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''This article refers to the health care company Primaris. See also Primaris Airlines.'' Primaris is a health care consulting company in Columbia, Missouri. Its mission statement is "to drive the best quality results in healthcare. We partner with physicians, providers, patients and payers to improve clinical outcomes and the patient experience." Primaris has held the Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations contract for Missouri since the program was created. The firm offers several type of consulting services related to quality reporting and improvement for health care providers in addition to its Medicare-funded QIO services. Primaris also provides insurance counseling services for Missourians on Medicare as well as for Missourians wishing to enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace. Both programs help people understand their benefits and options so they can make informed decisions about their healthcare. == History == Primaris was founded in 1983 by the Missouri State Medical Association, Missouri Hospital Association and Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons. The company was originally named the Missouri Patient Care Review Foundation. The company later changed its name to the Missouri Patient Review Organization or MissouriPRO to reflect name changes in its federal contract with CMS. After the CMS contract changed names again, the nonprofit switched its name to Primaris. This generic name was selected intentionally to avoid a need for future changes should the federal contract be renamed. At the time of Primaris' founding, its primary function was to provide third-party, non-biased review of complaints about medical care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. This is primarily accomplished through reviews of medical records. This role was federally mandated by Congress through what was then known as the Medicare Utilization and Quality Control Peer Review Program. Since that time, the program evolved several times, eventually becoming the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) program. Under the current program, Primaris continues to provide medical record reviews; however, it plays a larger role working with hospitals, home health agencies, nursing homes and physicians on a variety of projects to improve CMS-specified quality measures. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Primaris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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