NCQA Recognizes UBMD sites as Patient Centered Medical Homes

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has recognized both of UBMD Internal Medicine’s private primary care sites – 300 Linwood Ave., Buffalo and 3980 Sheridan Dr., Amherst – for Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Level 3 recognition, effective 6/02/14 through 6/02/17. The Internal Medicine & Pediatrics (Med-Peds) site, 300 Linwood Ave. recognition includes Medical DirectorDr. Tessa Flores, Dr. Jennifer Abeles and PA Julie Schmidt. The Dent Office site, 3980 Sheridan Dr. recognition includesMedical Director Dr. Sarah Thompson and Drs. Karuna Ahuja, Peter Elkin, Nasir Khan, Bonnie McMichael, David Milling, Ellen Rich, and the PA Team of Michelle Bielinski, Christie Morotchie, Victoria Boorman and Linda Weisenborn. Congratulations also to our providers at the Elmwood Health Center, 2128 Elmwood Ave. and at the ECMC Primary Health Clinic, 462 Grider St. Suite 15, who both received Level 3 recognition effective 3/29/2014 through 3/29/2017. UBMD Internal Medicine providers at the Elmwood-People Inc. facility included Medical Director Dr. Michael Aronica and Drs. William Blymire, Janki Patel and Mark Zambron. Our primary providers at the Grider-ECMC site included Drs. Karuna Ahuja, Smita Bakhai, Jyotsna Bhatnagar, John Fudyma, Nasir Khan, Ellen Rich and Scott Stewart.