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Webinars and Trainings
- QIPP SFY 2024 Overview Slides (PDF): These slides introduce the program and provide an overview of all performance and reporting requirements for the program year. (Updated 9/1/2023)
- QIPP Data Submission Portal Instruction Training (PDF): This self-paced training covers gaining access, approving users, and submitting data through the QIPP Data Submission Portal. (Updated 9/1/2023)
Performance Requirements for SFY 2024
- QIPP SFY 2024 Quality Metrics and Associated Performance Requirements (PDF) (Updated 9/1/2023)
Reporting Templates
QIPP SFY 2023 (Year 6) Documents:
- Component One PIP Reporting Template (Excel): Performance Improvement Plan (PIP): This document will be used to fulfill the SFY 2023 condition of participation requirements.
- Component Two PIP Reporting Template (Excel): Performance Improvement Plan (PIP): This document will be used to fulfill the SFY 2023 condition of participation requirements for the third metric in Component Two.
QIPP SFY 2024 (Year 7) Documents:
- Component One PIP Reporting Template (Excel): Performance Improvement Plan (PIP): This document will be used to fulfill the condition of participation requirements. Facilities must conduct monthly activities and report progress updates twice a year (Dec. 6, 2023, and Sep. 6, 2024).
- Component Two PIP Reporting Template (Excel): Performance Improvement Plan (PIP): This document will be used to fulfill the SFY 2023 condition of participation requirements for the third metric in Component Two. Facilities must report progress updates twice a year (Dec. 6, 2023, and Sep. 6, 2024).
- Component Two: RN Staffing hours: Facilities must submit information through the QIPP Data Submission Portal each month.
- Component Three: NFs do not have to report MDS data or results to HHSC for QIPP. NFs Report MDS Assessment Data to CMS, per federal requirements.
- Component Four: Nursing Facilities must collect audit data for each month within the program year and report cumulative summaries to HHSC twice a year (Dec. 29, 2023, and June 28, 2024).
- Hand Hygiene Observational Audit Tracking Tool (Excel): This pre-programmed Excel workbook has been published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and is used in conjunction with the Hand Hygiene Observational Audit Tracking Tool User Guide (PDF).
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) COVID-19 Observational Audit Tracking Tool (Excel): This pre-programmed Excel workbook has been published by the AHRQ and is best used in conjunction with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) COVID-19 Observational Audit Tracking Tool User Guide (PDF).
- Antibiogram: Nursing Facilities are not required to use a specific template for reporting their antibiogram. AHRQ has offered a template.
- Infection Control and Antibiotic Stewardship policies: Nursing Facilities are not required to use a specific template. Nursing facilities can utilize resources published by AHRQ, CDC, and other agencies to tailor development and implementation of evidence-based policies and practices.
Scorecards and Funding
Visit the QIPP Provider Finance website for following information about QIPP year 7 (SFY24):
- Published scorecards for incentive payments
- Estimated Component values and suggested inter-governmental transfer (IGT) funding
- Changes of ownership (CHOW)
- Nursing facility enrollment and eligibility
Rules
- 1 TAC Section 353.1301 generally applies to delivery system and provider payment initiatives.
- 1 TAC Section 353.1302 applies to the QIPP on or after September 1, 2019.
- 1 TAC Section 353.1304 specifies quality metrics for the QIPP on or after September 1, 2019.
Recommended Additional Resources for PIP
Visit Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement (QAPI) tools and resources pages for nursing homes:
Other Resources for Quality Improvement
- Best practice Resources published by HHSC’s Quality Monitoring Program