IFMC QIO Governing Body
The Iowa Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) contract, awarded to the IFMC by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is governed by a Governing Body up to 15 members. The Governing Body provides guidance to the leadership team of the QIO contract. The membership is intended to reflect the customers and communities we serve. The Governing Body includes Medicare beneficiaries, health care executives, physicians, business leaders and other individuals as appropriate.
Governing Body members are appointed to a three-year term and may serve no more than two consecutive terms for a majority of the members. A minority of the members can serve three consecutive terms. Terms are staggered so approximately one-third of the Governing Body is appointed each year. Members are compensated $750 per meeting for Governing Body service; $250 for conference calls.
IFMC Governing Body Members:
R. Ried Boom M.D., Chair
Private Practice Physician
Appointed: October 2008 – Three -Year Term
Betty Grandquist, Vice-Chair
Medicare Beneficiary
Appointed: October 2008 – Three - Year Term
Sr. Ruth Cox, Secretary
Retired Nursing Home Representative
Appointed: October 2008 – Three - Year Term
Nick Burnett
Nurse Practitioner-State Center Family Medicine Clinic
Appointed: October 2008 – Three - Year Term
Frances Hawthorne
Medicare Beneficiary
Appointed: October 2008 – Three - Year Term
Jane DeWitt, PhD.
Pharmacist
Appointed: April 2009 – Three - Year Term
David Rater, M.D.
Private Practice Physician
Appointed: June 2008 – Three - Year Term
Marvin Firch
Iowa Department of Public Health
Bureau of Rural Health and Primary Care
Appointed: August 2008 – Three - Year Term
David Swieskowski, M.D.
Mercy Clinics Administration
Appointed: June 2008 – Three - Year Term
Steve Gibson
Health System Quality Improvement
Trinity Regional Hospital
Appointed: Noevmeber 2008 – Three - Year Term
