in various aspects of patient care, including preventive services, health outcomes, management and the adoption of cutting-edge technologies and clinical processes. These achievements demonstrate NeighborHealth’s mission to provide equitable, patient-centered care to all.
“By prioritizing preventive care, our patient-centered model allows our diverse care teams to both address immediate health challenges, as well as partner with our patients on health goals so they can live longer, healthier lives,” said Dr. Julio Mazul, MD, Vice President and Interim Chief Medical Officer of NeighborHealth. “These quality awards demonstrate NeighborHealth’s innovative approach and steadfast commitment to providing compassionate, accessible, and high-quality healthcare to all our neighbors.”
For more information about NeighborHealth and our services, please visit www.neighborhealth.com.
