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

	Representatives Price and Kind reintroduce legislation to improve Medicare quality. Learn more JAMA paper ties the work of Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations to reduced hospital readmissions. Learn more AHQA is proud to be a partner in “Care About Your Care,” a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative that in 2013 is focusing on improving care transitions to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions. Learn more                     QIOs are helping health care providers deliver safer, more effective care to Medicare beneficiaries across the nation. Focusing health care quality improvement resources and expertise at the community level, QIOs’ patient-centered initiatives result in better health for patients and populations and support national efforts to lower costs through improvement. Learn more                     Please mark your calendars for the 2013 AHQA Annual Meeting July 16-18 in Baltimore. More details will be provided as the meeting date approaches. Please contact Bruce Ehrle at behrle@ahqa.org with any questions.	NEW! JAMA paper ties QIO work to reduced hospital readmissions A study in the January 23 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) associates the efforts of QIOs with a marked decrease in hospital readmissions. The study shows that QIO-coordinated efforts to organize diverse stakeholders in communities is a promising strategy to address care transitions and reduce readmissions. Learn More

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