Category: Medicare Administrative Memos

FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: July 1, 2014 RE: UPDATE IN REGARD TO 11TH SCOPE OF WORK (SOW) QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION (QIO) PROGRAM AND CASE REVIEW/BENEFICIARY AND FAMILY-CENTERED CARE ACTIVITIES IPRO CONTACT: Andrea Goldstein, Vice President, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, 516-209-5364 The purpose of this

FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: February 18, 2014 RE: CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) CHANGES IN THE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION (QIO) BENEFICIARY COMPLAINT AND GENERAL QUALITY OF CARE REVIEW PROCESS IPRO CONTACT: Andrea Goldstein, Vice President, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, 516-209-5364 On January

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

FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: January 17, 2014 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

FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: May 1, 2012 RE: RELEASE OF NEW QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION (QIO) MANUAL CHAPTER 5, “QUALITY OF CARE REVIEW” BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) IPRO CONTACT: Andrea Goldstein, Vice President/Federal Health Care Assessment, 516-209-5364   As you

FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: April 12, 2012 RE: MEDICARE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT (MOA) 10TH STATEMENT OF WORK  IPRO CONTACT: Harry M. Feder, Chief Operating Officer, 516-209-5528     Enclosed for your review and signature please find two copies of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)

FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: April 2, 2012 RE: CLARIFICATION IN REGARD TO IPRO MEDICARE ADMINISTRATIVE MEMORANDUM #2012-03: CHANGES TO CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) NON-HOSPITAL NOTICES OF NONCOVERAGE IPRO CONTACT: Frances Gordon, Senior Director, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, 516-209-5304     The

FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: March 28, 2012 RE: CHANGES TO CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES’ (CMS) NON- HOSPITAL NOTICES OF NONCOVERAGE IPRO CONTACT: Andrea Goldstein, Vice President, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, 516-209-5364     The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has

FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: February 1, 2012 RE: UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) ESTABLISHMENT OF A BENEFICIARY AND FAMILY CENTERED CARE NATIONAL COORDINATING CENTER IPRO CONTACT: Andrea Goldstein, Vice President, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, 516-209-5364     The

FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: November 17, 2011 RE: Information Regarding The Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Establishment of a Beneficiary and Family Centered Care National Coordinating Center  IPRO CONTACT: Andrea Goldstein, Vice President, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, 516-209-5364     The purpose