QIO Nursing Home Quality Initiative Contacts

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ALABAMA Wanda Barschat, RN, MSHA, NHA Program Leader - Long Term Care Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation Two Perimeter Park South Suite 200 West Birmingham , AL 35243 (205) 970-1600 Ext. 3314 wbartschat@alqio.sdps.org	ALASKA Pat Fritz , MS, CPHQ Nursing Home Project Lead Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Foundation 4241 B Street Suite 303 Anchorage , AK 99503 (877) 561-3202 Ext. 103 pfritz@mpqhf.org
ARIZONA Joseph Bestic, NHA, BA Director, Nursing Home and Home Health Health Services Advisory Group 1600 E. Northern Avenue Suite 100 Phoenix , AZ 85020 (602) 745-6205 jbestic@azqio.sdps.org	ARKANSAS Cheri Lipscomb, RN Quality Manager, Nursing Home Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care 1020 West 4th St. Suite 300 Little Rock , AR 72201 (501) 212-8746 clipscomb@ar2qio.sdps.org
CALIFORNIA Rick Potter CEO Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. 700 N. Brand Blvd Suite 410 Glendale, CA 91202 (818) 409-9053 rpotter@hsag.com	COLORADO Shari Ward, RN, CPHQ, CDONA/LTC Project Manager, NHQI Colorado Foundation for Medical Care 23 Inverness Way East Suite 100 Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 669-9581 sward@cfmc.org
CONNECTICUT Anne Elwell Nursing Home Lead Qualidigm 1111 Cromwell Avenue Suite 201 Rocky Hill, CT 06067 (860) 632-2008 aelwell@qualidigm.org
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Janet Robinson, RN, CPHQ, PMP Director, QI Programs Delmarva Foundation of the District of Columbia 2175 K Street, N.W. Suite 250 Washington, D.C. 20037 (202) 293-9650 robinsonj@dfmc.org	FLORIDA Marie Hall, RN Patient Safety Project Director FMQAI 5201 W. Kennedy Blvd. Suite 900 Tampa, FL 33609 (813) 354-9111 mhall@fmqai.com

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GEORGIA Anne Hernandez, RD, LD, CPHQ Nursing Home Patient Safety Lead Georgia Medical Care Foundation 1455 Lincoln Parkway, #800 Atlanta , GA 30346 (678) 527-3444 ahernandez@gmcf.org	HAWAII Maggie Okey, HDONA/LTC Nursing Home Project Manager Mountain Pacific Quality Health - Hawaii 1360 South Beretania Street Suite 501 Honolulu , HI 96814 (808) 545-2550 mokey@mpqhf.org
IDAHO Sharon Wilson, RN Healthcare Improvement Consultant Qualis Health - Idaho 720 Park Boulevard Suite 120 Boise, ID 83712 (208) 389-5046 sharonw@qualishealth.org	ILLINOIS Ruta Prasauskas or Lisa Bridwell Quality Improvement Mgr., Nursing Homes Illinois Foundation for Quality Health Care 711 Jorie Boulevard Oakbrook, IL 60523 (630) 928-5800 rprasauskas@ilqio.sdps.org lbridwell@ilqio.sdps.org
INDIANA Sandy Hampton RN, MSN Health Care Excel 2901 Ohio Blvd. Terre Haute , IN 47803 (812) 234-1499 shampton@inqio.sdps.org	IOWA Char Teed or Ranae Nerem Manager, Healthcare Quality Programs Iowa Foundation for Medical Care 6000 Westown Parkway Des Moines , IA 50266 (515) 223-2900 cteed@iaqio.sdps.org merem@iaqio.sdps.org
KANSAS Kim Milner, LPN Project Manager, NHQI Kansas Foundation for Medical Care 2947 Wanamaker Drive Topeka , KS 66614 (785) 273-2552 kmilner@ksqio.sdps.org	KENTUCKY Janet Pollock NHQI Clinical Coordinator Health Care Excel 1951 Bishop Lane, Suite 300 Post Office Box 35035 Louisville , KY 40232 (502) 454-5112 jpollock@kyqio.sdps.org
LOUISIANA Laurie Robinson, RN, CPHQ Nursing Home Team Leader Louisiana Health Care Review 8591 United Plaza Boulevard Suite 270 Baton Rouge , LA 70809 (225) 926-6353 lrobinson@lhcr.org	MAINE Pam Heckman or Mary Mills or Nina Worsley Senior Project Manager Northeast Health Care Quality Foundation 15 Old Rollinsford Road Suite 302 Dover , NH 03820 (603) 749-1641 pheckman@nhqio.sdps.org mmills@nhqio.sdps.org nworsley@nhqio.sdps.org

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MARYLAND Janet Robinson, RN, CPHQ, PMP Director, QI Programs Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. 9240 Centreville Road Easton, MD 21601 (410) 872-9664 robinsonj@dfmc.org	MASSACHUSETTS Helen Magliozzi, RN, BSN Manager, Home Health & Nursing Home Services MassPRO 245 Winter Street Waltham , MA 02451 (781) 419-2797 hmagliozzi@maqio.sdps.org
MICHIGAN Diane Smith MPRO 22670 Haggerty Road Suite 100 Farmington Hills , MI 48335 (248) 465-7300 dsmith@mpro.org	MINNESOTA Kelly O’Neill, MA, RN Project Manager Stratis Health 2901 Metro Drive Suite 400 Bloomington , MN 55425 (952) 854-3306 koneill@stratishealth.org
MISSISSIPPI Lisa Camel or Sarah Miller or Jane Kelly Nursing Home Project Coordinator Information and Quality Healthcare 385-B Highland Colony Parkway Suite 504 Ridgeland , MS 39156 (601) 957-1575 lcamel@msqio.sdps.org smiller@msqio.sdps.org jkelly@msqio.sdps.org	MISSOURI Deborah K. Finley, MPA Director, Nursing Home & Home Health Services Primaris 200 N. Keene Street Columbia , MO 65201 (573) 817-8300 dfinley@primaris.org
MONTANA Brad Robinson, BSN, RN, LNHA Project Manager, NHQI Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Foundation 3404 Cooney Drive Helena , MT 59602 (406) 443-4020 brobinson@mpqhf.org	NEBRASKA Janet Dooley, RHIA, CPHQ Quality Improvement Manager CIMRO of Nebraska 1230 O Street Suite 120 Lincoln , NE 68508 (402) 476-1399 jdooley@neqio.sdps.org
NEVADA Jackie Buttaccio, CPHQ Project Associate HealthInsight - Nevada 6830 W. Oquendo Road Suite 102 Las Vegas , NV 89118 (702) 933-7322 jbuttaccio@healthinsight.org	NEW HAMPSHIRE Pam Heckman or Mary Mills or Nina Worsley Senior Project Manager Northeast Health Care Quality Foundation 15 Old Rollinsford Road Suite 302 Dover , NH 03820 (603) 749-1641 pheckman@nhqio.sdps.org mmills@nhqio.sdps.org nworsley@nhqio.sdps.org

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NEW JERSEY Dolores Viotti, RN, C Quality Improvement Task Leader Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc. 557 Cranbury Road Suite 21 East Brunswick , NJ 08816 (732) 238-5570 Ext. 2117 dviotti@njqio.sdps.org	NEW MEXICO Carlene Brown, MPH, CPHQ Quality Improvement Manager, NHQI New Mexico Medical Review Association 5801 Osuna Rd. NE Suite 200 Albuquerque , NM 87190 (505) 998-9898 cbrown@nmqio.sdps.org
NEW YORK Thomas Hartman, RN, MA, LNHA VP, Quality Improvement IPRO 1979 Marcus Avenue Lake Success , NY 11042 (516) 326-7767 thartman@nyqio.sdps.org	NORTH CAROLINA Jill McArdle, MPH Director, Quality Improvement The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence 100 Regency Forest Drive Suite 200 Cary , NC 27511 (919) 380-9860 jmcardle@thecarolinascenter.org
NORTH DAKOTA Debbie Hoover, MSA, ASCP, CNMT, RDMS, LPN HCQIP Coordinator North Dakota Health Care Review 800 31st Avenue, S.W. Minot , ND 58701 (701) 852-4231 dhoover@ndqio.sdps.org	OHIO Rita Bowling, MA, RD, LD, LNHA QI Nursing Home Team Supervisor / PAC Services Ohio KePRO 5700 Lombardo Center Drive Suite 100 Seven Hills , OH 44131 (216) 447-9604 rbowling@ohqio.sdps.org
OKLAHOMA Lisa Bewley, RN, BSN Nursing Home Project Manager Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality 14000 Quail Springs Parkway Suite 400 Oklahoma City, OK 73134 (405) 302-3252 lbewley@okqio.sdps.org	OREGON Linda Dreyer, MSW, MPH Quality Improvement Specialist Acumentra Health 2020 SW 4th Avenue Suite 520 Portland , OR 97201 (503) 382-3919 ldreyer@orqio.sdps.org
	PUERTO RICO Ileana Lopez, MD, MPH Nursing Home/Home Health Project Director QIPRO - Puerto Rico Medicare QIO Mercantil Plaza Building 2 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 709 San Juan , PR 00918 (787) 641-1240 Ext. 6324 ilopez@prqio.sdps.org

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RHODE ISLAND Nelia Odom, RN, BSN, MBA, MHA Project Coordinator, NHQI Quality Partners of Rhode Island 235 Promenade Street Suite 500, Box 18 Providence, RI 02908 (401) 528-3212 nodom@riqio.sdps.org	SOUTH CAROLINA Victoria McCarthy, RN, BSN, CPHQ Sr. Intervention Spec. Nursing Homes & Home Health The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence 246 Stoneridge Dr. Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29210 (803) 251-2215 vmccarthy@scqio.sdps.org
	TENNESSEE Ms.Laurie Gyscek, RN, BSN Nursing Home Program Manager Qsource 200 4th Avenue North Suite 750 Nashville , TN 37219 (615) 574-7201 lgyscek@tnqio.sdps.org
	UTAH Juliana Preston, MPA Project Coordinator HealthInsight - Utah 348 East 4500 South Suite 300 Salt Lake City , UT 84108 (801) 892-6625 jpreston@healthinsight.org
VERMONT Pam Heckman or Mary Mills or Nina Worsley Senior Project Manager Northeast Health Care Quality Foundation 15 Old Rollinsford Road Suite 302 Dover, NH 03820 (603) 749-1641 pheckman@nhqio.sdps.org mmills@nhqio.sdps.org nworsley@nhqio.sdps.org	VIRGIN ISLANDS Jill S. Doran, RN, MSN CEO Virgin Islands Medical Institute, Inc. P.O. Box 5989 Sunny Isle St. Croix, VI 00823 (340) 712-2400 jdoran@viqio.sdps.org
VIRGINIA Thelma Baker, MS, CQIA NHQI Project Manager Virginia Health Quality Center 9830 Mayland Drive Suite J Richmond, VA 23233 (804) 289-5320 tbaker@vaqio.sdps.org	WASHINGTON Kathryn Bunt, MPH Nursing Home QI Director Qualis Health - Washington 10700 Meridian Avenue North P.O. Box 33400 Seattle, WA 98133-9075 (206) 364-9700 kathrynb@qualishealth.org

	WISCONSIN Jenifer Harrison, MSSW, CPHQ Nursing Home Project Quality Lead MetaStar 2909 Landmark Place Madison , WI 53713 (608) 274-1940 jharriso@metastar.com
WYOMING Pat Fritz, RN-BC, NHA Nursing Home Project Coordinator Mountain Pacific Quality Health Foundation - WY 2824 Lane 45 Basin , WY 82410 (307) 436-8733 pfritz@mtqio.sdps.org
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