Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Conditions of Participation deficiencies are the third most frequently cited of the 24 Conditions for Medicare-certified hospitals. CMS believes that a hospital with a well-designed and well-maintained QAPI program, fully engaged in hospital-wide continuous assessment and improvement efforts can significantly enhance it ability to provide high quality and safe care to its patients, reduce the incidence of medical errors and adverse events throughout the hospital.
In 2020 CMS published updated standards for QAPI, but the interpretive guidelines for the regulation were delayed. Some of the changes to the law included a section in the QAPI standards that addressed patient safety and risk management. Hospitals were cited for not having the required policies and procedures. In March 2023, CMS issued new interpretive guidelines with information and direction for surveyors on assessing a hospital’s QAPI program.
This program will discuss the revised CMS hospital QAPI standards and the new applicable interpretive guidelines. I'll be including a discussion on CMS expectations for hospital leadership and the governing body concerning oversight and execution of the QAPI.
Also, the memo CMS issued regarding the AHRQ Common Formats will be discussed. CMS stated several reports show that adverse events are not being reported. It is estimated that 86% of adverse events are never reported to the hospital’s PI program. Performance improvement is significant to CMS to improve patient safety.
Before the new standards and development of the interpretive guidelines, CMS utilized a QAPI worksheet to help surveyors assess compliance with the hospital CoPs for QAPI. Though no longer used by State and Federal surveyors on survey activity, it is an excellent self-assessment tool any size hospital can utilize to assist with compliance. It will be covered briefly during this program.
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