2001 Press Releases

12/19/01	Advisory: AHQA Submits Comments on Federal Recommendations for Future QIO Priorities Formal comments filed with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on plans for reshaping the Medicare Quality Improvement program, 2002-2004.
11/19/01	Release: Quality Improvement Organizations to Play Key Role In New Federal Nursing Home Initiative A federal initiative to improve nursing homes assigns a central role to Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs). Under the initiative, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at HHS will begin to publish risk-adjusted quality information about nursing homes. The initiative calls on QIOs to help consumers interpret quality data and relies on QIOs to provide nursing homes with guidance for providing better care. More…
	Fact Sheets:	Improving Nursing Home Quality of Care
	Statement:	Dr. William Golden, AHQA Board Member
	Statement:	David Schulke, AHQA Executive Vice President
9/10/01	Release: Health Care Leaders Honored Cannon Foundation honors three national leaders for service to quality improvement. Awards announced at AHQA’s Annual Session.
7/17/01	Statement: AHQA Responds to Court Ruling on Medicare Beneficiary Complaints The Medicare complaint program should be made more responsive and accountable to beneficiaries. CMS must now strike a new balance if the court order goes into effect as written. QIOs must provide greater disclosure to a complainant when quality falls below the level of professionally recognized standards of care, while simultaneously working cooperatively with the physician community to constantly improve quality for all Medicare beneficiaries. More…
6/15/01	Release: MedPAC Calls for QIOsto Improve the Quality of Rural Health Care MedPAC, the federal advisory commission on Medicare issues, has called for a stronger effort to assure the quality of health care for beneficiaries in rural areas, specifically recommending that HHS use the national network of QIOs to improve rural health care quality. More…

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