Enrollment Announcements 65+ First Choice Resources About About Us When you ask people who they want to be making decisions about their healthcare most will answer: Doctors. Physician-Led Network in the North Bay At Meritage, Doctors are the ones making decisions about your healthcare. Meritage is a network of 700 local physicians administering care for HMO patients in Marin, Sonoma, Napa, and Solano Counties. Meritage has contracts with most Commercial HMO plans and three Medicare Advantage plans (for a full list of contracted plans click here). All told, Meritage primary care physicians provide medical services to over nearly half a million residents of the North Bay. Meritage has relationships with eight hospitals in its service area (the largest being Marin General in Marin and Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa) as well as urgent care centers, laboratories, skilled nursing facilities, and other ancillary providers. Benefiting Our Members & Physicians Patients in Meritage Medical Network have access to the highest quality and most caring physicians in the North Bay. All Meritage physicians are Board Certified in the specialty they practice in which means they are up to date on the latest clinical information and are overseen by the Medical Board of California. In addition, Meritage has Care Managers and Care Coordinators dedicated to helping patients who can benefit from additional individualized care, especially when they are transitioning from one care setting to another, such as going from the Hospital back to their home. Meritage provides for our physicians in various ways to enable them to focus on providing the best care for their patients. Whether a physician is running their own independent practice or is part of a large medical group – Meritage is there for our physicians. Local, Community Focused Care Meritage physicians are in their communities every day creating health and well-being. Meritage gives back to local organizations that enable our neighbors to live healthier and happier lives. Awards We think our physicians are pretty amazing and we’re thrilled to have received recognition and awards for clinical quality, patient satisfaction, employee health and satisfaction, and health technology (full details on our awards page). History of Meritage Medical Network Meritage Medical Network (originally known as Marin IPA*) was formed in 1981 to organize the physicians of Marin County, California into an Individual Practice Association (IPA) to accept HMO insurance risk contracts together. Since then, Meritage has expanded into additional markets and products. About Our Name: Meritage Medical Network Meritage was initially a word that a group of winemakers came up with to describe the French/Bordeaux style of winemaking, where two or more Bordeaux grapes are blended together to create a quality varietal. Winemakers wanted to ensure that every drop of wine made in this style had the same high quality, and so they created a membership, which had very specific criteria that needed to be met to qualify the wine as a Meritage. Though healthcare has little to do with winemaking, Meritage, is a group of independent doctors who came together to create exceptional quality healthcare, with the support of other healthcare professionals in the areas of utilization, claims, customer service, provider relations, care management services, human resources, accounting and IT. Physician-led, we work interconnectedly, interrelatedly, and at regular intervals, as the definition of what a network suggests: a fabric or structure of cords or wires that cross at regular intervals and are knotted or secured at the crossings. an interconnected or interrelated chain, group, or system. *IPA: NOT A BEER. An independent practice association (or IPA) is a US term for an association of independent physicians, or other organization that contracts with independent physicians, and provides services to managed care organizations on a negotiated rate. Patients Resources For Patients 65+ Facilities & Laboratories Requests for Criteria Physicians MeritageNet Login Resources For Physicians Visit Privacy Policy Careers Blog Contact Us © Copyright Meritage Medical Network 2021