ALEDO, Illinois – Genesis Medical Center, Aledo has been recognized as one of the top rural primary care practices in the U.S. in the 2024 Lilypad Awards.
The award-winning hospital provides care for patients in Mercer County and surrounding areas. It was recognized by the only ranking program for the nation’s more than 5,400 Rural Health Clinics, MercyOne/Genesis news release said.
The Lilypad Awards recognize the Rural Health Clinics that outperform their rural primary care practice peers in efficiency and operational excellence. Genesis Medical Center, Aledo competed in the provider-based hospitals and clinics category.
“Genesis and MercyOne are committed to rural health care and keeping health care services and providers in Aledo,” Genesis Medical Center, Aledo Administrator Ted Rogalski said in the release.
“The Lilypad Award confirms the hard work and dedication of all our Genesis Medical Center, Aledo, colleagues fulfilling our mission of providing compassionate, quality care for our patients,” he added. “We are proud to be the only clinic in Illinois and one of only five in the Midwest to earn this recognition.”
Objective assessment
Lilypad Awards provide a comprehensive and objective assessment of rural health clinic performance. They evaluate provider-based (hospital-owned) or independent practices to produce a comprehensive ranking system for every rural health clinic in the nation. The Top Five organizations in the five geographic regions earned 2024 Lilypad Award Top Clinic recognition. That includes Genesis Medical Center, Aledo. It ranked No. 1 among Midwest award winners.
The Lilypad Awards use data from each facility’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid program reports to calculate rural-relevant metrics across five domains. They are: expenses, utilization, staffing, productivity and leverage.
According to Lilypad’s methodology, those awards and Lilypad’s Practice Operations National Database (POND) programs are used nationally by rural clinics, state offices of rural health, regional health care systems and rural hospitals to measure and monitor rural primary care practice performance.
