(SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) LaSalle Medical Associates, Inc. recently began working with a new health care management company, MedPoint Management.

“MedPoint Management will help us streamline our operations and enhance LaSalle Medical Associates’ and our other IPA members’ ability to provide patients quality health care,” said Dr. Albert Arteaga, CEO of LaSalle Medical Associates.

“MedPoint Management meets health care providers’ needs with a personalized approach to health care management,” said Kimberly Carey, president of MedPoint Management. “We combine the use of advanced technology with the vast health care experience of our employees to help providers meet the challenges of serving a diverse population in the rapidly changing health care environment.”

MedPoint Management assists Independent Practice Associations, more often known in the health care field as IPAs, with management services. These services include assisting with the processing of insurance claims, resolving grievances, verifying credentials of health care practitioners, advising health care providers about new policies of the health maintenance organizations (HMOs) they work with, evaluating the quality and outcomes of patient care (and, when necessary, making recommendations for improvement), and tracking services provided to those with certain health conditions.

MedPoint Management will work not just with LaSalle Medical Associates’ four clinics in San Bernardino County, but with other practices in the Inland Empire, Los Angeles and San Joaquin Valley that are members of the LaSalle Medical Associates Independent Practice Association.

The LaSalle Medical Associates clinics are at 17577 Arrow Blvd. in Fontana, 1505 West 17th St. and 565 N. Mt. Vernon Ave. in San Bernardino, and 16455 Main St. in Hesperia.

For additional information about LaSalle Medical Associates, call (909) 890-0407 or go on line to LaSalleMedicalassociates.com.

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Dr. Albert Arteaga of LaSalle Medical Associates and Kimberly Carey of Med Point Management work in partnership. Med Point Management assists with the management of LaSalle’s health care programs, resulting in better quality service to patients. Photo by Chris Sloan