Upstate New York Surgical Quality Initiative (UNYSQI) was launched in 2007 through a partnership between Excellus Health Plan, Hospitals & the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) with the goal of providing improved quality of surgical care.

This Health Plan sponsored, team-learning collaborative provides sharing of best practices and expertise to help drive statewide quality improvement in surgical care, through use of the ACS NSQIP - the "Gold Standard" for surgical results reporting.