CMS Hospital QAPI Standards 2024

Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Conditions of Participation deficiencies are the third most frequently cited of the 24 Conditions for Medicare-certified hospitals. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) believes that a hospital with a well-designed and well-maintained QAPI program can significantly enhance its ability to provide high-quality and safe care to its patients while reducing the incidence of medical errors and adverse events throughout the hospital. Click Register Online for further information.

In 2020, CMS published updated QAPI standards, but the interpretive guidelines for the regulation were delayed. Some of the changes included a section in the QAPI standards that addresses patient safety and risk management. In March 2023, CMS issued new interpretive guidelines with information and directions 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. Included will be a discussion on CMS expectations for hospital leadership and the governing body for oversight and execution of the QAPI.

Learning Objectives
• Discuss that the governing body and hospital leadership are responsible for the QAPI program, its implementation, and its completion.
• Recite key requirements for a QAPI program that will be reviewed and assessed during a survey.
• Describe areas to be assessed during a survey and what surveyors will be reviewing.
• Recall that CMS surveyors will review policies in place and observe implementation of such policies and procedures.

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When
6/18/2024 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Central Daylight Time
Where
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