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FEATURE

personalized health information provided
now and in the future by physicians, clinicians, and health care institutions may
be the answer to the best outcome by far:
Motivating individuals to take the steps
needed to help preserve their own health.
* https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/
article/PIIS2589-7500(19)30109-8/fulltext

ABOUT VALLEY PREFERRED
Valley Preferred, a clinician-led, preferred provider organization aligned with Lehigh Valley Health Network
(LVHN), is dedicated to Achieving Clinical Excellence®
through the development and implementation of innovative programs to improve health care delivery and
value in the community. Formed by Lehigh Valley Physician Hospital Organization, Inc. (LVPHO), Valley
Preferred has a corporate philosophy consistent with the
goals of the Quadruple Aim: Better health. Better care.
Better cost. Better clinician experience. Collaboration is
essential to achieving these goals. Working together, and
driven by data insights from Populytics, a population
health management and data analytics company, clinicians are able to deliver even more proactive, informed,
and targeted care. LVPHO also endorses Employer
Health Solutions, a partnership of multifaceted health
and wellness resources available through LVHN and
Populytics. For more information, visit valleypreferred.
com and populytics.com.

Mark Wendling, MD, Executive Director of Valley
Preferred, has been a practicing family physician
and geriatrician in the Lehigh Valley for over 21
years, and continues to practice at LVPG Family
Medicine - Emmaus. During his tenure with Lehigh
Valley Health Network, he has been a member of the
teaching faculty of the Department of Family Medicine.
He helped launch a quality program in the Lehigh
Valley Physician Group (LVPG) and served as Chair
of LVPG Board of Governors for 10 years. He served as
Medical Director of Valley Preferred for eight years, has
contributed significantly to the growth of the organization, and has helped promote Valley Preferred's evolving
Achieving Clinical Excellence® (ACE) physician incentive program to its current nationally recognized status.

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