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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