The Northwest region embraced the 2010 National Agreement’s goal to move teams up on the Path to Performance and set a regional goal to have 62 high-performing teams by the end of 2011. It exceeded that target and ended the year with 178. In addition, the region set a goal to have 60 percent of the care delivery teams advance by one or more levels—and 85 percent of the teams met the goal. The payoff? The Northwest hit almost all of its regional targets in 2011. In addition, the region was recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as the No. 1 private health plan and the No. 1 Medicare plan in Oregon and Washington. The coming year will see a continued focus on moving teams along the Path to Performance, hitting regional goals and keeping the patient at the center of the work.