WPHCA is soliciting nominations for the 2025 Performance Excellence Award to demonstrate WPHCA’s commitment to supporting Community Health Center (CHC) team-based performance improvement and innovation. The award is conferred annually at WPHCA’s Fall Learning Session. The Performance Excellence Award recognizes and celebrates CHC teams and their efforts over the past year towards achieving the quadruple aim: enhancing patient health, improving the patient experience, increasing cost effectiveness of care, and/or boosting staff satisfaction.

WPHCA acknowledges that improvements can manifest in various forms, and nominated teams may demonstrate a range of achievements, including clinical and organizational process enhancements, innovations in digital tools and technology, service expansion, and more.

WPHCA will accept nominations for the Performance Excellence Award from anyone familiar with the work of the Health Center improvement team (e.g., CEO, performance improvement team member, partners, or other CHC staff) from now through August 1, 2025. 

To be considered, nominees must submit the following: 

• Completed Nomination Form (see below) – 2025 Nomination Form
• Photo of the nominated Health Center team 

WPHCA staff will facilitate an objective selection process administered by 2-3 out-of-state Primary Care Association, Health Center Controlled Network, or CHC staff recruited to serve as members of the review team. 

All nominees must meet the following criteria: 

• The nominated team represents an inter-professional performance improvement team that has been working together and demonstrates or is working toward a culture of excellence. 
• Note: To encourage leadership development within CHCs, teams led by staff other than CEO/Executive level will be preferred. Senior leadership may be represented on the performance improvement team, but other staff should lead primary work efforts and coordination. 
• The team used data and/or other tools to measure and demonstrate the impact of their work.   
• Nominees are encouraged to demonstrate how their improvement efforts reduced adverse health outcomes. 
• The nominated team conducted a specific performance improvement or innovation initiative at their Health Center that works towards achieving the goals of the Quadruple Aim, including:
  • • (a) improving the health of patients, 
    • (b) improving patient experience with their care, 
    • (c) improving the cost effectiveness of care, and/or 
    • (d) improving provider & staff experience.

Awards will be announced at the evening reception scheduled as part of the 2025 Fall Learning Session, on September 17-18, 2025, at the Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan, WI. The selected team will be presented with a Performance Excellence Award for their Health Center and the Health Center’s name will be added to WPHCA’s statewide Performance Excellence Award. In addition to receiving an award, the team will be given three complimentary Fall Learning Session registrations for team members to attend the 2026 Fall Learning Session. 

Health Centers nominating a team for the Performance Excellence Award are encouraged to send a team of representative(s) to the Fall Learning Session. All nominated teams will be recognized during the Fall Learning Session evening reception. 

Fill out this form to nominate a team for WPHCA’s 2024 Performance Excellence Award. This online nomination form is not savable. Please have all information and attachments ready when filling out this online nomination form.

Submit your nomination packet by August 1, 2025

Your nomination packet should include:

• Completed nomination form (online form) – 2025 Nomination Form
• Photo of the team and/or members engaged in the work together (attachment #7)
• Any additional material you wish to submit (#9)

If you have any questions, please reach out to Barb Willms, bwillms@wphca.org.

Nominators must submit answers to all questions for a nominee to be considered for the WPHCA Performance Excellence Award. Use the space below and add additional pages as necessary. Portions of this description may be used when presenting this award.