Congrats to the John C. Lincoln Physician Network! JCL was recently presented the Fred Graham Award by MGMA-ACMPE, the premier membership association for professional administrators and leaders of medical group practices. It was awarded for its activities and solutions to advance the effectiveness of healthcare delivery and improve community health.

Nathan Anspach, FACMPE, FACHE, Senior VP and CEO, John C. Lincoln Physician Network and Accountable Care, received the award. “This is a wonderful honor,” Anspach says, “and all of us at John C. Lincoln are grateful to the MGMA-ACMPE for recognizing our efforts.” Anspach and his administrative team created a program that recruits combat medics and corpsmen returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and trains them as transition specialists to serve the patients of the John C. Lincoln Accountable Care Organization. The transition specialists work with recently hospitalized, frail elderly patients diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia, or heart failure in an effort to improve post-discharge outcomes and reduce unnecessary readmissions.