Summit Medical Group was formed in 1995 by 37 primary care
physicians, and has since grown to comprise 218 plus physicians and 90 plus
midlevel providers practicing at more than 53 sites in 11 counties treating
312,000 patients. Summit employs approximately 1,350 employees and has four
ancillary imaging centers, three after-hours Summit Express Clinics, five
physical therapy centers, a sleep services center and a central laboratory that
runs 5.08 million tests annually.
About 80
hospitalists/pulmonologists comprise Statcare, Summit’s hospitalist division,
caring for patients at five area hospitals. The National Committee for Quality
Assurance has recognized Summit’s office-based physicians for the quality of
their diabetes and stroke/heart care, as well as for meeting Patient Centered
Medical Home criteria. Summit has an Accountable Care Organization, Summit
Health Solutions, with more than 35,000 Medicare beneficiaries.