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Congest Heart Fail. 2000 Nov-Dec;6(6):337-339. doi: 10.1111/j.1527-5299.2000.80175.x.

The National Heart Failure Project: a health care financing administration initiative to improve the care of Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure.

Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.)

F A Masoudi, D L Ordin, R J Delaney, H M Krumholz, E P Havranek

Affiliations

  1. Division of Cardiology, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver; and Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, Aurora, CO 80204.

PMID: 12189341 DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-5299.2000.80175.x

Abstract

This is the second in a series describing Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) initiatives to improve care for Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure. The first article outlined the history of HCFA quality-improvement projects and current initiatives to improve care in six priority areas: heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, pneumonia, diabetes, and breast cancer. This article details the objectives and design of the Medicare National Heart Failure Quality Improvement Project (NHF), which has as its goal the improvement of inpatient heart failure care. (c)2000 by CHF, Inc.

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