The American Health Quality Association represents Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) and professionals working to improve the quality of health care in communities across America. QIOs share information about best practices with physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, and others. Working together with health care providers, QIOs identify opportunities and provide assistance for improvement. More about AHQA

Strengthening and Modernizing the QIO Program AHQA supports efforts to modernize the QIO program and endorses the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of 2007. Senate Finance Committee Members Question CMS Handling of QIO Funds Letter from Senate Finance Committee Members AHQA Supports Hatch/Rockefeller/Kennedy/Bennett QIO Modernization Legislation Press Release AHCA Letter Supporting S. 2396 Hatch/Rockefeller/Kennedy/Bennett Bill Summary S. 2396 Bill Text AHQA Responds to Grassley/Baucus Bill Press Release GAO Report on QIO Nursing Home Work Press Release OIG Report on QIO Case Review Statement Legislation to Modernize the QIO Program Introduced 2/14/07 Press Release Fact Sheet Quality Improvement in Action It can be done. Success stories from health care institutions around the nation by state. Making the Leap: Low Performing Hospitals Achieve Excellence Nursing Homes and QIOs Improve Pressure Ulcer Care by 69% Press Release Case Study: A beneficiary complaint leads to improved care. Press release: QIOs Poised to Help States Narrow Health Care Quality Gaps Press Release: Study Shows QIO Program Is ‘Good Value for Health Care Dollars’ Read Commonwealth Fund Summary Provider Magazine: QIOs Assist in the Transfer to Technology Nursing Home Culture Change   IOM Reports: Pathways to Quality Health Care series Pay for Performance: Press Release QIO Program: Press Release Performance Measurement: Press Release Read the IOM reports HHS Reports to Congress on QIO Program: Press Release Closing the Quality Gap National Healthcare Quality Report finds care improving most rapidly where QIOs are working to spread best clinical practices. More Report: QIOs Reduce Disparities in Care Press Release Read the report QIOs in the News Recent media coverage. More 2008 AHQA Washington Advocacy and Education Week AHQA 2008 Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA February 26-28, 2008 QIOs Play Critical Role in Health IT Report on QIOs and Health Information Exchange Press release   Archive of AHQA Meetings QIO Home Health Quality Initiative Contacts QIO Nursing Home Quality Initiative Contacts Visit the AHQA/AHQF Online Educational Resource Center AHRQ Releases Final Contract Report “Patient Self-Management Support Programs: An Evaluation” Read the Report Overview Material about the Report Order Copies of the Report

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