VHQC meaning in Medical ?

Virginia Health Quality Center (VHQC) was an independent, not-for-profit corporation that primarily focused on health care quality assessment services. Their role was to assess the needs, implement improvements, and evaluate results as it related to how medical care is delivered by health care providers within a targeted geographic area. The VHQC's clients included federal and state agencies, health care providers, managed care organizations, and commercial health insurers in Virginia and throughout the United States.

As the Medicare-contracted Quality Improvement Organization for Virginia, they worked under the guidance of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.