Governance
The Midwest QIN-QIO’s governing body plays an integral role in the performance of work being done for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve health and promote quality of care for people with Medicare.
Governing Body
Governing body members have deep knowledge and expertise on the most challenging issues across care settings. The governing body provides oversight, direction and recommendations related to strategy, interventions and evidence-based practice. Governing body members may advise QIN-QIO; serve as local subject matter experts; and partner with the Midwest QIN-QIO on Breakthrough Learning Series (BTS), webinars and other activities to address urgent needs and achieve improvement goals.
Governing body positions are voluntary and members are not compensated for their time, other than reimbursement for travel expenses to in-person meetings. The governing body can include up to 25 members who may serve up to six years (two terms of three years each) of consecutive service. However, exemptions can be made that can extend membership to up to nine years of consecutive service (or three terms). Membership is evaluated on an ongoing basis to identify any competencies that need to be added to the governing body, which causes the membership to fluctuate. Generally, one to two members are added or replaced each year.
Our Governing Body
Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, MBA, MPH, FACP (Chair)
Founder, President and CEO, CIMPAR (Chicago Internal Medicine Practice and Research)
Term/Start Date: 2nd/May 2023
Wendy C. Ager, RN, BSN, LNHA (Vice Chair)
Administrator/Senior Director of Skilled Nursing, Western Home Communities, Iowa
Term/Start Date: 3rd/May 2023
Kim Bergen-Jackson, PhD, RN-BC, LNHA
Associate Professor, University of Iowa College of Nursing
Term/Start Date: 1st/May 2022
Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPH, MACOI, FIDSA
Professor, College of Medicine and Public Health; Enterprise Chief Quality Officer – OU Medicine
Term/Start Date: 2nd/May 2023
W. Perry Dickinson, MD
Department of Family Medicine University of Colorado
Term/Start Date: 2nd/May 2023
Cynthia Fiester, RN, BSN
Chronic Disease Services, Program Coordinator, Linn County Public Health
Term/Start Date: 2nd/May 2023
Corie Kaiser, BS, MNAS
Director, Oklahoma Office of Rural Health
Term/Start Date: 2nd/May 2023
Bill Menner
Executive Director, Iowa Rural Health Association
Term/Start Date: 1st/May 2022
Paul Mulhausen, MD
Chief Medical Director, Iowa Total Care
Term/Start Date: 2nd/May 2023
Elizabeth S. Mullins, MSW, NHA
Division Director, Veterans Community Living Centers
Term/Start Date: 2nd/May 2023
Laura M. Ross, MSW
Public Health Institute of Oklahoma
Term/Start Date: 1st/May 2022
Pat Schou, FACHE
Executive Director, Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network
Term/Start Date: 1st/May 2022
David Thomas, MD
Beneficiary
Term/Start: 2nd/May 2023
Tara Trujillo, MNM
Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Term/Start Date: 2nd/May 2023