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Toll-free
Medicare Beneficiary Helpline
1-800-662-5028
Board
of Directors
Board members serve three-year terms and provide strategic input and vision for Quality Partners’ continued success and growth.
Senior Leadership
H. John Keimig, MHA, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Jeffrey Newell, RPh
Chief Operating Officer
Richard Besdine, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Deidre Gifford, MD, MPH
Chief of Health Policy and Programs
Stefan Gravenstein, MD, MPH, CMD, FACP
Clinical Director
Gail Patry, RN, C
Director of Long-Term Care
Maureen Claflin, MS, RN
Director of Outpatient Services |
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Quality Partners of Rhode Island is a non-profit health care quality improvement agency based in Providence, Rhode Island that provides consulting, research and education services. Originally established in 1995 as a division of the Rhode Island Medical Society to secure the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization contract for the state of Rhode Island, Quality Partners is now a fully independent organization governed by a voluntary board of directors. We collaborate with national and local government agencies, health care providers, stakeholders, insurers, educational institutions and foundations on many health care quality improvement initiatives. With a staff of over thirty physicians, nurses, educators, analysts and other health care professionals, this agency is viewed within the health care industry as both a local and national leader in quality improvement.
Quality Partners is the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for the state of Rhode Island. The Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Program is administrated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Quality Partners received a national CMS contract to become the Nursing Home Quality Improvement Organization Support Center (QIOSC) for the QIO program. In this role, the organization provides clinical tools, materials and interventions to the network of 53 QIOs, responsible for each U.S. state, territory and the District of Columbia in support of CMS’ Nursing Home Quality Initiative. |
