Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program — Virtual Event

Audience

CEOs, pharmacy directors, laboratory and radiology directors, chief medical officers, chief nursing officers, compliance officers, legal counsel, department directors, infection control officers, network liaisons, nurses, physicians, quality improvement staff, risk managers, safety officers, trustees

The following program content was provided by the speaker.

Overview

This virtual event will discuss the new interpretative guidelines for QAPI that were published in March 2023, the QAPI program CoPs for critical access hospitals that were effective March 30, 2021, and the changes made to the CoPs for general acute hospitals that went into effect Nov. 29, 2019. This is one of three conditions of participation for which CMS has published a worksheet to guide surveyors through the process to determine whether hospitals comply with this condition.

Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

discuss the board's responsibility for the QAPI program
explain changes to the general acute hospital QAPI standards and interpretative guidelines
explain the basic requirements for an effective QAPI program
review the QAPI worksheet so staff understand surveyor expectations

Speaker

Nancy Ruzicka is a consultant on state and federal rules, regulations and interpretative guidelines. Ruzicka previously worked as director of integrity and compliance and privacy official at MercyOne Des Moines and director of regulatory compliance at UnityPoint Health-Des Moines. She also has more than 20 years of experience with the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. Ruzicka holds master’s degrees in health law and business administration and a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, all from Drake University. She is certified in health care compliance and maintains her Iowa pharmacy license.

General Information

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Cancellation/Refund Policy

For cancellations received in writing before the established deadline date, the registrant will receive a full refund — minus a $50* processing fee per registrant. After the deadline date, no refunds will be granted. Registrants not in attendance will be responsible for the full registration fee. Substitutions are encouraged. We reserve the right to cancel this program because of insufficient registration.

*Unless otherwise specified in the program details.

This educational activity is provided by MHA Health Institute in collaboration with the Iowa Hospital Association.

General Information

Session recordings and available resources will be sent to participants after the event takes place.

Cost

$225 per person for MHA members
$325 per person for nonmembers

This virtual event is eligible for use of the MHA Health Institute coupon. Note: Coupons were mailed to MHA member hospital CEOs in December 2023.

This event also is being offered at a reduced registration fee to MHA-member hospitals thanks to a generous contribution from the MHA Management Services Corporation.