LoginRemedi’s, William M. Vaughan, was featured in the February issue of Provider magazine, ‘Take a Look at the Quality Assurance in QAPI.”
Ask most people what the Affordable Care Act has to do with skilled nursing care centers, and the answers are likely to be centered on health insurance. Many would be surprised to learn that Section 6102 (c) of the Affordable Care Act directed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish and implement a Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI) program for nursing centers. Phase 2 of the Requirements of Participation, commonly known as the “Mega Rule,” which went into effect Nov. 28, 2017, brought with it new regulations developed to meet this mandate.