US Acute Care Solutions Honors the 2025 Clinical Excellence Award Recipients

CANTON, Ohio, February 20, 2026—US Acute Care Solutions (USACS), the nation’s largest physician-owned provider of hospital-based emergency and inpatient medicine, is pleased to announce the clinicians who have been named recipients of the Clinical Excellence Award. The award is presented by the National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) to honor physicians and APPs across service lines who do not hold leadership or management roles. 

Clinicians were selected through year-round nominations from their clinical colleagues, commending their commitment to high-quality patient care. They were recognized at the USACS annual Clinical Leadership Assembly, held this month in Dallas, TX.

Congratulations to the 2025 Clinical Excellence Award recipients:

• Allan Belcher, DO, Ogden Regional Medical Center—Ogden, UT
• Allen J. Watson, CNP, OhioHealth Doctors Hospital—Columbus, OH 
• Danielle Maloney, PA-C, Allegheny Valley Hospital—Natrona Heights, PA
• Eric J. Schmieler, MD, Canonsburg Hospital—Canonsburg, PA
• Julia DeVries, ACNP, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas—Austin, TX
• Mary Hatch, MD, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital—Charlottesville, VA
• Micheal Spohn, MD, CHI St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital—Bryan, TX
• Natalie P. Behnke, MD, Good Samaritan Medical Center—Lafayette, CO

Chair of the NCGB Roya Caloia, DO, MPH, FACEP, FAAEM, shared, "Our award recipients practice excellence at the bedside day in and day out. They are the colleagues we want to be on shift when we go in. They are the role models that make the shift better and make us want to be better. They are the Physicians and APPs we want caring for our loved ones. It is a true pleasure to celebrate our winners and express my gratitude for their incredible contributions."