Webinar Training: QY09: QIP and QY08: CCIP Requirements, Reporting and Evaluation

by Medicare Advantage Quality Improvement Organizations (MAQROs)

Held on June 18, 2008

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)

Who will benefit from viewing this training:

Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs), CMS Regional Offices (ROs), and Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) are invited to participate.

About the Seminar:

The Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (MAQROs) provided a Web-based training on CMS audit standards, QY08 Chronic Care Improvement Programs (CCIPs), and QY09 Quality Improvement Projects (QIPs). The CCIP is a new requirement for MAOs and requirements for the QIPs have changed. The comprehensive training covered these new requirements. There was a question and answer session following the presentation.

Materials

Webinar Training Audio
Webinar Handouts
Questions and Answers (Coming soon!)

What you will learn:

The new audit strategy
Reporting and review process for QY08 and QY09
Requirements and MAQRO evaluation of CCIP reports
Requirements and MAQRO evaluation of QIP reports

Featured speakers:

Chris Eisenberg, Technical Advisor - CMS

Janice Acar, RN, BS - IPRO (MAQRO)

Laura Stewart, RN, MPA/HSA - Lumetra (MAQRO)

Jody Jobeck, MBA/HCM, CPHQ - DFMC (MAQRO)

Resources for QIP and CCIP Reporting:

QIP

Quality Improvement Project (QIP) Reporting Template (MS Word fillable format)
Instructional Guide for the QIP Reporting Template
Project Review Tool (This review tool will provide a framework to assess a project's compliance with CMS standards of initiating one self-selected Quality Improvement Project per year, and to submit a report on the project, and to score the level of compliance based on an evaluation of the MAO's QIP report.)
Project Review Tool Interim Evaluation (For QIP reports that are not yet ready to report re-measurement data)
Project Review Tool Reviewer Guidelines

CCIP

CCIP Reporting Template (MS Word fillable format)
Instructional Guide for the CCIP Reporting Template
Project Review Tool (This review tool will provide a framework to assess a project's compliance with CMS standards of implementing a Chronic Care Improvement Program, and report on program activities, and to score the level of compliance based on an evalutaion of the MAO's QIP report.)