CCME DELIVERS: Health Care Quality Improvement Services
Thanks to the strong partnerships we have forged with health care providers in both states, we have helped nearly 2 million Medicare and 1.8 million Medicaid consumers throughout the Carolinas. We collect and generate data to help you understand the trends for health care quality improvement. We help you make the care you provide better.
 Corporate Overview
The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence (CCME) has worked to improve the quality of care provided to citizens throughout the Carolinas since 1983. Our work is oriented around four major market areas:
Federal Programs and Services
The primary activity of CCME’s Federal Programs and Services is the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). As the QIO for both North and South Carolina, CCME is responsible for assuring quality of care for nearly 2 million Medicare enrollees across the continuum of care.
For more information, please visit our Federal Programs Management section.
CCME Fact Sheet – Federal Program & Services
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State Programs and Services
CCCME contracts with state agencies to provide review and quality care management services. We work to improve health care outcomes and reduce health care costs for several state programs. Our work encompasses quality improvement, review and assessment, health care data, and cost effectiveness.
For more information, please visit our State Programs Management section.
CCME Fact Sheet – State Program & Services
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Physician and Community Services
Our work at CCME involves leadership and services in three important areas:
- Community health care coordination
- Care management support
- Physician leadership and education
At CCME,
- We support physicians and other health care providers in clinical decision making and quality improvement.
- We provide support to remove barriers surrounding effective use of electronic health data.
- We enhance physician skills in the use of information to inform and support physician leadership through our Physician Leadership Institute program.
CCME’s Physician Leadership Institute is a physician leadership program run in partnership with the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill.
For more information, please visit our Education Services section.
CCME Fact Sheet – Physician & Community Services
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Research Services
CCME’s research staff continually monitor the quality and effectiveness of health care, conduct studies with attention to trends, and examine differences by demographic or geographic characteristics. You will always receive the most up-to-date information from our qualified staff. Our staff conducts research in three important areas:
- Improving – CCME’s staff assess the effects of policy or systems changes and evaluate interventions to change provider or consumer behaviors.
- Monitoring – Targeting important health quality concerns including disparities, CCME’s research staff monitor health outcomes, care processes, and effectiveness of health care.
- Measuring – Focusing on the science of measuring the quality of health care, we explore the development or validation of measurement strategies or innovative uses of health care data to measure quality.
For more information, please visit our CCME Research section.
CCME Fact Sheet – Research Services
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