Annual Reports

VIMI publishes an “Annual Report” following the content and format requirements outlined by CMS. The report describes improvements around findings from case reviews and serves as a resource for the various quality improvement interventions.

The report includes aggregate data supplemented with other aggregate QIO information on:

Types of quality of care concerns confirmed with numbers for each category
Types of serious reportable and other undesired/harm outcomes to the beneficiary with associated medical diagnoses
Provider/practitioner data and performance measures related to confirmed quality of care concerns
Number of beneficiaries linked to discharge/service termination reviews who were discharged to home, skilled nursing facility, nursing facility, home health agency, assisted living facility, or other living arrangements
Number of beneficiaries readmitted to hospitals within less than 30 days and associated diagnoses
Number of beneficiaries and their geographic areas, racial/ethnic designations, primary language spoken, and associated medical diagnoses/illnesses/diseases
Number and type(s) of technical assistance implemented for each category of concerns
List of evidenced-based standards used to support decisions and recommendations for changes
How the findings can be used to support comparative effectiveness research