End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)

In its role as the ESRD Network of Florida, FMQAI provides quality improvement, data management, grievance investigation, technical assistance, and patient and professional education services for more than 310 dialysis providers and 20,000 dialysis patients in the state of Florida. Its goal is to efficiently and effectively increase the quality of care and quality of life for Florida's ESRD patients.

The Function of FMQAI: The Florida End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network is to serve as a liaison between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and ESRD Providers, as well as between providers and the ESRD patients under their care. The goals of the Network include:

Improve the quality and safety of dialysis related services provided for individuals with ESRD.
Improve the independence, quality of life, and rehabilitation (to the extent possible) of individuals with ESRD through transplantation, use of self-care modalities (e.g., peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis), in-center self-care, as medically appropriate, through the end of life.
Improve patient perception of care and experience of care, and resolve patient's complaints and grievances.
Improve collaboration with providers to ensure achievement of the goals through the most efficient and effective means possible, with recognition of the differences among providers (e.g., independent, hospital-based, member of a group, affiliate of an organization, etc.) and the associated possibilities/capabilities.
Improve the collection, reliability, timeliness, and use of data to measure processes of care and outcomes; maintain Patient Registry; and to support the ESRD Network Program.

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This website is designed by FMQAI: The Florida ESRD Network while under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland Contract #HHSM-500-2006-NW007C. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy.

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