AHQA report highlights shifting role of PROs.
Physicians and hospitals increasingly have the opportunity to use Medicare peer review organizations to measurably improve health care for seniors, according to a report recently issued by the Washington, DC-based American Health Quality Association, a not-for-profit association of independent, community-based quality improvement organizations holding Medicare PRO contracts.
D000368:Aged; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D006278:Medicare / Q000592:standards*; D011366:Professional Review Organizations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States