WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Committee for Quality Assurance and the American Diabetes Association have announced that Maylene Peralta, M.D., of Lewiston, has received recognition from the Diabetes Physician Recognition Program for providing quality care to her patients with diabetes.

The Diabetes Physician Recognition Program was designed to improve the quality of care that patients with diabetes receive by recognizing physicians who deliver quality diabetes care, and by motivating other physicians to document and improve their delivery of diabetes care. To receive recognition, which is valid for three years, Dr. Peralta submitted data that demonstrates performance that meets the program’s key diabetes care measures.