California Medicare
Quality Improvement For Providers

As the California quality improvement organization (QIO), HSAG of California convenes providers, practitioners, and patients to build and share knowledge, spread best practices, and achieve rapid-cycle improvements in patient care, increases in population health, and decreases in health care costs for all Americans. By collaborating with hospitals, nursing homes, and physician offices—and partnering with health and government agencies, managed care organizations, and advocacy groups—HSAG of California seeks to achieve the three broad aims of the National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care: Better Care, Healthier People and Communities, and Affordable Care for All.

HSAG of California engages providers at all levels of performance in rapid-cycle projects for collaborative learning and action that accelerate health care quality improvement. Our efforts are concentrated in the following areas:

• Hospitals—Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections
  • Central-Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs)
  • Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs)
  • Surgical Site Infections (SSIs)
  • Clostridium Difficile Infections (CDIs)
• Hospitals—Assisting with Quality Data Reporting and Improvement
  • Inpatient Quality Reporting
  • Outpatient Quality Reporting
  • Critical Access Hospital Reporting
• Nursing Homes—Reducing Healthcare-Acquired Conditions and Improving the Overall Quality of Care Provided to Residents
  • Pressure Ulcers
  • Physical Restraints
  • CAUTIs
  • Falls
  • Consistent Staff Assignment
  • Reduction in Staff Turnover
• Physician Offices—Using Electronic Health Records to Improve Primary Care Prevention and Early Diagnosis
  • Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)—EHR Reporting
  • Care Coordination
  • Preventive Services
  • Cardiac Population Health
• All Providers—Reducing Adverse Drug Events and Implementing Patient-Centered Care
• All Providers—Improving Care Transitions
  • Assisting Eligible Communities to Apply for the Community-Based Care Transitions Program
  • Reducing Hospital Readmissions
• All Providers—Conducting Medical Case Review