tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 32

INDUSTRY NOTES: Shocking--QIOs Have Positive Impact On Providers, New Study Finds

Plus:  Feds invest in building NHIN Infrastructure.After enduring serious scrutiny from federal watchdog agencies and the Senate Finance Committee, Medicare's Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) are finally showing their worth.The 53 QIO contracts that span the entire United States eat up approximately $300 million of government money annually. Now the once allegedly ineffective QIOs are beginning to prove that they can improve care quality.Providers working with QIOs showed greater improvement in their performance on 18 of 20 nursing-home, home-health and physician-office quality measures than provider that didn't work with QIOs, according to a new study that appeared...

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