Healthcare Quality Improvement Regional Collaborative Project
Project Overview
PROJECT TITLE: Indiana Healthcare Quality Improvement Regional Collaborative Project
PROJECT PURPOSE: This project is intended to establish an infrastructure for implementing quality improvement projects at nursing homes and facilitate communication and care coordination between healthcare providers. The project is intended to provide nursing homes with training and support for development and implementation of quality improvement projects. The ultimate goal is to improve quality of care for nursing home residents.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF PROJECT: The Indiana Department of Health (IDOH) intends to contract with an entity to promote development of regional healthcare quality improvement collaborative projects for nursing homes. The IDOH project is intended to support continuation and expansion of existing projects and additional collaborative projects. The number of nursing homes in a collaborative may vary depending on the number of facilities in the area but the intent is to create small regional collaborative projects (perhaps 20 – 40 facilities per collaborative) in order to facilitate interaction and coordination. The collaborative will be expected to conduct needs assessments of participating facilities and develop projects consistent with those identified needs. Each collaborative will then conduct quality improvement projects consistent with Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) standards. Each collaborative is expected to include participation by nursing homes in that region, providers associations, quality improvement organizations, consumer advocate organizations, and community organizations.
CMS requires state transparency related to state civil money penalty (CMP) expenditures. Information on each approved CMP Project is required to be posted online. This web site is intended to provide information about the Indiana Healthcare Quality Improvement Regional Collaborative Project.
Acronyms and Definitions
Acronyms
- CMP: Civil Money Penalty
- CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- IDOH: Indiana Department of Health
- QAPI: Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement
- QIO: Quality Improvement Organization
Contact the Program
| Indiana Department of Health Consumer Services & Health Care Regulation Program Performance & Development 2 North Meridian Street, 4 Selig Indianapolis, IN 46204 | Director of Program Performance & Development Vacant 2 N. Meridian, 4 Selig Indianapolis, IN 46204 |
| (317) 233-1325 [IDOH Main Switchboard] |
(317) 233-7119 (317) 233-8761 [Administrative Assistant] |
Contact for Project Coordinator
The IDOH contracts with an entity to serve as Project Coordinator. The following is contact information for the Project Coordinator:
University of Indianapolis
Center for Aging & Community
901 South Shelby Street
Indianapolis, IN 46203
www.uindy.edu/cac
Ellen Burton
Senior Project Director
burtones@uindy.edu
(317) 791-5940
(317) 791-5945 FAX
Regional Collaborative Final Report
Regional Collaborative Projects
The following is information for the Regional Collaborative Projects:
- List and contact information for regional collaborative projects
- Map of regional collaborative projects Phase 1
- Map of regional collaborative projects Phase 2
- Frequently asked questions about the Regional Collaborative Projects
- Comparison of collaborative projects
Project Proposal
Project Proposal: The Project Proposal is a document created by the IDOH and submitted to CMS to request approval of use of CMP funds. The proposal includes project goals and outcome measures.
CMS Project Approval: The CMS Project Approval Letter is a document created by CMS formally approving a project for use of CMP funds.
Project Information
Timeline: project start and end dates
- IDOH received CMS approval: December 11, 2013
- Project start date: September 1, 2014
- Project end date: August 31, 2016
Funding: The project is funded for $600,000 using CMP funds.
Project Resources
Collaborative Process Overview:
Links
IDOH Health Care Quality Resource Center
Health Care Quality Resource Center Home Page. The Center provides access to agency Consumer Brochures, Education Modules, Health Care Quality Resources Centers, Health Care Facility Information Pages, and Program Advisory Letters.
National Quality Improvement Initiatives
There are a number of national quality improvement initiatives in progress. CMS and the Advancing Excellence Campaign created a document to clarify how some of the national nursing home quality initiatives related to and are aligned with each other.
The following are links to national quality improvement initiatives:
- Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Home's Campaign
- National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative
- In 2013, CMS released a Change Package focusing on the successful practices of high performing nursing homes. The change package is a menu of strategies, change concepts, and specific actionable items that any nursing home can choose from to begin testing for purposes of improving residents' quality of life and care.
- National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes
- Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI)
Quality Improvement Organization
A Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) is a group of health quality experts, clinicians, and consumers organized to improve the care delivered to people with Medicare. QIOs work under the direction of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to assist Medicare providers with quality improvement and to review quality concerns for the protection of beneficiaries of the Medicare Trust Fund.
