Sara Butterfield

Sara Butterfield, R.N., B.S.N., CPHQ, CCM

Director, Upstate Health Care Quality Improvement

Ms. Butterfield currently holds the position of Director, Health Care Quality Improvement representing IPRO in the upstate region of New York State. Ms. Butterfield is responsible for facilitating and managing quality improvement initiatives addressing the National Quality Improvement Priorities for Medicare beneficiaries identified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Since joining IPRO in July of 1998, Ms. Butterfield has coordinated collaborative partnerships with acute care hospitals, private physician practices and health care providers on a multidisciplinary level to facilitate performance improvement initiatives in support of the CMS project objectives. Ms. Butterfield serves as the Project Director of the New York State Home Health Initiative.

Prior to joining IPRO, Ms. Butterfield held the positions of Quality/Utilization Management Specialist and Case Manager at Northeast Health's Albany Memorial Hospital in Albany, New York. Ms. Butterfield's twenty-seven years of diversified experience in healthcare are inclusive of clinical nursing, management, performance improvement for Nursing and the Departments of Surgery and Medicine/Family Practice, Utilization Management and Case Management.

Russell Sage College awarded Ms. Butterfield a Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing. She has achieved certification in case management through the Commission for Case Manager Certification and is also certified as a Professional in Healthcare Quality.