Ipro Ipro Chronic Kidney Disease Network for New York (IPRO)

In Ipro's health care assessment activities, under contract with federal and state governments, Ipro reviewed and analyzed patient cases to determine whether (a) the health care services provided were medically necessary and appropriate, and (b) the health care services delivered met quality standards, and assisted states in the oversight of health care providers and data analytical services. In Ipro's health care quality improvement activities, under contract with federal and state governments, Ipro worked with health care providers in hospital, nursing home, home health, and physician office settings to identify problems and propose solutions to be implemented to improve the quality of health care in diverse clinical areas such as (but not limited to) heart failure, heart attack, pneumonia, diabetes, asthma, pressure ulcers, surgical care infection prevention, Chronic Kidney Disease, care transitions, and drug safety. With respect to managed care plans, under contract with state governments, Ipro provided quality oversight to medicaid managed care programs to assess whether such programs met regulatory and quality requirements.