For Immediate Release
HUDSON VALLEY HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE 2013
IPRO QUALITY AWARDS
Recognized for Lowering Medicare Beneficiaries’ Hospital Readmissions
(Lake Success, NY – June 13, 2013) – Twenty-nineHudson Valley healthcare organizations have been named recipients of 2013 IPRO Quality Awards. The awards, given annually by IPRO, recognize organizations and professionals that demonstrate a commitment to improving the quality of care provided to New York’s Medicare beneficiaries. IPRO isthe Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for New York State, and manages the state’s End- Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The awards were given during IPRO’s 29th Annual Meeting, June 4that the LaGuardia Marriott Hotel.
“These awardees have shown that, by making a major commitment to quality improvement and partnering with other organizations, they can reduce rehospitalizations and improve the communication and care management of patients across the continuum of care,” says Clare B. Bradley MD, MPH, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, IPRO. “We applaud their achievements.”
As members of the Hudson Valley Care Transitions Coalition, these organizations have demonstrated organization-wide commitment to improving transitions of care for Medicare beneficiaries through community partnerships. The community coalition’s implementation of evidence-based, cross-setting interventions resulted in a 32% relative improvement in the Medicare fee-for-service, 30-day, all case readmission rate for beneficiaries in the region.
Those receiving 2013 IPRO Quality Awards include:
Organization / NYS LocationArchcare at Ferncliff / Rhinebeck
Baptist Home at Brookmeade / Rhinebeck
Dutchess Center for Rehab / Pawling
Elant at Newburgh / Newburgh
Elant at Fishkill / Beacon
Elant at Wappingers Falls / Wappingers Falls
Health Quest / LaGrangeville
Hospice, Inc. / Poughkeepsie
Hudson Valley Home Care / Poughkeepsie
Hudson Valley Rehab / Highland
Lutheran Care Center / Poughkeepsie
The Mountain View / New Paltz
Northern Dutchess Hospital / Rhinebeck
Putnam Hospital Center / Putnam
Renaissance Rehab & Nursing Home / Hyde Park
Riddle Medical Group / Lake Katrine
River Valley Care Center / Poughkeepsie
St. Francis Hospital / Poughkeepsie
St. Francis Hospital – Homecare / Poughkeepsie
Taconic IPA / Fishkill
The Pines at Poughkeepsie / Poughkeepsie
The Thompson House / Rhinebeck
Vassar Brothers Medical Center / Poughkeepsie
WILLCARE / Kingston
Wingate @ Ulster / Highland
Wingate at Dutchess / Fishkill
Wingate at St. Francis/Beacon / Beacon
Wingate Healthcare / Hopkinton
Woodland Ponds / New Paltz
IPRO is convening community coalitions with the goal of activating patients and engaging healthcare providers and community organizations to improve transitional care and reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions. These coalitions support seamless transitions of patients from the hospital to home, skilled nursing care, home health care or hospice through process improvements that address medication management, post-discharge follow-up, and patient care plans.
A study published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed that communities that worked with IPRO and other QIOsin 2009 and 2010 on improving transitions of care had nearly twice the reduction in hospitalizations and rehospitalizations as those not working with QIOs. QIOs are independent organizations that contract with the CMS to work collaboratively with healthcare providers and professionals to help improve care for Medicare beneficiaries. IPRO worked on this project with providers in New York’s Upper Capital region during this time.
About IPRO
IPRO is a national organization providing a full spectrum of healthcare assessment and improvement services that foster more efficient use of resources and enhance healthcare quality to achieve better patient outcomes. For more than 25 years, IPRO has been highly regarded for the independence of its approach, the depth of its knowledge and experience, and the integrity of its programs, IPRO holds contracts with federal, state and local government agencies and corporate clients, in more than 33 states and the District of Columbia. A not-for-profit organization, IPRO is headquartered in Lake Success, NY. For more information about IPRO and a complete list of 2013 Quality Award winners, please visit
This material was prepared by IPRO, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for New York State, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents do not necessarily reflect CMS policy.10SOW-NY-AIM8-13-43