Speaker
Speciality
Nursing
Available
All Days
Duration
270 minutes
Description
CMS Hospital QAPI Standard 2022
CMS Hospital QAPI Standards 2022 will cover the final changes to QAPI that were effective November 29, 2021. CMS implemented similar QAPI standards for acute hospitals for the critical access hospitals in the final Hospital Improvement Rule. Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) had an additional 18 months to implement the changes. Ten new CAH QAPI provisions are starting at tag 1300.
CMS Hospital QAPI Standards 2022 will discuss the memo that CMS issued regarding the AHRQ Common Formats. 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.
CMS Hospital QAPI Standard 2023
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 its ability to provide high-quality and safe care to its patients and reduce the incidence of medical errors and adverse events throughout the hospital.
This will cover the key updates in CMS Hospital QAPI Standards, including the delayed interpretive guidelines, focusing on patient safety and risk management. Understand the implications of deficiencies in required policies and procedures—Discover CMS's issuance of new interpretive guidelines in March 2023, aiding surveyors in assessing QAPI programs. Learn about the QAPI worksheet's significance as a self-assessment tool, briefly covered in this program to assist hospitals with compliance.
CMS Hospital QAPI Standard 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. In 2020, CMS published updated standards for QAPI, but the interpretive guidelines for the regulation were delayed. 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. Included will be a discussion on CMS expectations for hospital leadership and the governing body to oversee and execute the QAPI.
Learning Objectives
In 2022
In 2023
In 2024
Areas Covered
In 2022
In 2023
In 2024