The VHQC has more than 60 employees, including physicians, nurses, biostatisticians, health educators and public relations professionals.
The VHQC has held the CMS contract to provide quality improvement and Medicare beneficiary outreach services in Virginia since 1984.
The VHQC serves as an advocate for Virginia's Medicare beneficiaries, providing education and handling complaints.
The VHQC provides quality improvement assistance to Virginia's acute care hospitals and more than 700 physicians in a number of clinical topics such as heart failure, pneumonia, stroke, breast cancer and diabetes.
In addition, the VHQC conducts many local and national projects that employ quality improvement techniques for at-risk populations.