201005 FROM: Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer DATE: August 20, 2010 RE: IPRO Sample Selection Modification IPRO CONTACT: Kathleen M. Fox, Sr. Director, Medicaid/State Health Assessment, Ext. 361 This administrative memorandum is to advise you that the New York State Department of Health has instructed IPRO to modify the
FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: February 4, 2010 SUBJECT: IPRO Annual Medicare Physician Acknowledgment Monitoring – Short Term 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 York, is required
FROM: Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer DATE: January 6, 2010 SUBJECT: Webinar Registration Information, Ensuring Patient Readiness for Discharge – A Case Review Based, Beneficiary-Centered, Quality of Care System-Wide Improvement Initiative IPRO CONTACT: Andrea Goldstein, RN, MS, Vice President, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment,(516) 209-5364 Please join IPRO
FROM: Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer DATE: December 15, 2009 SUBJECT: Ensuring Patient Readiness for Discharge – A Case Review Based, Beneficiary-Centered, Quality of Care System-Wide Improvement Initiative IPRO CONTACT: Andrea Goldstein, RN, MS, Vice President, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment (phone number 516-209-5364) In recent months there
FROM: Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer DATE: December 15, 2009 SUBJECT: Announcing New Direct Expedited Hospital Appeal Toll Free Number: 888-880-9976 IPRO CONTACTS: Frances Gordon, Director, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, (516) 209-5327 Based on comments and feed back from the hospital community, we are pleased to announce
FROM: Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer DATE: July 20, 2009 SUBJECT: Reminder: Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update (RHQDAPU) QualityNet Security Administrator Requirement IPRO CONTACT: Karen O’Leary, RHQDAPU Project Manager, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, (518) 426-3300, ext. 124 The purpose of this memorandum is to
FROM: Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer DATE: Jan 10, 2007 SUBJECT: Revised List of Approved Independent Professional Review Agents (IPRA’S) IPRO CONTACTS: Kathleen M. Fox, RN, MSA, Ext. 361 The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has requested that IPRO notify hospitals of the revised list of approved
FROM: Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer DATE: Oct 16, 2006 SUBJECT: IPRA Discharge Review Criteria IPRO CONTACTS: Doreen Walz, RN, Assistant Director, Ext. 444 IPRO has served as the New York State Department of Health Medicaid Independent Professional Review Agent (IPRA) since December 17, 1987. At this time, IPRO
FROM: Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer DATE: Oct 16, 2006 SUBJECT: IPRA Discharge Review Criteria IPRO CONTACTS: Doreen Walz, RN, Assistant Director, Ext. 444 IPRO has served as the New York State Department of Health Medicaid Independent Professional Review Agent (IPRA) since December 17, 1987. At this time, IPRO
FROM: Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer DATE: Oct 05, 2005 SUBJECT: CHANGES TO THE MEDICAID HIGH COST OUTLIER REVIEW PROCESS IPRO CONTACTS: Kathleen M. Fox, RN, Senior Director – Medicaid/State Healthcare Assessment at extension 361 or Doreen Walz, RN, Assistant Director at extension 444 IPRO, at the direction of
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