Awards/Recognition

Recognition

September 14, 2020

HMS Quality Improvement Awards 2020

Hidalgo Medical Services has been recognized by HRSA Earning National Quality Improvement Awards. HMS is honored to receive top National Quality Leader recognitions in three award […]

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July 6, 2020

Pinon Award

Hidalgo Medical Services is One of Four NM Organizations to Attain 2019 New Mexico Performance Excellence Recognition HMS has received the “Pinon” award from Quality New […]

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December 18, 2019

Site Visit Recognition

The Non-Metro Area Agency on Aging Completes Site Visit at HMS Senior Centers Silver City, NM (December 18, 2019) The Non-Metro Area Agency on Aging (NMAAA) […]

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Health Center Quality Leader (HCQL)

Recognized with the HRSA 2020 Gold Quality Award. Achieved the best overall clinical performance among all health centers (1,368) and were recognized in the following tiers: Gold (top 10%), Silver (top 11-20%), or Bronze (top 21-30%) for Clinical Quality Improver CQMs. HCQL recipients will also receive a certificate.

Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality

Recognized with the HRSA Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality Award. Recognized the utilization of HIT services, for advancing Telehealth, patient engagement, interoperability, and collection of social determinants of health, to increase access to care and advance quality of care.

Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)

Recognized as a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). Health centers with PCMH have five core functions: comprehensive care, patient-centered care, coordinated care, accessible services, and quality and safety.

HRSA 2019 Silver Quality Award

Recognized with the HRSA 2019 Silver Quality Award: Health Center Quality Leader achieved the best overall clinical performance among all health centers and achieved Silver (top 11-20%) for clinical quality measures (CQMs) in 2018.
HMS was also recognized as a Clinical Quality Improver having demonstrated at least 15% improvement on a clinical quality measure (CQM from 2017 to 2018. HMS had three measures that met this criteria.
HMS was also the Best in New Mexico in four (4) clinical quality measures (CQMs) compared to all FQHCs in New Mexico.

HRSA Advancing Health Information Information Technology (HIT)

Recognized with the HRSA Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality Award: Recognized health centers that utilized the HIT services and/or telehealth services to increase access to care and advance quality of care between 2017 and 2018.

Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)

Recognized as a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH): Health centers with PCMH recognition in one or more delivery sites. HMS has the PCMH recognition at all delivery sites.

Pinon Award

New Mexico Performance Excellence Awards (NMPEA) 2017 and 2019 Piñon Recipient: HMS achieved this award as part of the NMPEA Program, which is New Mexico’s only awards program based on the Malcolm Baldrige Framework for Performance Excellence. The recipients are focused on long term process improvement, sustainability, efficiency and excellence.

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)

Full 3-year accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC): The accreditation means a thorough, on-site survey by AAAHC surveyors, who are themselves health care professionals, and that HMS participates in on-going self-evaluation, peer review and education to continually improve its care and services.