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QIO Spotlight
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A round-up of QIO accomplishments, recognitions and other noteworthy happenings. [MORE]
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Quality Talk
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Michelle Snyder, CMS deputy chief
operating officer and acting principal deputy administrator, is responsible for the coordination, integration and execution of policies and activities across CMS, including new program initiatives. Most recently, in her role as acting deputy administrator for CMS, Michelle fostered collaboration among CMS leadership to ensure that the strategic goals and initiatives of CMS were implemented and managed successfully. Formerly, she was the director of the Office of Financial Management and the Agency's first chief financial officer. Under her leadership, CMS developed its first comprehensive strategic plan on program integrity. Snyder holds advanced degrees in clinical psychology and legal studies and administration and has received numerous awards and honors, including the Presidential Meritorious Service Award.
How does the Medicare QIO Program help to transform and modernize the health care system? What metrics are in place to measure success?
The QIO Program framework is based on measurable, specific performance metrics designed to drive improvement and evaluate the value of QIO interventions. These initiatives are critical to transforming and modernizing the health care system because they will allow us to better collect, integrate and utilize health care data to identify areas in need of performance improvement and also to measure our progress. Through the QIO Program, CMS is measuring improvements in increasing vaccination rates, reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), reducing unnecessary re-hospitalizations, and other system-wide changes that increase the quality of care. [MORE]
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