Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement. A. The Contractor shall implement an ongoing comprehensive Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Program for the services it furnishes to beneficiaries. (42 C.F.R. § 438.330 (a).) B. The Contractor’s QAPI Program shall improve Contractor’s established outcomes through structural and operational processes and activities that are consistent with current standards of practice. C. The Contractor shall have a written description of the QAPI Program that clearly defines the QAPI Program’s structure and elements, assigns responsibility to appropriate individuals, and adopts or establishes quantitative measures to assess performance and to identify and prioritize area(s) for improvement. Contractor shall evaluate the impact and effectiveness of its QAPI Program annually and update the Program as necessary per Cal. Code Regs., tit. 9, § 1810.440(a)(6). (42 C.F.R. § 438.330(e)(2).) D. The QAPI Program shall include collection and submission of performance measurement data required by the Department, which may include performance measures specified by CMS. The Contractor shall measure and annually report to the Department its performance, using the standard measures identified by the Department. (42 C.F.R. § 438.330 (a)(2), (b)(2), (c)(2).)
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