What our network means to you
This year marks a milestone, 10 years of Legacy Health Partners. A decade of partnership, progress, and a shared belief that we achieve more for patients when we work together than when we stand alone. As we celebrate this anniversary, we want to lift up your voices, because you are the reason LHP exists and continues to thrive.
We’ve been especially inspired by the number of physicians and administrators stepping forward to serve in LHP governance roles. Your willingness to lead and share your perspectives speaks volumes about what this network means:
“I believe it is essential for communities to collaborate in order to provide the highest quality care for our patients.” “Our clinic serves a diverse patient population, and I see firsthand the importance of integrated, preventive, and coordinated care.”
These perspectives echo throughout our membership:
“I am proud to say we are Legacy Health Partners. We trust Legacy with the care of the children in our practice.” “I feel like LHP’s mission should be the mission of all physicians.”
We also hear how LHP strengthens real-life clinical practice. Dr. Emoniel Isakharov, an Internal Medicine Physician at Legacy Medical Group - Tualatin, described how attending the Clinical Collaboration Series helps him stay current with trending topics where outpatient providers in our region often need support—like mental health, ketamine therapy, and menopause care. “The content shared in these lectures is not only applicable, but very actionable,” said Dr. Isakharov. “Now I can speak to my patients with confidence when they ask me about these topics.”
Equally significant is the sense of community fostered by these events. As Dr. Isakharov put it, engaging with both new and established colleagues face-to-face helps expand that “inner circle” of trusted specialists, turning a large network into a community with more personal connections.
As we continue to celebrate our 10th year, thank you for shaping what LHP has become, and for helping guide where we go next. If you’d like to reflect on what Legacy Health Partners means to you, please share your voice and help inspire others. Here’s to continuing the work together.
Quality Corner: Announcing LHP’s 2025 Quality Award winners!
LHP is pleased to congratulate Metropolitan Pediatrics as the winner of the 2025 LHP Quality Awards and $2,000 prize for their improvement project focused on increasing HIV screening rates in adolescents via rapid point of care testing to support early detection, linkage to care, and prevention.
Legacy Health’s high value care team earned 2nd place and $1,500 for implementing system-level interventions to reduce inappropriate use of Respiratory Quad PCR testing outside of respiratory virus season.
Legacy Medical Group - Westside Internal Medicine earned 3rd place and $1,000 for improving PCP coverage and patient access through rapid communication with patients and clear transition plans during physician departures/retirements.
As one member of LHP’s provider-led Quality & Membership Committee mentioned, “The quality awards are a valuable reflection of the clinical work we do. I appreciate that LHP makes it a priority to recognize innovation in clinical practice. I intend to take elements of the applications and try to implement in my practice.”
Read the full story for all the practices we are proud to recognize, details about each project, and how we are recognizing our quality award finalists this year. These examples could help your clinic get started implementing something similar!
Thank you for your service and support of LHP
The following board and committee members are reaching the end of their term of service this month and we’d like to recognize them and thank them for their engagement and contributions to LHP. We wish the following dedicated members well and we are grateful for the years of service you generously gave to our network.New board and committee members were recently selected from our application period this fall and will be joining LHP’s governance early next year. We look forward to introducing them to you in the new year!
- Garth Barbee, MD, Northwest Acute Care Specialists – Quality & Membership committee
- Sharlene Matthieu, MD, East Portland Pediatric Clinic – Board of Managers
- Dan Root, MD, Oregon Sleep Associates – Finance & Contracting committee
- David Westerdahl, MD, Sports Health Northwest – Clinical Collaboration & Performance Improvement committee
- Heather Zarour, MD, The Oregon Clinic – Clinical Collaboration & Performance Improvement committee
Announcements, deadlines, and reminders
- LHP offers two learning activities that are due on December 19. LHP has been sending email reminders directly to providers so you know if you have not yet completed these activities yet. We strongly encourage you to do so as soon as possible to ensure you meet the deadline. If you need assistance or have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to the LHP team for support.
- The recording of our Clinical Collaboration Series event for Psychedelics and Dissociatives in Chronic Pain Care, held on October 27, is available here. Remember, all recordings for events held this year are listed in LHP’s Resource Library.
- We are pleased to announce the 2026 clinical integration program to the network. You can view a summary of all 2026 performance measures, membership requirements, and access standards on the LHP Team Site. Early in the year, we’ll continue to share details about the program and how you can best contribute to LHP’s performance and our collective success as a network.
