Nikolas Matthes, MD, PhD, MPH, MSc, has been chosen to participate on the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) convened by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to redesign a measure of hospital screen of health-related social needs such as food security and housing status. Dr. Matthes will be one of the stakeholders providing input… Continue Reading
Melanie Ronda Joins Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for the Refinement of the Nursing Home (NH) Antipsychotic Medication Measures
Melanie Ronda, MSN, RN, LTC-CIP, CPHQ, Assistant Director, Health Care Quality Improvement and Nursing Home Lead, NY, NJ, Ohio, has been selected to participate as a member of the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for the Refinement of the Nursing Home (NH) Antipsychotic Medication Measures. The TEP was convened by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid… Continue Reading
Emergency Hub App Helps Those with Kidney Disease Stay Healthy During Hurricane Ian
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. – With Hurricane Ian carving a path of destruction across Florida and the southeast, patients with kidney disease are at an increased risk for health complications. Individuals with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) either need access to life saving dialysis treatment three times a week or medication to prevent rejection of a… Continue Reading
Study Finds HIV+ Patients Hospitalized with Covid-19 did No Worse than Patients Without HIV
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. – If you were a public health researcher looking to study the impact of HIV status on Covid-19 outcomes, you might start with the reasonable assumption that those who are HIV-positive would require more intensive care and would experience higher death rates from Covid-19 than those in a control group. You might… Continue Reading
Mary Beth Conroy Named Sr. Director of CMS Analytics at IPRO
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. – Mary Beth Conroy has joined IPRO as Senior Director of Data and Analytics. In this role, Conroy will serve as data lead for all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) contracts. Conroy joins IPRO after 32 years of qualitative and quantitative research experience working for the New York State Department… Continue Reading
IPRO Staff Research Published in Academic Pediatrics
Priya Raghavan, MSE, Lead Data Scientist, and Edison Machado, MD, Sr. Vice President, Strategy Solutions, were among the co-authors of an article titled, “Development and Testing of an Emergency Department Quality Measure for Pediatric Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm,” published in the journal Academic Pediatrics in April. This study developed and tested a new measure examining… Continue Reading
IPRO Raises Funds for Humanitarian Relief in Ukraine
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. – Reports of the humanitarian crisis in the Ukraine due to the ongoing war motivated IPRO’s leadership and staff to contribute toward relief efforts. IPRO pledged to match donations made by its 300 employees to the American Red Cross’ Ukrainian Relief fund. Employee giving and the company match resulted in a total… Continue Reading
Dr. Nikolas Matthes Joins National Workgroup Charged with Identifying Quality Measures Related to Healthcare Disparities
Nikolas Matthes, MD, PhD, MPH, Assistant Vice President at IPRO, has been named to the Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC) Health Equity Workgroup. CQMC is a broad-based coalition of healthcare leaders working to facilitate cross-payer measure alignment through the development of core sets of measures to assess the quality of healthcare in the United States. It… Continue Reading
IPRO Awarded 5-Year Contract from NYS DOH AIDS Institute
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. – IPRO was recently awarded a five-year contract from the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute (NYSDOH AI) to fulfill a variety of functions that will help ensure that individuals with or at risk of acquiring HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and/or sexually-transmitted infections have access to high quality health… Continue Reading
IPRO Certified as Independent Dispute Resolution Entity as Part of Federal No Surprises Act
IPRO has become one of the first organizations to be certified as an Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) entity by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of the Treasury. This designation indicates that IPRO may perform payment dispute resolution between providers or facilities and health… Continue Reading