Highlighted Projects

Hospital Quality Improvement Collaborative →

HQIC is a four-year project to improve outcomes in several patient safety-related areas such a sepsis, adverse drug events, and hospital-acquired infections. In addition, it is designed to provide support to hospitals in the response to public health emergencies, such as COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic, as well as improvements in patient and family engagement and health equity. Convergence Health is one of nine organizations awarded a HQIC contract from CMS.

Cal Healthcare Compare →

Providing Californians with objective performance ratings for hospitals and long-term care providers, Cal Healthcare Compare is a nonprofit organization that aggregates public data to establish relevant measures and scoring for two free websites, Cal Hospital Compare and Cal Long Term Care Compare.

Clients and Partners

CMS Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) Prime Contractor (2020-2024) 
CMS MIPS Quality Payment Program (QPP) Small, Underserved, and Rural Support (SURS) National Content Developer Subcontractor (2017-2020) 
CMS National Content Developer Subcontractor (2016-2022) 
Clinical quality and TA subcontractor for the American Hospital Association/ Health Education Research Trust (AHA/HRET)’s CMS hospital quality improvement programs, for example, HIIN, HEN, (2010-2020) 
Avoid Readmissions through Collaboration (ARC) Prime Contractor (2009-2011) 
Cal Healthcare Compare, Cal Hospital Compare and Cal Long-Term Care Compare Prime Contractor (2005-current)