About Us

Who we are
The Iowa Foundation for Medical Care (IFMC) works collaboratively with providers, Medicare consumers, stakeholders, and government agencies to improve health care quality in the state of Iowa. We accomplish this by fostering an environment where care is safer, more effective, patient-centered, efficient and equitable.

In addition to our work in the areas of patient safety, care coordination or transitions, clinical treatment advancement and preventive care methods, IFMC works to promote best practice models and serves as a resource in the growing areas of Health Information technology and Electronic Health Records. Our work is funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which allows us to serve as the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for our state. In this role, we are able to work with heath care providers from the entire spectrum of care to create an environment that protects and improves the quality of health care provided to the more than 700,000 Medicare consumers in Iowa.

What we do
For Providers:
•  IFMC assists health care providers in hospitals, physician offices, nursing homes and home health    agencies with their quality improvement efforts by providing technical assistance, free training, serving as a    resource and spreading clinically tested "best practice" health care strategies.
•  IFMC works with hospitals on quality data reporting requirements. For additional information on this topic,    please visit our Quality Data Reporting page.

For Medicare Consumers (Also known as Beneficiaries):
•  IFMC educates on the importance of preventive health care, their health care rights and responsibilities and    offers guidance if there are questions about care received.
•  IFMC responds to concerns about the quality of care received, and conducts case reviews to determine if    services provided are medically necessary, appropriate and meet professionally recognized standards of    care.

Specific information for consumers is available on our Medicare Consumer Page or by calling the no cost, no obligation HelpLine at 1-800-752-7014

For Government Entities and/or The General Public:
•  IFMC promotes publicly reported quality of care information about Iowa health care providers in order to    educate the public and spur quality improvement efforts in provider settings.

Our Mission Statement
We optimize the quality of medical care and health through collaborative relationships, education, and health information management.

For more information on other areas of work IFMC is involved in including community initiatives and careers with IFMC, please visit www.ifmc.org.

Select the following links for information on our executive leadership or our Governing Body.