abaqis® quality assurance system for nursing homes
Cherry Lane Nursing Center
See how a nursing home undergoing major administrative changes became more resident centered and QIS ready. Learn More
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Case Studies
AMFM Nursing Centers
Learn how an 11-facility nursing home chain prepared for the new QIS and transformed its culture to be more resident-centered.
Central Health Care
Discover how this nursing home dramatically improved its QIS survey results and created a highly effective, ongoing quality assurance system.
Cherry Lane Nursing Center
See how a nursing home undergoing major administrative changes became more resident centered and QIS ready.
Bear Creek Nursing Center
Here is the story of how one nursing home changed its “institutional” culture to one that is more resident friendly and accommodating to its residents' needs.
Mount Baker Care Center
Learn how this nursing home prepared its residents, staff and family members for the new QIS and developed an effective ongoing quality assurance program.
Lorien Health Systems
This multi facility long-term health care system was faced with several challenges, including improving quality assurance, preparing for QIS, reducing costs and improving wound care practices. Learn how abaqis and other Medline clinical programs helped transform this system.
Documentation
CMS S&C letter
S&C letter 09-50 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides States with a QIS implementation priority order for remaining States not currently implementing the QIS. The letter is dated August 7, 2009.
Congressional Report
A report from the United State Government Accountability Office titled “Nursing Homes: Federal Monitoring Surveys Demonstrate Continued Understatement of Serious Care Problems and CMS Oversight Weaknesses.”
QIS vs. Traditional Survey
A table detailing the differences between the traditional long-term care survey process and the new Quality Indicator Survey process.
