Louisiana Health Care Review
THE MEDICARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION
Health Care Providers

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Welcome to the LHCR Web Site.
This is the Health Care Provider Main Page. It lists the four areas of health care in which LHCR works. Click on the "Quick Links" below for specific information or click on the heading (i.e. Nursing Homes) to see all information available for that heading.

Physicians & Clinics

Hospitals &
Inpatient Facilities

Nursing Homes

Home Health
Agencies

DOQ-IT Project
LHCR is working with CMS to help primary care physician offices adopt electronic health records (EHRs) to improve office efficiencies and quality of care.
Learn more here...

Preventive Services
Adult Immunization
- Pneumonia
- Influenza
Diabetes
Mammography

Important Provider Information
Provider Presentations
Quality Insider Newsletter

Quality Improvement Projects
An Overview of the
Eighth Scope of Work
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of Participation Final Rules-Issued November 27, 2006 and December 8, 2006
Pneumonia
Heart Failure
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Surgical Care Improvement Program (SCIP)
Smoking Cessation
Data Collection & Management
QNet Exchange
CART Data Collection Tool
HPMP - Hospital Payment Monitoring Program
HPMP - Hospital Payment Monitoring Program
Case Review
Case Review
Beneficiary Complaint Process
Become a Physician Reviewer for LHCR

Quality Measure
Improvement Activities
Through the Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI), LHCR helps Louisiana nursing homes implement quality improvement systems to help improve the facility's rates for the quality measures of pain management, pressure ulcers and the use of physical restraints.
Pain Management
Pressure Ulcers
Physical Restraint Use

Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI)
Nursing Home Quality Initiative
(NHQI) - An Overview
Understanding the
Quality Measures
What is a QIO?
Quality Measures & CHSRA - How they Compare
Frequently Asked Questions
About NHQI
Public Reporting of the Quality Measures
Medicare's Nursing Home Compare Web Site

LHCR & OBQI
LHCR is working with Louisiana Home Health Agencies (HHAs) to improve the quality of care through the Outcomes Based Quality Improvement (OBQI) system.
An Overview of OBQI
Questions & Answers about OBQI
OBQI Training Module Presentations
Developing a Plan of Action
Contact Information
Home Health  Publicly Reported Quality Measures Resource Binder

Important Provider Information
Home Health Agency Links
Provider Presentations
Quality Insider
Newsletter

 


For more Quality Improvement
resources, visit www.medqic.org

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