Jun 20, 2019   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

ECRI Institute Selected for CMS' Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., June 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) selected ECRI Institute as a Prime awardee of the Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors (NQIIC). This designation will allow NQIICs to bid on task orders over the next five years. As a Prime NQIIC awardee partnering with other Quality Improvement contractors under the new CMS Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract mechanism to support quality improvement efforts, each NQIIC may serve as:

    --  Quality improvement experts
    --  Facilitators/change agents for healthcare transformation by achieving
        bold aims at a high value
    --  Innovators of quality improvement

As a NQIIC awardee, ECRI Institute has demonstrated healthcare quality improvement expertise. Services supported by some of the NQIIC awardees may include:

    --  Provide direct technical assistance in specific areas of healthcare
        quality improvement (e.g., patient safety, opioid misuse, nursing home
        quality, etc.)
    --  Seek and gain commitments from patients, providers, and stakeholders to
        achieve aims
    --  Use a human centered design that involves teaming with patient and
        family members to improve healthcare processes and outcomes
    --  Focus on helping providers and healthcare organizations achieve
        quantitative results for improved outcomes, lower costs, better care,
        less provider burden, greater transparency, and more
    --  Support a diverse array of organizations and populations, including:
        rural providers, vulnerable beneficiaries, clinical practices,
        hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis facilities, and more
    --  Support providers in efficient use of Health Information Technology and
        interoperability
    --  Serve as backbone organizations to form and engage Community Coalitions
    --  Convene and support Learning and Action Networks (LANs)

About ECRI Institute
ECRI Institute, a nonprofit organization, is an independent, trusted authority on the medical practices and products that provide the safest, most cost-effective care. For more than half a century, ECRI Institute has built its reputation on rigorous evidence-based research, with an unwavering dedication to strict conflict-of-interest policies and transparent reporting of its findings. ECRI Institute is designated an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. ECRI Institute PSO is listed as a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

For more information, visit www.ecri.org, contact communications@ecri.org, or call +1(610) 825-6000.

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