Hospital Projects

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' new three-year Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) contract with HSAG, known as the Seventh Scope of Work (7SOW), runs November 1, 2002 through October 31, 2005.

We recognize a golden opportunity to organize a successful approach to these projects among Arizona hospitals which can lessen the burden placed on hospitals. HSAG will convene statewide and regional meetings to answer your questions and develop a mutually satisfactory approach to fulfilling these new requirements.

Projects and Quality Indicators
The Seventh Scope of Work is based on quality improvement projects, four of which are to be completed by every acute care hospital in the United States. The four modules include:

• Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)
• Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
• Pneumonia (PNE)
• Surgical Infection Prevention (SIP)

The other two, diabetes mellitus and breast cancer screening, do not involve hospital inpatients directly.

Like previous quality improvement projects, those of the 7SOW are based on changes in the percentage of patients receiving specified indicator services relative to a baseline value.

Learn more about the National Projects.