this page you can access a number of documents and other CMS sites for issues relating to quality of care in Medicare Advantage organizations, including information regarding QAPI projects.

• QIP and CCIP reporting templates and memo are now available for download below.
• CMS has announced the QAPI requirements for 2005. You can find a link to the March 3, 2004 memo below.
• A QAPI Instructional Guide for the 2003 CLAS Projects has been added to this website. You can find a link to this helpful document below, under the 2003 National Project heading.
• CMS and the Medicare Advantage QROs have authored a sample CLAS Project Completion Report for your use. The sample report can be found below, under National QAPI Project information.

Downloads
QIP Reporting Template [pdf, 85 kb] CCIP Reporting Template [pdf, 60 kb] QIP CCIP Memo [zip, 100kb] March 3, 2004, Memo from Cynthia Moreno (pdf, 64k) April 25, 2003, Old to New QAPI Module Changes (pdf, 171k) Feb 25, 2002, Memo from Robert Donnelly (Zipped doc, 6k) July 1, 2002, Memo from Robert Donnelly (Zipped doc, 6k) List of M+COs exempt from the 2004 Diabetes Project (pdf, 61k) Sample CLAS Project Completion report (pdf, 412k) Guidelines for CLAS Project Completion (pdf, 85k) QAPI Heart Failure Quality Indicators & Heart Failure Data Collection Tools - Revised June 1, 2001 (Zipped rtf, 15k) QAPI Heart Failure Indicators(Revised May 3, 2001): Quality Indicator Specifications for M+C Data Collection Tool" (Zipped rtf, 9k) Evaluation of QAPI Projects - Resource Materials - Project Completion Report download (Zipped rtf, 87k) Evaluation of QAPI Projects - Resource Materials - Instructional Guide (pdf, 593k) Evaluation of QAPI Projects - Resource Materials - Reviewers Guide (pdf, 252k) Evaluation of QAPI Projects - Resource Materials - Operational Guide (pdf, 1.4mb)
Related Links Inside CMS
Medicare Managed Care Manual Chapter 5 Quality Initiatives - General Information
Related Links Outside CMS
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