Quality has been a longtime focus in nursing home care, but the effectiveness of quality-focused initiatives is often questioned. The purpose of adding performance improvement to existing quality ...

In my previous article about the Nursing Home Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement guidelines (QAPI), published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, I discussed my delight in ...

Noncompliance at deficiency tag F865 will be cited if surveyors find that a facility has not implemented and/or maintained a comprehensive QAPI program that addresses all the care and unique services ...

An ASC administrator is integral to a quality assurance performance improvement program, according to a Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III blog. Pinnacle III shared five key ways ASC administrators ...

Community Health Accreditation Partner Awards SimiTree's QAPI Program Its "CHAP-Certified" Status HAMDEN, Conn., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SimiTree, an outsourced services, coding, professional ...

HAMDEN, Conn., March 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Simione Healthcare Consultants has released its third of six updates on the new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation ...

2015 was a critical year for infection prevention, with several “pivotal moments” shaking the industry and further emphasizing the need for integration into organizations’ quality assurance ...