FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE:January 5, 2012 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
TO: IPRO Liaison FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: January 3, 2011 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
November 16, 2010 Patti G. Weinberg, RPA, MPS Vice President Medicaid/State Healthcare Assessment 300 Jericho Quadrangle, Lake Success, New York 11042 Dear Administrator: IPRO, as a new review component of the Medicaid UR/QI contract, has been instructed by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) to conduct a retrospective
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
