Quincy, Mass. (July 18, 2012) – Granite Medical Group, an affiliate of Atrius Health,  proudly announces that it has scored at or above the national 90^th percentile ratings in important preventive and chronic care quality measures in the 2012 Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) Quality Insights: Clinical Quality in Primary Care report. 

Granite Medical Group physicians achieved MHQP’s highest possible rating of four stars in colorectal cancer screenings; adult diabetes care; and breast and cervical cancer screenings.

Granite Medical Group is accepting new patients and is located in the Crown Colony Medical Center on 500 Congress Street in Quincy (Tel 617-471-0033).

Massachusetts Health Quality is an independent, not-for-profit organization established in 1995 by a group of Massachusetts health care leaders who identified the importance of using valid, comparable quality measures as a way to drive improvement. Its membership reflects a broad-based coalition of physicians, hospitals, health plans, purchasers, consumers, government agencies and academics working together to promote improvement in the quality of health care services in Massachusetts.

About Granite Medical Group

Granite Medical was founded in 1997 and joined Atrius Health in 2005. Their 20 physicians and 5 nurse practitioners are committed to providing patients with the highest quality of care at its convenient location in Quincy. In addition to internal medicine, many of the Granite Medical providers have expertise in a sub-specialty, including cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, gerontology, hepatology, nutrition, podiatry, pulmonary medicine and rheumatology.  Granite Medical accepts insurance from most major health plans, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Neighborhood Health Plan, Tufts Health Plan and Tufts Medicare Preferred. For more information, visit www.granitemedical.com.

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