“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded IMPAQ International the Measure and Instrument Development and Support (MIDS) Patient Safety Measure Development and Maintenance task order. Through this 5-year, multimillion dollar project, IMPAQ will support CMS’ goal of improving patient safety and reducing or eliminating hospital-acquired conditions.”
“As a part of this task order, IMPAQ will be working with Kennell and Associates, Inc. and the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research. The team will develop, maintain, reevaluate, and implement the current set of patient safety indicators and hospital harm measures for CMS’ hospital-level quality reporting programs, including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting program, the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction program, and the Promoting Interoperability program. We will also develop, implement, and maintain new patient safety measures that are driven by meaningful outcomes, composite measurement, and electronic data sources…” Read the full press release here.
Source: CMS Awards IMPAQ Contract to Support Patient Safety Measure Development and Maintenance – March 20, 2019. PR Newswire.
