Physician membership in Acumentra Health

Physician membership enrollment form (Oregon MDs and DOs)

Acumentra Health, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Oregon, is a physician-sponsored nonprofit organization engaged in multiple collaborative initiatives to improve health care quality in the Pacific Northwest. By becoming a member of Acumentra Health, you are showing support for locally based assistance with the quality improvement and assessment activities required in every state by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Membership is free.

Physician members can have a voice and a role in the direction of health care quality in Oregon:

• elect Acumentra Health's Board of Trustees—who decide the organization's direction in large-scale quality improvement projects and review for both Medicare and Medicaid
• participate as a physician reviewer or a collaborator in a quality improvement initiative

Both roles are optional. Physician members also receive periodic health care quality news via the Q-News electronic newsletter.

Recent Acumentra Health initiatives in Oregon

Medical practice

• EHR Preventive Care Initiative: Assistance to primary care practices in using electronic health record systems for data reporting and improved delivery of clinical care

Nursing homes

• Participation in national initiatives to prevent and heal pressure ulcers and to reduce unnecessary use of restraints

Hospitals

• Medical & Surgical Care Initiative
  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) prevention
  • Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) to prevent post-surgical infections and complications
  • Improvement in heart failure treatment
• Pressure ulcer prevention (cross-setting project with area nursing homes)
• Oregon IHI Network: Statewide partner in national hospital safety initiatives led by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, including adoption of the Surgical Safety Checklist

How to become a member

Membership in Acumentra Health is open to any licensed MD or DO who has a full or partial practice in Oregon.

To join, print the membership enrollment form, complete it, and return it by fax or mail as shown on the form.