OUR MAJOR PROJECTS

Federal and state agencies, foundations and private companies trust Quality Insights to lead complex initiatives.

Highlights include:

• The sole national External Peer Review Program contractor for the VHA.  We collect information, analyze data, and provide reports that the VHA uses to improve care at every facility in the country.

• A CMS Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) for two states (PA and WV).  We are collaborating with community coalitions and nursing homes to improve health and care. Learn more.

• Coordinator of CMS’ Home Health Quality Improvement (HHQI) National Campaign.  We provide education, data, networking and assistance to more than 6,000 home health agencies and 20,000 enrolled participants across the country. Learn more.

• A CMS End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network contractor for nine US states and territories.  We improve quality and help assure access to care for patients with kidney disease in three regions of the country. Learn more about our ESRD Networks Three, Four and Five.

• A CMS Quality Payment Program Small, Underserved and Rural Support (QPP-SURS) contractor for four states.  Our practice transformation specialists are helping more than 15,000 small, underserved and rural clinicians successfully participate in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program.  Learn more.

• A clinical quality measures expert.  We develop, test and maintain the quality measures our nation’s health system uses to assess and improve care quality. We facilitate the transition to electronic health record-based measures (eMeasures) and their use to refocus care from volume to value.  Learn more.

• A public health partner.  We are collaborating with state governments to implement Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects aimed at improving awareness and utilization of preventive services and appropriate cancer screenings.

• A community partner. Our organization is assisting in creating and implementing change in response to the Opiod Epidemic. We are currently involved in a community coalition, Healthy Connections, in Huntington, WV. Learn more.