Nursing home operators can now access a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services webpage dedicated to the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement initiative. The official QAPI regulations are ...

Next year is bringing many changes to the regulatory landscape for skilled nursing. With new payment rules, coding changes ...

Like so many other advances, the Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement mandate from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is both a blessing and a curse for nursing homes. The potential ...

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 ...

CMS proposes to require OPOs to establish a QAPI program to monitor and evaluate performance of all donation services, including services provided under contract or arrangement. As part of the QAPI ...

CMS released a memo explaining the benefits hospitals can gain from using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Common Formats to track and report adverse events. Hospitals are required to ...

Compliance with CMS standards includes adhering to the correct leadership and staffing standards, according to the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society. OOSS shared insights for ophthalmic ASCs on ...

The American Hospital Association has criticized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule, saying the increase for ...