FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: January 7, 2013 RE: IPRO ANNUAL MEDICARE PHYSICIAN ACKNOWLEDGMENT MONITORING – SHORT TERM ACUTE CARE PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM (PPS) HOSPITALS IPRO CONTACT: Andrea Goldstein, Vice President, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, 516-209-5364 IPRO, as the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for New