Quality Improvement  Initiative

Alliant is in a position to provide technical assistance to providers and practitioners to help them improve the quality of their care. As defined in 42 CFR 476.1, a Quality Improvement Initiative (QII) is any formal activity designed to serve as a catalyst and support for quality improvement that uses proven methodologies to achieve these improvements. The improvements may relate to safety, healthcare, health and value and involve providers, practitioners, beneficiaries, and/or communities. CMS has interpreted the regulatory language to include that a QII is any formal plan designed to assist a provider(s) and/or practitioner(s) in identifying the root cause of a concern, develop a framework in which to address the concern and improve a process or system. A QII may consist of system-wide and/or non-system-wide changes and may be based on a single, confirmed concern or multiple confirmed concerns.