Sara Butterfield serves as the Assistant Vice President of the Health Care Quality Improvement Program. Under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) contract she serves as the Program Director for New York and New Jersey, and leads the Transitions of Care initiative across the IPRO QIN-QIO region, which includes 11 states and the District of Columbia. As part of a subcontract, Ms. Butterfield also serves as Lead for the Transitions of Care initiative for Alliant Quality’s QIN-QIO work, which includes seven states. Ms. Butterfield is responsible for facilitating and managing quality improvement initiatives addressing the National Quality Improvement Priorities for Medicare beneficiaries, as identified by CMS.