Quality Improvement and Evaluation Service (QIES)

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QIES oversees activities and databases within the national QualityNet and iQIES Systems, created by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Data is submitted to these systems from nursing homes, home health agencies, and hospitals with swing beds. Health care professionals use this data to create patient care plans and improve care quality. On a larger scale, researchers use it to study health care trends and guide future health programs. The data also supports reimbursement systems for Medicare and Medicaid across the United States.

QIES personnel are available to answer questions or concerns about the regulatory requirements of the MDS/OASIS processes, including the technical or clinical areas of the MDS/OASIS instruments and reports generated by the MDS/OASIS data.

Resources that can assist nursing homes improve quality measures and composite scores are listed below.

• Advancing Excellence in Long-Term Care: Advancing Excellence is a forum for government, professional, consumer, trade, clinical and other stakeholders to take collective action and develop policy recommendations around vital issues affecting the quality of care and life for individuals receiving post-acute and long-term services and supports (LTSS).
• The National Institute on Aging (NIA) offers information, research, and resources on healthy aging for older adults. NIA, one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institute of Health, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. NIA is the primary Federal agency supporting and conducting Alzheimer's disease research.
• QAPI Resources: CMS strives to provide nursing home providers with access to resources (materials or websites) to support QAPI implementation.  Use of the listed resources is not mandated by CMS for regulatory compliance, nor will their use ensure regulatory compliance. 

For help with automation and clinical issues, or questions regarding training and registration, contact your QIES Team: MDS Help Desk or OASIS Help Desk.