NCQA Certification

Dear Dr. Dehen,

On behalf of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), thank you for your application to the Back Pain Physician Recognition Program. Our effort to measure and thereby encourage improvement in the care provided to people with low back pain is an important endeavor for NCQA.

We are happy to acknowledge that your application to the Back Pain Recognition Program has been successful and has been granted Recognition. The effective date of Recognition begins on July 24, 2011 and expires on July 24, 2013.

Congratulations on your success you for doing your part to advance quality in health care.

Sincerely,

Mina L. Harkins

Assistant Vice President, Physician Recognition Programs

National Committee for Quality Assurance