Regional variation in utilization of hospital and post-acute services persists despite whether seniors are enrolled in traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage plans, according to new research published in Health Affairs. The authors are among the first to examine variation for seniors receiving fee-for-service versus managed care services, as opposed to examining difference in spending between… Continue Reading
Panel Reports on Anticoagulation Management
An IPRO-led multi-disciplinary panel has reached consensus on essential anticoagulation management elements that need to be communicated to downstream providers upon discharge of at-risk patients from acute care hospitals. The 15 data elements experts agree need to be communicated during transitions from one care setting to another include precise information on recently prescribed and/or discontinued… Continue Reading
IPRO Wins Key Quality Measurement Contract
IPRO is the recipient of a ten-year federal quality measurement contract that will permit the organization to bid on individual task orders developed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. “The Measure and Instrument Development and Support” (MIDS) contract is a $1.6 billion, multiple-award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quality (IDIQ) contract that pre-qualifies successful… Continue Reading
IPRO Recommended for Latest ISO Certification
IPRO has been recommended for certification to the new ISO 9001:2015 Standard—that is the updated list of requirements for which the organization must have processes in place. ISO is an international quality management standard and framework for business-to-business dealings, focusing on meeting customer quality and applicable regulatory requirements, enhancing customer satisfaction and continually improving business… Continue Reading
Drug Safety Director Receives CMS “Challenge Coin”
Anne Myrka, RPh, MAT, a pharmacist and Director of Drug Safety in IPRO’s Health Care Quality Improvement Program, is the recipient of a “Challenge Coin” presented to her by CMS Quality Improvement and Innovation Group Director Dennis Wagner, during Wagner’s visit to IPRO June 4th and 5th in conjunction with the IPRO Annual Meeting. Challenge… Continue Reading
Performance Database Wins Accolades
IPRO’s WhyNotTheBest website is featured in a cover story in the May 2018 edition of the widely-circulated Reader’s digest magazine. The IPRO website is one of three featured under a heading “Getting the Best Intel,” which is included in a “how to” article for patients preparing for hospital stays. The three online resources the magazine… Continue Reading
IPRO Senior Director Co-Authors Pediatric Sepsis Study
IPRO Senior Director Kathleen M. Terry, PhD is co-author of an important article on hospital management of sepsis that appeared this summer in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The article compares in-hospital mortality for pediatric patients receiving a bundle of services within one hour of hospital admission versus outcomes for patients who didn’t receive… Continue Reading
Please congratulate Anticoagulation Coalition, Care Transitions Task Force Member Anne Myrka for her contribution to Consensus Panel
Anticoagulated patients are particularly vulnerable to ADEs when they experience changes in medical acuity, pharmacotherapy, or care setting, and resources guiding care transitions are lacking. The New York State Anticoagulation Coalition convened a task force to develop a consensus list of requisite data elements (RDEs) that should accompany all anticoagulated patients undergoing care transitions. https://www.jointcommissionjournal.com/article/S1553-7250(17)30587-1/abstract.
IPRO Senior Director Co-Authors Sepsis Scholarly Article
Please congratulate IPRO Senior Director Kathleen M. Terry, PhD, for her latest scholarly article on New York’s historic hospital sepsis public reporting initiative. Dr. Terry is Co-author of ” The New York Sepsis Severity Score: Development of a Risk-Adjusted Severity Model for Sepsis”, which examines New York State’s effort to develop a methodology to compare… Continue Reading
IPRO and Livanta Co-sponsor Symposium
Medicare-funded Special Innovation Projects (SIPs) were the subject of a one-day conference held February 27 in New York City. Sponsored by IPRO, the Quality Innovation Network QIO for New York, and Livanta, the state’s Beneficiary and Family Centered Care (BFCC) QIO, the symposium focused on special projects addressing person and family engagement initiatives. These included… Continue Reading