QAPI Homepage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services homepage for QAPI programs, which are critical to improving the quality of life, and quality of care and services delivered in nursing homes.
View ResourceQAPI At A Glance
This Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services step-by-step guide explains how to implement QAPI in nursing homes.
View ResourceQAPI Description and Background
This Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website provides a description of QAPI, as well as its development history.
View ResourceQAPI Process Tool Framework
This Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) process tool provides a crosswalk between each CMS Process Tool and the QAPI Five Elements.
View ResourceThe Five Elements of QAPI
This Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services fact sheet briefly describes the five elements of QAPI.
View ResourceNursing Home Change Package v2.2 (April 2017)
Nursing Homes participating in the National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative can use this change package to instill quality and performance improvement practices in their facilities.
View ResourceQAPI Companion Guide
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services QAPI Guide: What You Need to Know. This companion guide is designed to help your team recognize and understand the major components of the Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QAPI) initiative.
View ResourceQAPI Quick Reference Guide
CMS has developed an extensive resource library of tools and worksheets to assist nursing homes with implementing QAPI practices. This guide is organized according to the CMS Process Tool Framework.
View ResourcePerformance Improvement Plan (PIP) Worksheet
This worksheet includes the necessary elements for the nursing home QAPI team to carry out a successful PIP to improve quality in selected topics of focus.
View ResourceFederal Register QAPI Changes Overview
This document produced by the Quality Innovation Network National Coordinating Center provides a summary outlining the proposed new QAPI regulations for nursing homes.
View ResourceSample Nursing Home QAPI Plan Template
This document offers a template to assist your facility in creating a QAPI plan that will guide your organization's performance improvement efforts.
View ResourceQAA/QAPI Meeting Agenda Guide
This meeting agenda guide is a tool that can be used as a template by your Quality Assurance and Assessment committee to review and evaluate progress toward quality improvement goals.
View ResourceChange Package: All-Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes
This Change Package aims to serve as a key resource to prevent harm (adverse events, abuse, and neglect) and improve quality of life through safer care for nursing home residents across the country.
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