Category: Medicare Administrative Memos

FROM: Theodore O. Will, FACHE /s/ Chief Executive Officer DATE: September 20, 2011 RE: Use of Secure Email for Medicare 10th Statement of Work Medical Record Review Requests  IPRO CONTACT: Andrea Goldstein, Vice President, Medicare/Federal Health Care Assessment, 516-209-5364     IPRO is pleased to inform you that, effective immediately,

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

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