La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-9131
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
Section I-9131 - Quality Assessment and Performance ImprovementA. The HHA shall develop, implement, evaluate, and maintain an effective, ongoing, HHA-wide, data-drive quarterly quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) program. The HHA's governing body shall ensure that the program reflects the complexity of its organization and services; involves all HHA services (including those services provided under contract or arrangement); focuses on indicators related to improved outcomes and takes actions that address the HHA's performance across the spectrum of care.B. The HHA shall maintain documentary evidence of quarterly QAPI activities and be able to demonstrate its operation. The evaluation shall consist of an overall policy and administrative review and a quarterly clinical record review. The evaluation shall assess the extent to which the agency's program is appropriate, adequate, effective, and efficient. The results of the quarterly QAPI evaluation shall be reported to the governing body which is legally responsible for the operation of the agency.La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-9131
Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 18:57 (January 1992), amended LR 21:177 (February 1995), LR 27:2253 (December 2001), Amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 481841 (7/1/2022).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and R.S. 40:2116.31 et seq.