Quality improvement organizations: transforming the future of home health.

Full Abstract

Every QIO is individually contracted by CMS to improve the quality of care to Medicare beneficiaries, to safeguard the Medicare Trust Fund, to protect beneficiaries by expeditiously addressing individual complaints, notices and appeals, and to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries receive the highest possible quality of health care.

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Author information

Author/s: Essey, Marian (M);

Affiliation: Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, USA. messey(-atsign-)wvmi.org

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Caring : National Association for Home Care magazine (Caring), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Mar; vol 25 (issue 3) : pp 26-32

Dates: Created 2006/05/04; Completed 2006/06/01; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 16671649, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)
Cooperative Behavior
Home Care Agencies

Humans
Quality Assurance, Health Care - organization & administration
United States

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