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Guidelines to Writing A CQIP Plan

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Submit a complete application package as described below when applying for approval of a Coordinated Quality Improvement Program.

APPLICATION PACKAGE INCLUDES:

1. A completed application form

2.  The appropriate fee paid by check or money order made payable to the Department of Health. Fees are non-refundable.

Original

$250

Modification 

$65

Alternative

 $40

3. The Coordinated Quality Improvement Program Plan, printed on 8 » by 11 inch paper which include:

  • A table of contents that sites the page number clearly specifying where each component of WAC 246-50-020 is located within the CQIP plan.
  • A detailed description of each required component of the program.  See the Recommended Guidelines that explain the required components and examples of activities.
  • The areas marked with a (▲) and in bold type are the minimum required components specified in WAC 246-50-020 and must be described in detail within the CQIP plan.

Please note: The CQIP Recommended Guidelines include standards generally required by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and/or the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). For information on accreditation by JCAHO or NCQA please contact them directly at:

JCAHO - One Renaissance Boulevard, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 or 630/792-5000

NCQA - 2000 “L” Street Northwest, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036 or 202/955-3500

SEND THE COMPLETE APPLICATION PACKAGE TO:

Via US Mail

Department of Health 
Attn:  Jovi Swanson or Patti Rathbun                                                     
Coordinated Quality Improvement Program                     
PO Box 1099                                                                  
Olympia, WA 98504-1099                                                   

 

 NOTIFICATION OF DETERMINATION

The Department will send written notification of approval to a health care entity within forty-five working days from the date the application was received. If the Department declines to approve a CQIP plan, the health care entity will be provided an opportunity for a brief adjudicative proceeding according to RCW 34.05.482.

ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS

The Department will accept CQIP plans as alternative programs from health care entities that are accredited by JCAHO or NCQA. Health care entities applying for approval under the “alternative program” must submit a letter or certificate from either JCAHO or NCQA stating the entity is accredited by their organization, as well as, items 1 through 3 in the “Application Package” section above.

MAINTAINING DEPARTMENT APPROVAL

To maintain department approval, a health care entity modifying the scope, components, or operation of their approved CQIP must submit the following documentation to the department for review and re-approval:

  • An application on forms provided by the department
  • A full program plan, printed on 8 » by 11 inch paper
  • A table of contents clearly explaining where each component is in WAC 246-50-020 is located within the program plan
  • Modification fee of $65
  • A detailed description of the modification and how it affects the program.

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

A program plan and all supplemental material are public records and are subject to the public record disclosure law, chapter 42.56 RCW, once the department receives them. Health care entities submitting material they believe is exempt from public record disclosure should clearly mark the portion or portions as "exempt" and state the specific statutory basis for exemption. Promptly release, to the requester, the information that has not been marked “exempt”. The requester will be told, “This is not a complete plan because sections have been marked exempt from public disclosure. The material marked may be released fifteen working days from the date the request is received unless the provisions of RCW 43.70.520 have been invoked.”

Promptly send written notification to the health care entity that a request has been received and the unmarked material was released to the requester. This notification will also state that the marked material will be released ten working days from the date of notification unless the entity has invoked the provisions of RCW 42.56.540.

Comments or questions regarding the CQIP?

Department of Health
Coordinated Quality Improvement Program
Phone:  360-236-4067 or 360 236-4028
E-mail:  Patti.Rathbun@doh.wa.gov   or   Jovi. Swanson@doh.wa.gov

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Coordinated Quality Improvement Program
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Olympia, WA  98504-7879
Phone:  360 236-4028

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