QIOs in the News - 2005-2006

The Des Moines Register – October 26, 2006 Coalition seeks to make nursing homes like home Birmingham Medical News – October 20, 2006 QIOs Mount Aggressive Campaign to Expand Their Authority Modern Healthcare – October 16, 2006 From GPOs and QIOs to not-for-profit hospitals, leaders hope a voluntary-compliance approach can stave off more regulation CQ HealthBeat – October 2, 2006 Grapevine: People on the Move Senior Journal – September 6, 2006 Rules Strengthened for Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program Healthcare IT News – September 1, 2006 CMS proposes new oversight, enhancements to QIO program Modern Healthcare AHA News Now UPI BNA’s Health Care Daily Report InsideHealthPolicy Quality Digest – September 2006 Curing Health Care BNA’s Health Care Daily Report – August 17, 2006 Providers That Work Closely With QIOs Show More Improvement in Care, Study Says InsideHealthPolicy CQ HealthBeat The Shreveport Times – August 14, 2006 Dr. Linda Gage-White: Electronic medical records can save lives CQ HealthBeat – July 26, 2006 QIOs Begin Effort to Build Support for Burgess Bill Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report UPI CQ Modern Healthcare American Medical News – June 26, 2006 Lawmakers balk at bigger role sought by Medicare quality groups Infection Control Today – June 14, 2006 QIOs are Key Leaders in 100K Lives Campaign Arizona Daily Star – June 13, 2006 Doctors urged to sign up for electronic info system The Montana Standard – June 7, 2006 Medical alert card saves time in an emergency - Electronic personal health care records effective use of technology Modern Healthcare – May 24, 2006 Cashing up, not out CQ HEALTHBEAT – MAY 22, 2006 AS GRASSLEY INVESTIGATES, QIOS CLAIM PROGRESS IN NARROWING DISPARITIES BNA’s Health Care Daily Report – May 23, 2006 QIOs Help Reduce Health Disparities In Underserved Groups, Industry Says BNA’s Health Care Daily Report – May 22, 2006 Grassley, Baucus Seek Financial Records From Quality Improvement Organizations BNA’s Health Care Daily Report – May 16, 2006 Grassley, Baucus Urge Thorough Examination Of Medicare Quality Program Prior to Reform CQ HEALTHBEAT NEWS – May 16, 2006 QIOs Need Clean Bill of Health Before Broader Role, Grassley and Baucus Say BNA’s Health Care Daily Report – May 1, 2006 Quality Group Says Medicare Providers Should Help to Pay Costs of QIO Activities Modern Healthcare’s Daily Dose – May 1, 2006 QIOs ask CMS for more money, more authority Provider Magazine – May 1, 2006 QIOs Assist In the Transfer To Technology CQ HEALTHBEAT NEWS – April 26, 2006 Grassley Seeks More Documents In QIO Investigation By Mary Agnes Carey, CQ Health Beat Associate Editor American Medical News – April 3, 2006 IOM report seeks sharper focus for Medicare quality improvement groups USA Today – March 21, 2006 Safer, more effective health care is focus Got a Medicare complaint? Don't count on relief – March 16, 2006 Patients our top priority – March 16, 2006 The Salt Lake Tribune – March 18, 2006 Seeing the big health-care picture Editorial The Charleston Gazette – March 16, 2006 Quality health care helps everyone Editorial Modern Healthcare – March 13, 2006 Improving QIOs BNA’s Health Care Daily Report – March 10, 2006 Medicare Quality Improvement Program Needs New Focus, IOM Says in Report Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report EarthTimes The Plain Dealer The Washington Post – March 10, 2006 Better Review Urged For Medicare Complaints Inside Health Policy – March 9, 2006 CMS Signals Major Reform Of Medicare Quality Improvement Program AHA News Now Modern Healthcare CQ HealthBeat United Press International – March 9, 2006 Analysis: Feds advance pay for performance American Medical News – March 13, 2006 Is IT ready to pay for itself? (HIMSS meeting) BNA’s Health Care Daily Report – March 7, 2006 QIO Group Recommends Reform Of Beneficiary Complaint Process The Washington Post – March 7, 2006 Senate Report Faults Medicare's Handling of Complaints United Press International – March 6, 2006 Medicare beneficiary program reform sought Chicago Sun-Times – March 6, 2006 Care lags for common killer Inside CMS – February 9, 2006 CMS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS EMBRACE NEW INTEGRITY STANDARD Modern Healthcare – February 6, 2006 AHQA sets new rules Editorial: Double dipping, no ethics BNA’s Health Care Daily Report – January 30, 3006 Quality Improvement Contractors Issue Conduct Code; AHQA Seeks Quick Adoption Inside Health Policy – January 20, 2006 As QIO Investigation Broadens, AHQA Pushes For Legislation BNA’s Health Care Daily Report – January 9, 2006 Grassley Seeks Information from CMS On Employee Travel to 'Lavish' Conferences Modern Healthcare – January 9, 2006 Grassley seeks probe of QIOs The Times Argus – January 8, 2006 As pneumonia rises, vaccination is urged Springfield News Sun San Bernardino County Sun Inland Valley Daily Bulletin The Oxford Press Journal News Middletown Journal WTOP Radio Network The Washington Post – January 6, 2006 Medicare Officials' Attendance at Lavish Contractor Meetings Probed Correction published January 7, 2006 Modern Healthcare – January 6, 2006 Grassley challenges CMS, QIO conference spending Inside CMS – December 15, 2005 QIOs EYE REFORMS AS THEY FACE CONFLICT OF INTEREST INVESTIGATIONS BNA’s Health Care Daily Report – December 13, 2005 Grassley Seeks Data From Quality Contractor About 'Retreats,' Other Benefits for Directors Modern Healthcare – December 12, 2005 Undisputed benefit The Washington Post – December 10, 2005 Wider Probe of Medicare Firms INSIDE CMS - December 1, 2005 CMS CLARIFIES CALL FOR PART D DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BNA’s Health Care Daily Report – October 27, 2005 Critics of QIO Study Raised Valid Concerns About Its Findings, Authors Acknowledge United Press International – October 25, 2005 Researchers: Medicare study may be flawed Inside CMS – August 25, 2005 Quality Improvement Organizations Stunned by Grassley Criticism HealthDay – August 17, 2005 Public Hospitals in Poor Suburbs Closing Doors BNA’s Health Care Daily Report – August 16, 2005 Grassley Seeks Information from CMS About Quality Improvement Organizations The Washington Post – August 13, 2005 Grassley Seeks Medicare Data On Response To Complaints The Washington Post – July 27, 2005 Once Health Regulators, Now Partners Houston Chronicle – July 25, 2005 Are Our Hospitals Making Us Sick? The Wall Street Journal – July 21, 2005 Scrutiny Will Benefit Health Quality Programs (Letter to the Editor) The Wall Street Journal – July 6, 2005 Health Care Quality Programs Under Fire Provider – June 2005 Team Work Achieves Lower Pressure Ulcer, Pain Levels The Washington Post – June 28, 2005 Wasted Care Efforts? Modern Healthcare – June 27, 2005 Old lessons learned: Longtime standards used to cut surgical infections BNA’s Health Care Daily – June 15, 2005 Citing Data, Quality Group Disputes JAMA Article on Effectiveness of QIOs The Washington Times/UPI –May 25, 2005 U.S. healthcare moves toward health IT BNA Health Care Daily – March 2, 2005 Health Care Groups Seek Funding for Medicare Quality Improvement Modern Physician – March 1, 2005 Healthcare Leaders Request Increased Funding for Medicare Quality Organizations Hospitals Not Doing Enough to Prevent Infections – February 22, 2005 The New York Times The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Newsday Orlando Sentinel The Globe and Mail The Seattle Times St.Louis Post Dispatch The Augusta Chronicle Time U.S. News & World Report The Washington Times United Press International Forbes Health News Medical News Today Inside Health Policy – January 3, 2005 Health Care Lawmakers Urge HHS to Provide Enough Funding for QIOs

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