Quality Insights Renal Network 3: Mission Based, Quality FocusedAs a member of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Network, Quality Insights Renal Network 3's mission is to assist Medicare beneficiaries who have been diagnosed as having end-stage renal disease ("ESRD") to receive the care they need. This includes:
- Encouraging proper distribution and use of ESRD treatment resources while maintaining or improving the quality of care
- Serving as a resource to community health planners
- Acting as a liaison to the Federal government on issues related to ESRD
- Encouraging self dialysis or transplantation for the maximum practical number of patients who are medically, socially, and psychologically suitable candidates for such treatment.
- Encouraging, consistent with sound medical practice, the use of treatment settings most compatible with the successful rehabilitation and participation of ESRD patients
- Developing criteria and standards relating to the quality and appropriateness of patient care
- Implementing procedures for evaluating and resolving patient grievances
- Conducting on-site reviews of ESRD providers as necessary to assure proper medical care
- Collecting, validating and submitting to the US Department of Health and Human Services data for inclusion in the national ESRD medical information system.
- Identifying Facilities and providers that are not cooperating toward ESRD Network goals, and assisting such Facilities and providers in developing appropriate plans for correction
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