The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced a new tool for healthcare providers to help improve the quality of care, according to an agency release.
The enhanced Quality Improvement Organization program allows quality improvement organizations to provide technical assistance and resources to healthcare providers across the country and assist them in changing how care is delivered across care settings.
CMS contracts with one organization in each state to serve as that state's QIO contractor. QIOs are private, mostly not-for-profit organizations, which are staffed by healthcare professionals who are trained to review medical care, help beneficiaries with complaints about the quality of care and implement quality improvements.
Read the CMS release about its enhanced Quality Improvement Organization program.
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The enhanced Quality Improvement Organization program allows quality improvement organizations to provide technical assistance and resources to healthcare providers across the country and assist them in changing how care is delivered across care settings.
CMS contracts with one organization in each state to serve as that state's QIO contractor. QIOs are private, mostly not-for-profit organizations, which are staffed by healthcare professionals who are trained to review medical care, help beneficiaries with complaints about the quality of care and implement quality improvements.
Read the CMS release about its enhanced Quality Improvement Organization program.
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