Anyone with an interest in quality nursing home care should agree on one thing: The moment for Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QAPI) is now! A couple of years ago, a nursing home ...

On March 31, Daveth Forbes-Thomas, MSN, RN, began serving as CEO of the NYC Health + Hospitals/McKinney nursing home in New York City, located in the same Brooklyn neighborhood where she grew up. Ms.

The goal of this course is to give HCSSA providers a detailed overview of what to expect during the survey process. The course addresses provider responsibilities and expectations during the survey ...

In a November 1 press release, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new baseline health and safety requirements for hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) providing ...

The new Hospice Outcomes and Patient Evaluation (HOPE) tool officially launches in less than a year, so now is the time to begin modifying operations and training staff to adapt to the new quality ...

Nursing homes looking to best utilize QAPI, or the quality assurance and performance improvement program, should think beyond the obvious clinical compliance and care benefits to residents. QAPI is ...

For some nursing homes, quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI) meetings serve merely as a checkbox for requirements, but they haven’t driven changes to improve care quality outcomes. On ...

A Drive-By, facility-wide, all-staff educational program reduced acquired pressure injuries (PIs) during COVID-19 lockdowns at 2 long-term care facilities (LTCFs), according to results of a study ...

State and federal government websites often end in .gov. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on an official government site. The site is secure. The https:// ensures that you are ...

To protect themselves against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ compliance enforcement mechanisms, home care providers must focus on quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) ...