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

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.

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:

• 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 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.)