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To receive reimbursement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires hospitals and nursing homes to pass regular inspections, also known as surveys, to ensure high-quality care is provided in a safe environment. Surveys may be conducted by CMS state or federal surveyors or by accrediting agencies with “deemed status” which allows the accrediting agency to survey facilities on behalf of CMS. This resource helps you respond to surveyors.

This guide is provided to support preparation efforts for achieving and maintaining health care facility accreditation. It contains tools, resources and other guidance, including a planning timeline and checklist, step-by-step tips and appendices with additional tools and resources referenced throughout the guide.

This document is intended for use by facility leaders and trained psychological safety implementation champions. This guide supports implementation of the principles and decision support tools for psychological safety facilities.

A step-by-step guide to implementing QAPI in your health care facility.