Quality Improvement Projects Clause Samples

Quality Improvement Projects. The Department of Health Services agrees to pay the sum of $300,000 to CIR each year for fiscal years 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021 for the sole purpose of funding Patient Provider and Community Engagement Projects (i.e., improving discharge planning or patient satisfaction,) and engagement of the medical and local community (i.e., resident well-being initiatives, house-staff appreciation days or a community health fair) for house staff at LAC+USC Medical Center, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇. Outpatient Center and Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center. The Department of Health Services agrees to make the initial annual lump sum payment to CIR covering the 2018-2019 fiscal year within 30 days of Board approval of this MOU and the subsequent payments by the 10th business day following the start of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 fiscal years. CIR shall accept fiduciary responsibility over these funds in compliance with relevant accounting standards. The County and the Department of Health Services shall have no responsibility or liability for the administration of this benefit. Interns and Residents at LAC+USC Medical Center, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇. Outpatient Center and Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation facilities shall each convene and designate a Quality Improvement Steering Committee (not to exceed five in number) and submit an annual report to the respective facility CEO. An itemized financial statement addressing the sums set forth above, as well as a report of the corresponding Quality Improvement activities, shall be provided by CIR to the Department of Health Services upon request. Sixty calendar days prior to the end of each fiscal year, CIR will provide the respective institution an accounting of any unused funds. Said unused funds will then be eligible to be rolled over into the next fiscal year. The total amount of rolled over funds in any given year will be limited to equal the amount of the initial fiscal year allocation (e.g., $300,000).
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Quality Improvement Projects. The Department of Health Services agrees to pay the sum of $300,000 to CIR each year for fiscal years 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018 for the sole purpose of funding Quality Improvement Projects (i.e., improving discharge planning, patient satisfaction, infection prevention, condition management) for house staff at LAC+USC Medical Center and Harbor/UCLA Medical Center. The Department of Health Services agrees to make the initial annual lump sum payment to CIR covering the 2015-2016 fiscal year within 30 days of Board approval of this MOU and the subsequent payments by the 10th business day following the start of the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 fiscal years. CIR shall accept fiduciary responsibility over these funds in compliance with relevant accounting standards. The County and the Department of Health Services shall have no responsibility or liability for the administration of this benefit. Interns and Residents at LAC+USC Medical Center and Harbor/UCLA Medical Center shall each convene and designate a Quality Improvement Steering Committee (not to exceed five in number) and submit an annual report to the respective facility CEO. An itemized financial statement addressing the sums set forth above, as well as a report of the corresponding Quality Improvement activities, shall be provided by CIR to the Department of Health Services upon request. All funds must be spent in the fiscal year of allocation. All funds not expended in the fiscal year of allocation shall be returned by CIR and paid back to the Department of Health Services. ▇▇▇ agrees to make payment of any remaining funds to the Department of Health Services by the 10th business day following the end of the applicable fiscal year in which the funds were allocated.
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Quality Improvement Projects. For the elderly and enrollees with disabilities, the contractor shall monitor and evaluate enrollee outcomes and submit at least annually the results of the evaluation to DMAHS of the following quality indicators of potential adverse outcomes and provide for appropriate education, outreach and care management, and other activities as indicated:
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Quality Improvement Projects. (QIPs). The contractor shall participate in QIPs defined annually by the State with input from the contractor. The State will, with
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Quality Improvement Projects. The Executive Steering Council will charter quality improvement projects to make tangible improvements in performance. Each project will have an identified individual with overall responsibility for the project. Every project should have a multi-disciplinary team. Projects that involve multiple agencies should have team members representing the various involved agencies.
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Quality Improvement Projects. At all times, the HMO shall have at least one active QIP project. QIPs should address the full spectrum of clinical and nonclinical areas associated with the topic and shall not consistently eliminate any particular subset of enrollees when viewed over multiple years. The QIP shall address at a minimum Management of Medications. DMAHS may expand the set of QIP categories at its discretion.
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Quality Improvement Projects. (QIPs). The contractor shall participate in QIPs defined annually by the State with input from the contractor. The State will, with input from the contractor and possibly other MCEs, define measurable improvement goals and QIP-specific measures which shall serve as the focus for each QIP. The contractor shall be responsible for designing and implementing strategies for achieving each QIP’s objectives. At the beginning of each contract year the contractor shall present a plan for designing and implementing such strategies, which shall receive approval from the State prior to implementation. The contractor shall then submit semiannual progress reports summarizing performance relative to each of the objectives of each contract year. The QIPs shall be completed annually and shall include the areas identified below. The external review organization (ERO) under contract with DHS shall prepare a final report for year one that will contain data, using State-approved sampling and measurement methodologies, for each of the measures below. Changes in required QIPs shall be defined by the DHS and incorporated into the contract by amendment. For each measure the DHS will identify a baseline and a compliance standard. Baseline data, target standards, and compliance standards shall be established or updated by the State. If DHS determines that the contractor is not in compliance with the requirements of the annual QIP objectives, either based on the contractor’s progress report or he ERO’s report, the contractor shall prepare and submit a corrective action plan for DHS approval.
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Quality Improvement Projects. The Department of Health Services agrees to pay the sum of $300,000 to CIR each year for fiscal year 2021-2022 for the sole purpose of funding Patient Provider and Community Engagement Projects (i.e., improving discharge planning or patient satisfaction,) and engagement of the medical and local community (i.e., resident well-being initiatives, house- staff appreciation days or a community health fair) for house staff at LAC+USC Medical Center, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇. Outpatient Center and Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center. The Department of Health Services agrees to make the initial annual lump sum payment to CIR covering the 2018-2019 fiscal year within 30 days of Board approval of this MOU and the subsequent payments by the 10th business day following the start of the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 fiscal years. CIR shall accept fiduciary responsibility over these funds in compliance with relevant accounting standards. The County and the Department of Health Services shall have no responsibility or liability for the administration of this benefit. Interns and Residents at LAC+USC Medical Center, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇. Outpatient Center and Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation facilities shall each convene and designate a Quality Improvement Steering Committee (not to exceed five in number) and submit an annual report to the respective facility CEO. An itemized financial statement addressing the sums set forth above, as well as a report of the corresponding Quality Improvement activities, shall be provided by CIR to the Department of Health Services upon request. Sixty calendar days prior to the end of each fiscal year, CIR will provide the respective institution an accounting of any unused funds. Said unused funds will then be eligible to be rolled over into the next fiscal year. The total amount of rolled over funds in any given year will be limited to equal the amount of the initial fiscal year allocation (e.g., $300,000).
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Quality Improvement Projects. (QIPs) means studies selected by Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans, either independently or in collaboration with CDHS and other participating health plans, to be used for quality improvement purposes. The studies include four phases and may occur within a 24 month time frame.
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Related to Quality Improvement Projects

  • Quality Improvement The Parties must develop QI activities specifically for the oversight of the requirements of this MOU, including, without limitation, any applicable performance measures and QI initiatives, including those to prevent duplication of services, as well as reports that track referrals, Member engagement, and service utilization. Such QI activities must include processes to monitor the extent to which Members are able to access mental health services across SMHS and NSMHS, and Covered Service utilization. The Parties must document these QI activities in policies and procedures.

  • Needs Improvement the Educator’s performance on a standard or overall is below the requirements of a standard or overall, but is not considered to be unsatisfactory at this time. Improvement is necessary and expected.

  • School Improvement The parties do hereby mutually agree that the school improvement process currently in effect will continue. Any plan developed by the committees shall not be in conflict with the master agreement or board policy.

  • Improvement Plan A detailed, written plan initiated by the evaluator. The teacher may provide input at the meeting to review the plan. Improvement plans are utilized when a teacher receives an Evaluation Rating of Ineffective or when an administrator utilizes discretion to place any teacher on an improvement plan at any time based on any individual deficiency in the evaluation system. The approved form for the Improvement Plan is attached to this agreement as Appendix A-9.

  • Improvement Plans A professional improvement plan is a clearly articulated assistance program for a teacher whose student growth measure dimension of the evaluation is below the expected level of student growth. For the purposes of this agreement, improvement plans shall be based on the individual student growth measure level, and not for overall subjects or classes taught.