Ridgeland / Mississippi / United States
Founded in 1971, Information & Quality Healthcare is a nonprofit organization that advocates quality improvement in health care for the community of Mississippi. It operates under contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It undertakes a range of quality improvement projects, including nursing home quality initiative, home health, and hospitals and physician practice projects. Information & Quality Healthcare conducts various activities that include hospital data collection, beneficiary protection and hospital payment monitoring. It also provides various community services, such as telephone counseling for tobacco users and monitoring drugs prescribed for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. Located in Ridgeland, Miss., Information & Quality Healthcare conducts various events and publishes newsletters.
