The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence selected as a Subcontractor of QIN-QIO Task Order 1 Award under the 12th Statement of Work
January 13, 2020
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded a five-year contract to Health Quality Innovators (HQI) to serve as a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under the recently launched 12th Statement of Work. The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence (CCME), a nonprofit organization recognized as a leader in improving health care quality, will lead the program locally as a subcontractor.
QIN-QIOs serving under the 12th Statement of Work will provide targeted assistance to nursing homes and communities in small and rural practices, those serving the most vulnerable populations, and those in need of customized quality improvement. Through this body of work, CMS is focusing on results, protecting taxpayer dollars, and most importantly, ensuring the safety and quality of care delivered to every beneficiary.
Operating as the Health Quality Innovation Network (HQIN), HQI, CCME and other local improvement partners will lead quality improvement efforts in Kansas, Missouri, South Carolina and Virginia.
“CCME has served South Carolina for more than three decades, working side by side with new and longtime partners on health care quality improvement,” said Joy Hogan Rozman, CEO and president of CCME. “In this new contract, we are focusing on data-driven solutions in nursing homes, hospitals, physician practices, pharmacies and communities to target priority areas of need, especially for rural and vulnerable populations.”
HQIN will be responsible for improving quality in nursing homes with significant challenges, as well as small and rural communities and those serving vulnerable populations by:
• Improving Behavioral Health Outcomes – Including Opioid Misuse
• Increasing Patient Safety
• Increasing Chronic Disease Self-Management
• Increasing the Quality of Care Transitions
• Improving Nursing Home Quality
HQIN can be contacted by visiting http://www.hqin.org or by emailing Karen Southard at [email protected]. For more information on the QIO Program, please visit www.cms.gov.
About The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence
The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence (CCME) is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing innovative services and solutions to create healthier communities. CCME focuses on ensuring quality improvements across the entire health care landscape, sharing best-practices and emerging solutions to address population health, and ensuring that private practices and networks of providers have access to the latest technology and data-driven analytics. CCME serves as a Quality Improvement Organization for South Carolina, and also assists state Medicaid departments, hospitals, accountable care organizations, and providers of all types manage their data and claims to benefit patients, providers, and payers, simultaneously. www.thecarolinascenter.org
