Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative

The Department of Health (DOH) has issued a Dear Administrator Letter (DAL) announcing that the Island Peer Review Organization (IPRO) Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) is currently recruiting nursing homes to join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative (NHQCC).

Over the next five years, the Collaborative will be focused on topics such as decreasing opioid prescribing, infection control, reducing adverse drug events, emergency department visits, and re-admissions in the sub-acute population.

A link to the Participation Agreement can be found in the DAL.

Contact: Elliott Frost, efrost@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8832