Performance improvement program
Arkansas Code § 20-76-201; Arkansas Code § 20-77-107; Arkansas Code § 25-10-129
- (a) The residential community reintegration program shall have an ongoing performance improvement program designed to objectively and systematically monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality of beneficiary care.
- (b) The performance improvement program shall also address the fiscal management of the organization.
(c)
- (1) There shall be an annual written plan for performance improvement activities.
(2) The plan shall include, but not be limited to:
- (A) Outcomes management processes specific to each program component minimally measuring:
(i) Efficiency;
(ii) Effectiveness; and
- (iii) Beneficiary satisfaction;
(B) A quarterly record review to minimally assess:
- (i) Quality of services delivered;
- (ii) Coordination with the Division of Children and Family Services and the Division of Youth Services, if appropriate;
- (iii) Appropriateness of services;
- (iv) Patterns of service utilization;
- (v) Beneficiaries, relevant to:
- (a) (a) Their orientation to the residential community reintegration program and services being provided; and
(b) (b) Their active involvement in making informed choices regarding the services they receive;
(vi) The beneficiary assessment information thoroughness, timeliness, and completeness;
- (vii) Treatment goals and objectives are based on:
- (a) (a) Assessment findings; and
(b) (b) Beneficiary input;
(viii) Services provided were related to the goals and objectives;
(ix) Services are documented as prescribed by policy; and
- (x) The treatment plan is reviewed and updated as prescribed by policy;
- (C) Clinical privileging;
(D) Fiscal management and planning, which shall include:
- (i) An annual budget that is approved by the governing authority and reviewed at least annually;
- (ii) The organization's capacity to generate needed revenue to produce desired beneficiary and other outcomes; and
- (iii) Monitoring beneficiary records to ensure documented dates of services provided coincide with billed service encounters; and
(E) Review of critical incident reports and beneficiary grievances or complaints.
- (d) The residential community reintegration program shall:
- (1) Monitor the implementation of the performance improvement plan on an ongoing basis; and
- (2) Make adjustments as needed.
(e) Performance improvement findings shall be communicated and made available to, among others:
- (1) The governing authority;
- (2) Residential community reintegration program staff; and
- (3) The Department of Human Services, if and when requested.