MEDICARE

Health Care Quality Improvement Program (HCQIP)

NDHCRI holds a contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to serve as the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for North Dakota. One of NDHCRI’s roles as the QIO is to sponsor quality improvement projects with health care professionals throughout the state. The projects, chosen by CMS, are conducted in various settings including, but not limited, to hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and home health agencies.

Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI)

Home Health Quality Initiative (HHQI)

Hospital Quality Improvement Projects

Acute Myocardial Infarction

Heart Failure

Surgical Care Improvement Project

Pneumonia
Hospital Reporting
QUEST Q&As
Hospital Reporting and Data Collection Resource - CMS Specifications Manual
  Navigating the CMS/TJC Specifications Manual: A Review of Its Components and Use

    A recording of an online demonstration of how to navigate the CMS/TJC Specifications Manual introducing its main components, how its contents are inter-related,
    and how hospitals can best utilize the information for data abstraction and process improvement.
5 Million Lives Campaign

Physician Office Quality Improvement Projects
    Adult Immunization
    Breast Cancer
    Diabetes
    Doctors' Office Quality - Information Technology (DOQ-IT)

    Welcome to Medicare exam     *updated 5/19/06*
    Fistula First  *New Tools - 08/28/07*
    Physician Voluntary Reporting Program (PVRP) shifting to Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) *new 01/18/07*

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