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QIO News
Medicare's QIO News is a quarterly e-Newsletter from the office of Barry M. Straube, MD, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality.

Medicare's QIO News is designed to update national stakeholders and partner organizations that represent healthcare providers on the CMS Quality Improvement Organization Program and its initiatives for delivering better care to people with Medicare.

GSA Contract Holder

TMF Awarded GSA Designation
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded TMF designation as a GSA authorized federal supply schedule contract partner.

DOQ-IT IconDOQ-IT: Doctor’s Office Quality – Information Technology
For a limited time TMF is providing support for small and medium-sized practices implementing a Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.

Additional Physician Reviewers Wanted
TMF is seeking additional physicians from across the state to conduct utilization and quality reviews.

Working Together To Improve Patient Outcomes
TMF has completed the March/April 2008 regional workgroup meetings for hospitals. If you were unable to attend, you may download slides from the events.

Alliance of Rural and Community Hospitals (ARCH) Meeting in June
TMF will be hosting an Alliance of Rural and Community Hospitals (ARCH) workgroup meeting on Friday, June 6, 2008 in Abilene, Texas. It will include topics related to implications of non-compliance, engaging physicians and nurses to improve compliance, specification manual changes, and hospital sharing of barriers and successes.
 

Hospital Discharge Appeal Rights
Effective July 2, 2007, Medicare beneficiaries and Medicare Advantage plan enrollees who are hospital inpatients in Texas have a statutory right to appeal to TMF for an expedited review of a discharge decision. To contact TMF to appeal a discharge decision beginning July 2, call 1-800-725-8339.

Health care providers: for more information about hospital discharge appeals, click here.

Cultural Competency Training: Earn 9 Free CME hours
A Family Physician’s Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care was developed for diverse populations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health.

Quality Updates

This series of newsletters provides timely news and resources for enhancing quality improvement efforts in different health care settings.
LTC Hot Topics
For nursing homes

OBQI Update
For home health agencies

DOQ-IT Newsletter
For physician offices implementing an electronic health record.

Clinical News
For hospitals

More TMF Publications
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Medicare

Hospital Payment Monitoring Program (HPMP)

Medicare Case Review

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Jobs at TMF

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