The regionalizing of the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization saw Qsource partnering with two previous QIOs — IQH in Mississippi and AQAF in Alabama — for the regional QIN-QIO known as atom Alliance. atom Alliance is a five-year, five-state initiative to ignite powerful and sustainable change in healthcare quality. Formed as a partnership between three leading healthcare consultancies, atom Alliance is working to improve quality and achieve better outcomes in health and healthcare and at lower costs for the patients and communities served. Through atom Alliance, AQAF in Alabama, IQH in Mississippi and Qsource in Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee are carrying out an exciting strategic plan, with programs in place to convene, teach and inform healthcare providers, engage and empower patients, and inspire, share knowledge and spread best practices with communities across the entire healthcare continuum.