^* Tier 1 includes the following specialties that were evaluated for the higher performing designations PCP - Internal Medicine, PCP-Family Practice, PCP-General Practice, Allergy / Immunology, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Nephrology, Neurology, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology (ENT), Pulmonology, and Rheumatology.