OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) today announced top-performing provider organizations and those demonstrating the greatest year-over-year improvement through its Align. Measure. Perform. (AMP) Medicare Advantage program.
The AMP Medicare Advantage program collects performance data on 175 provider organizations, measuring everyone by the same standards and evaluating them against national performance benchmarks. The program mirrors the measures and methodologies that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) uses for its Star Ratings system, determining provider stars against the same national cut points that CMS uses to evaluate health plans for a subset of the Medicare Advantage Star Ratings measures. All providers’ star ratings are publicly reported by the State of California’s Office of the Patient Advocate. The AMP program’s annual recognitions provide tangible evidence of select provider organizations’ hard work and stand-out performance in the national landscape.
The AMP Medicare Advantage results for Measurement Year 2024 reflect meaningful progress across several key quality measures. California providers demonstrated high performance against national benchmarks in colorectal cancer screening, osteoporosis management in women who had a fracture, and statin therapy for patients with cardiovascular disease. The momentum extended to overall performance as well. The number of providers earning a Most Improved recognition grew by more than 80% compared to the prior year, with each honoree improving their overall Medicare Stars score by at least half a star year-over-year.
“By intentionally aligning with CMS Star Ratings, we’re enabling California providers to shine against national standards, and creating shared accountability between health plans and provider organizations that drives real quality improvement,” says Dolores Yanagihara, MPH, AMP General Manager. “The honorees’ achievements are a testament to what’s possible when health plans and providers are working toward the same goals.”
AMP Medicare Advantage 5 and 4.5 Star Recognition
Providers recognized in this category earned an overall Medicare Advantage Star rating of 5 or 4.5 stars based on national benchmarks established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for a subset of the Medicare Advantage Star Ratings measures.
The MY 2024 5 Star recipients are:
- Kaiser Permanente Northern California Permanente Medical Group
- Redwood City Medical Center
- South San Francisco Medical Center
The MY 2024 4.5 Star recipients are:
- AMVI Medical Group
- Cedars-Sinai Health Associates
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Group
- Desert Oasis Healthcare
- Edinger Medical Group
- Kaiser Permanente Northern California Permanente Medical Group
- Diablo/Antioch Medical Centers
- Fremont/San Leandro Medical Centers
- Fresno Medical Center
- Modesto/Manteca/Stockton Medical Centers
- Oakland/Richmond Medical Centers
- Roseville/Sacramento Medical Centers
- San Francisco Medical Center
- San Jose Medical Center
- San Rafael Medical Center
- Santa Clara Medical Center
- Santa Rosa Medical Center
- South Sacramento Medical Center
- Vallejo/Vacaville Medical Centers
- Kaiser Permanente Southern California Permanente Medical Group
- Baldwin Park
- Orange County
- Riverside
- San Diego
- Woodland Hills
AMP Medicare Advantage Most Improved
Providers recognized in this category improved by at least half a star in their overall Medicare Stars score for MY 2024 compared to the overall score for MY 2023. The number of provider organizations earning a Most Improved recognition nearly doubled in MY 2024, increasing from 16 to 29 provider organizations.
The MY 2024 Most Improved honorees are:
- All Care IPA
- AMVI Medical Group
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Group
- Citrus Valley Physicians Group
- Community Care IPA
- Desert Oasis Healthcare
- Dignity Health Medical Network – Ventura
- Family Healthcare Network
- Health Care L.A., IPA
- Kaiser Permanente Northern California Permanente Medical Group – Redwood City Medical Center
- Lakeside Medical Organization
- Mercy Medical Group/Dignity Health Medical Foundation
- Mission Heritage Medical Group
- My Family Medical Group
- Noble AMA IPA
- Optum Care Network – Monarch
- Optum Care Network – North County SD
- Physicians Choice Medical Group of San Luis Obispo
- Physicians Choice Medical Group of Santa Maria
- Physicians Medical Group of San Jose
- Providence Affiliated Physicians, St Mary
- Riverside Medical Clinic
- Sansum Medical Group Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara County IPA (SCCIPA)
- Seoul Medical Group
- Sutter Gould Medical Foundation – Gould Medical Group
- UCLA Medical Group – Santa Monica Bay Physicians
- Visalia Medical Clinic, an affiliate of Kaweah Delta Medical Foundation
- Woodland Clinic Medical Group
About Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA)
Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) brings the healthcare community together to solve industry-wide challenges that stand in the way of high-value, equitable care. As a non-profit industry association, we use our decades of expertise, objective data, and unique role as a trusted facilitator to make the healthcare system work better for everyone. We provide insights that help the healthcare system continuously improve. We build new tools that simplify how the industry works together. And we provide a forum for cross-industry leaders – through our boards and programs – to have honest conversations that guide the future of healthcare.
For more information, please visit https://www.iha.org or contact Ashley Burkett at press@iha.org.