Northeast Health Care Quality Foundation

The Northeast Health Care Quality Foundation (NHCQF) is a non-profit, educational health care organization, headquartered in Dover, New Hampshire.

NHCQF contracts with the United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to serve as the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. 

Incorporated in 1972 as a professional physician association, NHCQF had as its founding purpose "to advance, promote, develop and institute patterns of the highest quality of care." NHCQF continues to pursue that purpose today through collaborative efforts with a variety of organizations and practitioners in northern New England's health care community.

NHCQF recognizes the key role of health care consumers in improving quality of care and involves them on our Board of Directors and in other NHCQF activities.

At the Opening Session of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) QualityNet Conference in December 2009, NHCQF was named the recipient of the "CMS QIO Quality Champion Award for 2009!"

NHCQF was the first QIO to receive this CMS Award. This Award was given "In Recognition of Your Exceptional Performance Results in Improving Health Care Quality for Medicare Beneficiaries".  In 2010, the Award was given to the California QIO.

NHCQF's Board of Directors and Staff feel strongly that this Award is a reflection of not only the work that NHCQF does, but of the organization's positive working relationships with the various Stakeholders and Providers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. And most importantly, it is a true reflection of the high quality of care being rendered by Providers to Medicare beneficiaries in these three states we serve.

NHCQF is proud of this honor and hopes that all of NHCQF's partners will share in the pride of this national recognition.