Every three years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awards a Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) contract to one organization in every stateand territory in the U.S. The current contract period is August 2008 through July 2011.
Ohio KePRO is proud to serve as the QIO for Ohio. We work with healthcare professionals throughout the state to help them improve the effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and quality of care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries. Learn more about the national QIO program
In Ohio, quality improvement efforts focus on the following areas:
MEDICARE BENEFICIARY PROTECTION
Ohio KePRO offers special services to Medicare beneficiaries to ensure they receive the right care, every time. We carry out statutorily mandated review activities such as reviewing the quality of care provided to beneficiaries, reviewing beneficiary appeals of certain provider notices and implementing projects that make system-wide quality of care improvements based on case review activities.
Also known as the CMS National Patient Safety Initiative. Our patient safety efforts focus on (1) reducing rates of health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections; (2) reducing rates of pressure ulcers in nursing homes and hospitals; (3) reducing rates of physical restraint use in nursing homes; (4) improving inpatient surgical safety and heart failure treatment in hospitals; (5) improving drug safety; and (6) providing quality improvement technical assistance to nursing homes in need.
We work with physician offices to leverage electronic health record (EHR) systems in ways that will help improve immunization rates for influenza and pneumonia as well as breast cancer and colorectal cancer screenings.
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