Your Health Improvement Partner
Paving the way to peak performance and quality for all healthcare organizations, community and government partners in the Midwest and across the country.
Your Health Improvement Partner
Paving the way to peak performance and quality for all healthcare organizations, community and government partners in the Midwest and across the country.
About KFMC: Elevating Performance, Quality & HIT for Better Health
Across numerous states, KFMC advises physician practices, hospitals, nursing homes and state agencies on how to achieve higher levels of performance and deliver better health outcomes for patients. With deep expertise and experience in clinical improvement, health information technology utilization, performance measurement, data collection, analysis and validation, population health management, and community engagement, KFMC equips health organizations of all types with insights and proven approaches in areas that matter most to each organization.
Engaging on a Deeper Level for Meaningful Change
At KFMC, our subject matter experts collaborate and connect as coaches, giving you the tools, resources and knowledge you need to understand and resolve barriers to improved cost, quality and health outcomes. Whether you engage with KFMC in a quality improvement initiative, a security risk assessment, an independent review, a special project or all of the above, our service-first advisors focus on helping you achieve performance improvement and operational excellence.
Our Mission
As health improvement partners, we inspire meaningful change and sustained high performance.
Our Vision
Best health outcomes for everyone.
Our Promise
As your health improvement partner, the expertise and knowledge we share, the actions we take, and the recommendations we make all lead to meaningful change in your organization. Together, we will ultimately improve health for everyone – for you, your staff, your organization, your patients and your community.
Meet the KFMC Team
We are proud to work together as leaders, trusted partners and a catalyst for transformational improvement in healthcare. Meet our team members:
Interested in joining our team? Learn more about career opportunities at KFMC:
Improving Health from Coast to Coast
We are proud of our long-standing reputation for facilitating health improvement strategies in the Midwest, and even prouder to expand our reach across the entire United States. From coast to coast, KFMC serves physician practices, state and federal agencies and health organizations to inspire organizational excellence and better health outcomes.
Nationally Recognized Excellence
Why choose KFMC as your health improvement partner? It’s our results that make the difference, and we ensure excellence by meeting rigorous standards across a variety of certifications, honors and achievements:
- URAC Independent Review Organization (IRO) Accreditation, the gold standard for validating that KFMC is committed to a fair and impartial medical review process that benefits both patients and physicians.
- Federally designated External Quality Review Organization (EQRO), authorized to analyze and evaluate aggregate information on quality, timeliness, and access to the health care services that a managed care plan, or its contractors, furnish to Medicaid beneficiaries.
- CMS Certified QIO-Like Entity (Quality Improvement Organization), authorized, under two separate sections of Federal Medicaid law, to perform medical and utilization reviews, external quality reviews and quality improvement initiatives.
- CMS Designated Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractor (NQIIC), one of only 58 organizations identified to support federal quality improvement activities based on demonstrated quality improvement expertise.
Our Legacy
Since 1972, KFMC has led innovation and collaboration for the shared goal of improving healthcare. We envision and are actively working toward a healthcare system that empowers consumers and healthcare professionals for optimal care and safe environments. We assist healthcare providers in understanding and integrating quality improvement and safety initiatives into their work, and we support consumers in understanding their rights and responsibilities.
As a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, KFMC receives funding from federal and state government contracts, foundation and corporate grants, and health system projects. KFMC pursues grants and contracts that align with our mission and goals.
Headquartered in Topeka, Kansas, our staff is an amazing team of dedicated professionals with the expertise and experience that health organizations need in a trusted partner. From applied research and clinical experience to project management, data analysis and management, continuous quality improvement, HIT, coding, and health education – we are proud of the difference our team makes for those we serve.
