IFMC QIO Governing Body

The Iowa Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) contract, awarded to 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., Board Chair
Private Practice Physician
Appointed: October 2004 – Third 3 year term

Betty Grandquist, Board Vice-Chair
Medicare Beneficiary
Appointed: October 2004 – Third 3 year term

Sister. Ruth Cox, Board Secretary
Retired Nursing Home Representative
Appointed: October 2004 – Third 3 year term

Nick Burnett
Nurse Practitioner-State Center Family Medicine Clinic
Appointed: October 2004 –Second 3 year term

Jane DeWitt
Pharmacy Representative – Educator at Drake University
Appointed: April 2010– Second 3 year term

Marvin Firch
Iowa Dep. of Public Health
Bureau of Rulal Health and Primary Care
Appointed: August 2005 – Second 3 year term

Steve Gibson
Health System Quality Improvement
Trinity Regional Hospital
Appointed: March 2008 – Second 3 year term

Frances Hawthorne
Medicare Beneficiary
Appointed: August 2004 – Second 3 year term

David Rater, M.D.
Private Practice Physician
Appointed: June 2008 – First 3 year term

David Swieskowski, M.D.
Physician Organization
Mercy Clinics
Appointed: June 2008 – First 3 year term