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175 NAC 14-006.07 — Standards of Operation, Care, and Treatment: Quality Assurance/Improvement

NebraskaregulationNebraska Department of Health and Human Services· effective 2008-08-10

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1The agency must record QA/improvement results quarterly and report them to the governing authority annually (14-006.07).(175 NAC 14-006.07 — Standards of Operation, Care, and Treatment: Quality Assurance/Improvement)
  • 2The QA/improvement program must be ongoing, consisting of collection and assessment of important aspects of patient care, and must provide a mechanism to identify problems, recommend appropriate action, and implement recommendations (14-006.07A).(175 NAC 14-006.07 — Standards of Operation, Care, and Treatment: Quality Assurance/Improvement)
  • 3The agency must have a quality assurance/improvement program that reviews services concurrently and retrospectively in accordance with a written QA/improvement plan (14-006.07).(175 NAC 14-006.07 — Standards of Operation, Care, and Treatment: Quality Assurance/Improvement)
  • 4The agency must maintain a written QA/improvement plan containing at least: agency objectives; involvement of all patient care disciplines (if more than one service is offered); how services are administered and coordinated; methodology for monitoring, evaluating, and improving quality; priority-setting for resolving problems; monitoring of action effectiveness; oversight responsibility; and a mechanism for review of the plan (14-006.07B).(175 NAC 14-006.07 — Standards of Operation, Care, and Treatment: Quality Assurance/Improvement)

Applies to: personal care

Requires each home health agency to operate an ongoing quality assurance/improvement program under a written plan, reviewing services concurrently and retrospectively, recording results quarterly, and reporting to the governing authority annually. Specifies the required contents of the written QA/improvement plan and the mechanism to identify problems, recommend action, and implement recommendations. Framework topic: Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement.

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