Arizona Implementing New Quality Management At State Hospital

The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) is finalizing a new quality management plan for the Arizona State Hospital. The plan is part of an overall Plan of Correction approved by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on July 20, 2015. In May 2015, CMS completed a complaint validation inspection of the hospital. The inspection found “serious deficiencies” in hospital operations that CMS said put the hospital at risk of losing its Medicare certification.

ADHS developed the new quality management plan to guide its overall quality assurance practices and performance measures for staff. On June 29, 2015 . . .