Florida's Medicare Quality Improvement Organization

FMQAI is a quality improvement organization that partners with healthcare providers and practitioners to improve patient care and outcomes. FMQAI works closely with hospitals, nursing homes, physician practices, home health agencies, dialysis facilities, and managed care organizations to create a healthcare environment founded on quality processes. In addition, FMQAI provides community outreach in partnership with stakeholders and providers to encourage patients to take a more active role in their healthcare.

NHQI Quality Improvement Manual

The NHQI team at Florida Medical Quality Assurance, Inc. (FMQAI) has implemented a quality improvement model consistent with the Quality Improvement Organization Support Center for facilitating systems change in Florida's nursing homes.
Intended Audience: Health care staff

Quality Improvement Materials

Quality Improvement Materials including: Open Sharing Learning Circles, Change Ideas for Consistent Assignment, Change Ideas for Orientation, Change Ideas for On-the-Job Support for New Workers, Change Ideas for Recruitment and Screening, How-To's: Career Mobility Ladders, and How-To's: Peer Mentorship Programs.
Intended Audience: Health care staff

Nursing Home Star Site

The facility-level quality measure data on the nursing home STAR site are the data publicly reported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Nursing Home Compare . The quality measures are derived from the Minimum Data Set (MDS) and are updated quarterly. For more information about the data, please read the Data Details provided on Nursing Home Compare. The publicly reported data, which is available to both registered and unregistered visitors to the STAR site, is rounded to the nearest whole number (for example, 10%). In contrast, registered nursing homes can view more detailed quality measure scores to 1 decimal place precision (for example, 10.3%).