Lake Success, NY, February 12, 2008 – “Merengue Queen” Milly Quezada will join leaders of health care organizations and senior groups, along with public officials today at Manhattan’s El Museo del Barrio to launch the Su Salud. Su Voz. Partnership to educate Latino seniors about their right to file Medicare quality of care complaints. Ms…. Continue Reading
01/24/2008 – IPRO Awarded First-Ever Medicaid Integrity Contract
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org Dennis Tartaglia 212-481-7000 New York Quality Improvement Group One of Five Organizations to Receive Inaugural National Contract to “Root Out” Medicaid Fraud Lake Success, NY, January 24, 2008 – IPRO, a New York-based organization that works to improve and evaluate the quality of the nation’s health care, is… Continue Reading
12/18/2007 – First New York Medicare Quality Of Care Complaints “Report Card” Released
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org Dennis Tartaglia/Rebecca Janoff 212-481-7000 IPRO Launches Large-Scale Campaign to Address Lack of Public Awareness Lake Success, NY, December 18, 2007 – The first New York State Medicare Quality of Care Complaints Report Card shows that few seniors file complaints – .01% of the state’s Medicare beneficiaries.1 The report is… Continue Reading
12/13/2007 – Ambulatory Care Facilities Lead the Way to Combat Health Disparities
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org Barbara Schwartz 516-209-5403 bschwartz@ipro.org Dennis Tartaglia 212-481-7000 dennist@mbooth.com Staff at 43 Facilities Complete Cultural Proficiency Training Lake Success, NY – December 13, 2007 – Health care professionals across New York State have been learning how to provide culturally diverse care to an ever expanding and diverse population in… Continue Reading
11/27/2007 – Theodore O. Will To Receive New York Business Group On Health Leadership Award
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org Dennis Tartaglia/Rebecca Janoff 212-481-7000 IPRO CEO to be Honored for His Contributions to Health Care Quality in New York Lake Success, NY, November 28, 2007 – Theodore O. Will, Chief Executive Officer of IPRO, will be honored with the New York Business Group on Health’s (NYBGH) 13th annual… Continue Reading
11/19/2007 – IPRO, NYSDOH Patient Safety Center Take Home “Best of Web” Honor
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org Dennis Tartaglia 212-481-7000 Robert Barnett 518-408-1219 2007 Webmasters’ Guild Award Given by Rockefeller Institute’s NYS Forum Lake Success, NY, November 19, 2007 — IPRO and its client, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) Patient Safety Center, have received one of New York’s most prestigious Web-focused honors:… Continue Reading
09/06/2007 – First New York/New Jersey Health Care Report Card Released
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org Dennis Tartaglia/Kelly Peterson 212-481-7000 Health Accountability Foundation’s Report Card Provides Information on NY/NJ HMO Quality, Cost; NY Hospital Quality, Mortality, Cost LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., September 6, 2007 – Health care consumers and employers in New York and New Jersey have a unique new tool for evaluating the region’s… Continue Reading
07/10/2007 – New Study Shows Significant Value In Medicare Quality Improvement Investment
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org Dennis Tartaglia (212) 481-7000 Study by IPRO Looks at Value of Quality Improvement Organization Program LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. – July 10, 2007 — In a new study, researchers found that Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program efforts in the nation’s nursing homes were “a very sound investment” for Medicare…. Continue Reading
07/09/2007 – IPRO Recognizes 17 Health Professionals and Organizations for Quality
Contact: Dennis Tartaglia/Kelly Peterson (212) 481-7000 Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org Lake Success, NY, July 9, 2007 – Seventeen health care practitioners and providers — from Orchard Park to Albany — are the recipients of this year’s IPRO Quality Awards. The awards are given annually by IPRO to members of New York’s health care… Continue Reading
06/11/2007 – IPRO, M Booth & Associates Win Top Public Relations Award
Contact: Patricia Simino Boyce (516) 209-5294 psboyce@ipro.org Dennis Tartaglia/Kelly Peterson (212) 481-7000 LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., June 11, 2007 – IPRO and its long-time public relations agency, M Booth & Associates, have received one of the communications industry’s most prestigious awards: the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) Big Apple. The award was given by PRSA… Continue Reading