Continuing Education Sessions

Session 5 | Integrating QAA and QAPI

Day: Monday, July 26
Time: 8:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Type/Topic: Operations/Quality Improvement

Session Summary

Quality Assessment and Assurance (QAA) and Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) are two very important aspects of the quality improvement process yet they are different. Both are regulated and both are synergistic. This session was developed to promote awareness, enhance the quality improvement process, support enhanced root cause analysis and ultimately to enhance resident care and outcomes. Participants are anticipated to walk away from this session able to advance their QAA and QAPI programs that add meaning and improve quality outcomes.

Presenters

Robin A. Bleier

President | RB Health Partners, Inc.

About the Presenter

Robin A. Bleier has worked in health care over 35 years. Robin has been a CNA, LPN, RN, HCRM, and LNC. She has held progressive roles including direct care giver, staff nurse, director of nursing, regional nurse, chief communications officer, and chief operating officer in both stand alone and corporate settings. Robin owns and operates RB Health Partners, Inc. a post-acute consultancy firm dedicated to providing customized services assisting clients meet their needs in areas such as infection prevention and control, analytics, back to compliance, human services (activities and social services), ICD-10 coding, clinical reimbursement, clinical services, joint commission accreditation, QAA-QAPI, regulatory services, risk management, etc.

Sara Busacca

Director of Healthcare Quality | RB Health Partners, Inc.

About the Presenter

Sara A. Busacca has been a health care professional since 1986. In her career she has been a nursing assistant, licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, director of nursing, nursing home administrator, RN risk manager, and worked with the CMS Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) as a quality improvement specialist. Sara’s education includes a RN, BSN, MBA, LNHA and is RAC-CTA. In her current role, Sara works with the team at RB Health Partners, Inc. in providing expertise in developing meaningful quality assurance performance improvement (QAPI) programs through medical record audits, interpreting relevant data, observation and interviews. With this strong understanding of each client’s situation, Sara facilitates collaboration with all levels of care as a trainer/presenter to reduce risk, improve quality of care and fully realize CMS reimbursement.