Improving heart failure care in the office setting.

Abstract

This column is the sixth in a series describing Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) initiatives to improve care for Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure. The fourth column addressed the Heart Failure Practice Improvement Effort, HCFA's pilot project to test the feasibility of assessing and improving heart failure care in the outpatient setting through the activities of HCFA-contracted peer review organizations in eight states. This column is dedicated to illustrating the progress of the Heart Failure Practice Improvement Effort project at an individual state and practice level, focusing on the quality improvement activities in outpatient heart failure care conducted by the Colorado peer review organization. (c)2001 CHF, Inc.