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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

plant social worker with Banner Good Samaritan Transplant Center and Advanced Liver Disease in Phoenix. He is a member of NN&I’s Editorial Advisory Board. In 1984, The National Organ Transplant Act ...

Home health care is evolving as agencies adopt data-driven quality tracking, predictive modeling, and continuous improvement programs. CMS’s Quality Reporting Program and value-based purchasing models ...