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News Archives
Monday, October 24, 2005
Health Services Advisory Group Overseeing All of Hawaii's Medicaid Quality Review
HSAG News Release
HSAG takes over quality review functions or ?PRO Activities" for the Hawaii Department of Human Services' Med-QUEST Division.
Thursday, September 22, 2005
HSAG Makes Free "PEPPER" Training Available to Arizona Hospitals
HSAG/CMS-News Release
Training will help hospitals to be proactive in reducing payment errors, audit risk.
Friday, September 02, 2005
New Information on Hospital Care Quality Now Available At www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
HSAG/CMS-News Release
Consumers across the U.S. will be able to see more about how well their local hospitals are performing with new information now available at the Hospital Compare website (also at www.medicare.gov).
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
HSAG Helps Arizona Nursing Homes Focus on Residents' Preferences
HSAG-News Release
Health Services Advisory Group, Inc., (HSAG) is working with eight nursing homes in Arizona in a pilot project to improve the quality of life for residents by encouraging nursing homes to evaluate their care practices and policies in order to enable residents or their loved ones, whenever possible, to make their own decisions.
Saturday, April 23, 2005
Three Rural Arizona Hospitals Receive Quality Award for Pneumonia Care
HSAG-News Release
Health Services Advisory Group Inc. (HSAG), Medicare's Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) in Arizona, has recognized three rural Arizona hospitals for providing the highest levels of care in the state to pneumonia patients.
Friday, April 01, 2005
New Medicare Web Resource Gives Arizona Hospital Patients Quality Information
HSAG/CMS-News Release
Public Reporting and Quality Improvement Training from Health Services Advisory Group Drives Improved Hospital Care
Monday, November 22, 2004
Arizona Seniors Need a Pneumococcal Shot
HSAG - News Release
Flu vaccine redistribution makes the pneumococcal vaccine critically important.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Health Services Advisory Group to Support SCIP, a New Patient Safety Partnership, in Arizona
HSAG/CMS-News Release
Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), Medicare's Quality Improvement Organization in Arizona, will provide technical and professional guidance and support in the state when a new national campaign launches next summer to reduce surgical complications.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Napolitano Proclaims November Diabetes Month in Arizona
HSAG - News Release
HSAG and AzDIn partners continue statewide Diabetes Quality Improvement initiatives.
Thursday, September 02, 2004
HSAG Announces Arizona Hospitals Now Voluntarily Reporting Quality of Care Data
HSAG/CMS-News Release
Fifty-nine eligible hospitals in Arizona have taken their first step toward a commitment to improving their quality of care by voluntarily registering to submit quality information, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today.
Monday, August 02, 2004
Arizona's Growing Medical Problems
HSAG
In a letter to Governor Napolitano, ArMA president Bruce Bethancourt outlines the growing problems facing health care in Arizona.
Learn more.
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Thompson Launches "Decade of Health Information Technology"
HHS-News Release
Strategic Report Outlines Steps to Implement Widespread Adoption of Electronic Health Records and New Nationwide Interoperable Health Information Network.
Friday, January 09, 2004
HSAG Names Rick Potter To Head State Services
HSAG - News Release
HSAG selects Richard G. Potter, CPA, Vice President, State Services, to manage External Quality Review activities in ten states.
Monday, December 22, 2003
HHS Issues National Reports on Quality and Disparities in the Use of Health Care Services
HHS-News Release
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today released two reports that represent the first national comprehensive effort to measure the quality of health care in America and differences in access to health care services for priority populations.
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
MAXIMUS and HSAG Partner on DoD Health Contract
HSAG, DOD
MAXIMUS wins $24.5 million contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) for Tricare National Quality Monitoring Services.
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Quality Goes Global: Taiwan Taps HSAG for QI Expertise
HSAG - News Release
In partnership with Rand Corporation, Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG) sponsored a one-day information exchange with representatives from Taiwan's National Health Bureau (NHB).
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Arizona Among Three Selected by CMS to Participate in Medicare Project
HSAG, CMS - News Release
Organizations will recruit up to 30,000 Medicare beneficiaries throughout California, Arizona and parts of Louisiana and Texas.
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
HSAG Joins Home Health Quality Initiative to Improve Quality of Care Delivered by Home Health Agencies
HSAG/CMS-News Release
Quality Information Posted on Medicare's Web Site, 'Home Health Compare,' Will Enable 690,000 Arizona Medicare Consumers to Make More Informed Decisions on Home Health Care.
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
HSAG Awarded CMS Special Study Contracts
HSAG - News Release
CMS taps HSAG as Quality Improvement Organization to lead nation on special projects.
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