D.1 SCHUYLKILL QASP 36C24423R0132.pdf

Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)

Outpatient Site of Care Service

The contractor shall be evaluated in accordance with the following:

1. PURPOSE

This Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) provides a systematic method to evaluate performance for the stated contract. This QASP explains the following:

• What will be monitored.

• How monitoring will take place.

• Who will conduct the monitoring?

• How monitoring efforts and results will be documented.

2. GOVERNMENT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The following personnel shall oversee and coordinate surveillance activities.

a. Contracting Officer (CO) – The CO shall ensure performance of all necessary actions for effective contracting, ensure compliance with the contract terms, and shall safeguard the interests of the United States in the contractual relationship. The CO shall also assure that the contractor receives impartial, fair, and equitable treatment under this contract. The CO is ultimately responsible for the final determination of the adequacy of the contractor’s performance.

Assigned CO: Kevin M. Balser Organization or Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs NC04

b. Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) – The COR is responsible for technical administration of the contract and shall assure proper Government surveillance of the contractor’s performance. The COR shall keep a quality assurance file. The COR is not empowered to make any contractual commitments or to authorize any contractual changes on the Government’s behalf.

Assigned COR: Maria McAteer

3. CONTRACTOR REPRESENTATIVES

The following employee(s) of the contractor serve as the contractor’s program manager(s) for this contract.

Contractor Primary Point of Contact:

Contractor Alternate Point of Contact:

4. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

The contractor is responsible for performance of ALL terms and conditions of the contract. CORs will provide contract progress reports quarterly to the CO reflecting performance on this plan and all other aspects of the resultant contract. The performance standards outlined in this QASP shall be used to determine the level of contractor performance in the elements defined.

To be paid the full capitated rate on the schedule, the contractor must provide services as required in the entire contract and to meet or exceed the acceptable quality level outlined in this section/sub-sections. If any portion of the requirement is not met and/or the acceptable quality level in any of the elements in this section/subsection are not maintained, the contractor will be notified by the contracting officer for response outlining the contractor’s proposed remedy. The Government may seek an equitable price reduction or adequate consideration for acceptance of nonconforming services per FAR 52.212-4.

Performance standards define desired services. The Government performs surveillance to determine the level of Contractor performance to these standards.

The Performance Requirements are listed below in Section 6. The Government shall use these standards to determine contractor performance and shall compare contractor performance to the standard and assign a rating. At the end of the performance period, these ratings will be used, in part, to establish the past performance of the contractor on the contract.

5. METHODS OF QA SURVEILLANCE

Various methods exist to monitor performance. The COR shall use the surveillance methods listed below in the administration of this QASP.

a. DIRECT OBSERVATION.

b. PERIODIC INSPECTION. Inspections scheduled and reported quarterly per COR delegation or as needed. 4.13.1, 4.13.2, 4.13.3, 4.13.6, 4.13.8, 4.13.9, 4.13.10, 4.13.11, 4.13.16, 4.13.17, 4.13.19 will be reviewed monthly through reports to Performance Excellence Council: a monthly meeting of Lebanon VAMC primary care managers. 4.13.4, 4.13.5, 4.13.18 will be reviewed quarterly based on Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL) Metrics. 4.13.7 will be review quarterly using data from VA EHR. 4.13.13 will be reviewed weekly with data from VA EHR. 4.13.14 will be reviewed bi-annually with data from Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) operations dashboard. 4.13.16 will be reviewed quarterly using data from the PACT Compass. 4.13.20 will be reviewed bi-annually through Environment of Care (EOC)/Safety Inspections

c. VALIDATED USER/CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS. As needed through PATS-R (a patient advocate notification mechanism) or congressional correspondence.

d. RANDOM SAMPLING. 4.13.12 will be conducted bi-annually with samples to from peer review process. All reviews and reports will be conducted in compliance with VA Privacy and Information security standards indicated in the solicitation and any resulting contract.

e. Verification and/or documentation provided by Contractor. Method not applicable.

6. Measures VHA Contracted Outpatient Clinics Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) Template

METRIC PW

S Para

Performance Requirement

Standard Acceptable Quality Level (tailor to meet your requiremen ts)

Method of Surveillance and frequency

Met AQL/Did Not Meet

AQL

(Add comment)

DOMAIN: ACCESS

New PC Appointmen ts Completed within 20 Calendar Days of Create Date

New Primary Care Completed Appointment s less than or equal to 20 days from create date

(See the Appointment s Cube in Pyramid Analytics for more information)

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4.13.

Contractor shall provide completed appointments for new PC patients <=20 calendar days from the create date

Contractor shall provide completed appointment s for new PC patients <=20 calendar days from the create date no less than 70% of the time

Contractor shall provide completed appointment s for new PC patients <=20 calendar days from the create date no less than 70% of the time

VA will monitor progress monthly through Performanc e Excellence Council

Established PC Patient Average Wait Time in Days

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4.13.

Contractor shall provide completed appointments for established PC patients <=20 calendar days

Contractor shall provide completed appointment s for established PC patients <=20

Contractor shall provide completed appointment s for established PC patients

VA will monitor progress monthly through Performanc https://pyramid.cdw.va.gov/direct/?id=e4d83f25-d59f-4b05-9227-b1455f52c258

Established Primary Care Completed Appointment s less than or equal to 20 calendar days from Patient Indicated Date (patient desired date) or the clinically indicated date

(See the Appointment s Cube in Pyramid Analytics for more information) from the patient indicated date calendar days from the patient indicated date no less than 92% of the time

<=20 calendar days from the patient indicated date no less than 92% of the time

PCMHI

Penetration

(PACT21)

The percent of assigned Primary Care patients seen in Primary Care- Mental Health Integration

(PCMHI)

( (AS OF

OCTOBER 1,

2019 THIS

MEASURE

WILL APPLY

TO ALL

SITES

REGARDLE

SS OF THE

NUMBER

OF UNIQUE

PATIENTS

ASSIGNED).

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4.13.

Contractor shall involve PCMHI staff in the care of patients with mental health needs

Contractor’s

PCMHI

penetration rate shall meet or exceed 8%

Contractor’s

PCMHI

penetration rate meets or exceeds 4.00% progress monthly through Performanc

(See PACT Compass for more information)

PCMH

SHEP

Access Composite

Composite % based on 3 questions from the

SHEP/PCM

H report: 1) Get an urgent care appointment as soon as needed, 2) Get a routine care appointment as soon as needed, and

3) Get same day answer to your medical question.

(See

SHEP/PCM

H Report for more information)

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Contractor shall provide: 1) urgent care appointments as soon as needed,

2) routine care appointments as soon as needed, and 3) same day answers to patients’ medical questions

Contractor’s SHEP access composite score shall meet or exceed 51%

Contractor’s

SHEP

access composite score shall meet or exceed 45% progress quarterly by

VHA SAIL

metrics

SHEP

Question 7

In the last 6 months, how many days did you usually have to wait for an appointment when you needed care right away?

(Less is better)

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4.13.

Contractor shall provide timely appointments when patients need care right away

Contractor’s

SHEP

question 7 score shall meet or exceed 34%

Contractor’s

SHEP

question 7 score shall meet or exceed 45%.

progress quarterly by

VHA SAIL

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(See

SHEP/PCM

H Report for more information)

Same-Day Appts w/

PCP

Measures the percent of requested same day appointments with PCP

(See PACT Compass for more information)

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6_ provide same day appointments with primary care provider

Contractor’s same day appointment s with PCP rate shall meet or exceed 54%

Contractor’s same day appointment s with PCP rate shall meet or exceed42% or meet or exceed National Score for subsequent years progress monthly through Performance Excellence

Appointmen t Cancellation s

Cancelled by clinic rate for all active clinic stop codes (mop13) (Lower is better)

Performance Measure Report for more information)

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4.13.

Contractor shall not unnecessarily cancel patient appointments

Contractor’s rate of appointment s cancelled by clinic shall not exceed 9%

Contractor’s rate of appointment s cancelled by clinic shall not exceed 20% progress quarterly by using data from VSSC sent by the

COR

DOMAIN:

QUALITY OF CARE

Composite - Behavioral Health Screening

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4.13.

Contractor shall complete all behavioral health

Contractor shall maintain a behavioral

Contractor shall maintain a behavioral

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Composite of mdd40 -- Vets screened annually for major depression dx.

ptsd51 --

PTSD

screening using the PC- PTSD at required times sa17 -- Vets screened for alcohol misuse w/ score GE 5 w/ timely brief counselling sa7 -- Vets screened annually for alcohol misuse sre1 -- (mdd41 and ptsd52) aggregated scores for timely suicide evaluations

(See the

CBOC

Report for more information) screenings and follow-up evaluations health composite score of at least 92% health composite score of at least 90% or meet or exceed National score for years.

through

Excellence

Composite – Cardiovascu lar Risk Managemen t (eQM)

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9_

Contractor shall manage patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease in

Contractor shall maintain a cardiovascul ar risk management composite

Contractor shall maintain a cardiovascul ar risk managemen t composite

VA will monitor progress monthly through http://vaww.car.rtp.med.va.gov/programs/pm/pmReportsCBOC.aspx

Composite measure monitors cardiovascula r and diabetes patients for blood pressure management and statin prescribing.

The eQM performance measures ihd53h, dmg27h_ec, statn1_ec, and statn7_ec are included in the composite with data collected and scored using electronic extraction from the

CDW.

CBOC

Report for accordance with VA standards score of at least 70% score of at least 65% or meet or exceed National score for monthly through Performance

Prevention

Composite of dmg31h DM:

Retinal exam, timely by disease

(OP)

p61h Colorectal Cancer

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4.13.

Contractor shall provide preventive health care in accordance with VA standards

Contractor shall maintain a prevention composite score of at least 80%

Contractor shall maintain a prevention composite score of at least75% or meet or exceed National score for subsequent years.

VA will monitor progress monthly through Performance

Screening Ages 50-75 p42 Cervical Cancer Screening Women age 21-29y p43h Cervical Cancer Screening Women age 30-64 pvc11h Pneumococc al Immunizatio ns (OP) EPRP sample p32h Breast Cancer Screening including tomography for Women 50-74y (OP)

HEDIS

(See the

CBOC

Report for

Tobacco

Composite of smg8 Pts using tobacco provided w/counsel

(OP)

smg9 Pts using tobacco offered referral (OP)

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Contractor shall provide tobacco counseling and care in accordance with VA standards

Contractor shall maintain a tobacco composite score of at least 94%

Contractor shall maintain a tobacco composite score of at least 90% or meet or exceed National score for progress monthly through Performance smg10 Pts using tobacco offered meds

(OP)

CBOC

Report for more information)

Clinical Reminders

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4.13.

Contractor shall complete all clinical reminders as indicated in the

VA EHR.

Contractor shall complete no less than 90% of all clinical reminders as indicated in the VA EHR

Contractor shall complete no less than 85% of all clinical reminders as indicated in the VA

EHR

progress bi-annually through Performance Excellence

Progress Notes and Patient Care Encounter

(PCE)

Module Documentati on

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4.13.

Contractor shall complete workload and encounter documentation as defined in the PWS within 2 business days.

Progress notes must be connected to the correct visit/encounter and location, entered into the VA EHR on the same day as the visit/encounter, meet CMS guidelines, and include content as defined in

PWS.

shall properly complete documentati on for each patient encounter 100% of the time

Contractor shall properly complete documentati on for each patient encounter 100% of the time progress weekly by using open encounters reports from

VISTA

PANEL MANAGEMENT

Percent of Teams with Core Teamlet Staffing Ratio >=3

The total Core Primary Care Support Staff (clerical/adm inistrative associate, RN care manager, and clinical associate) FTE divided by the total Primary Care Provider FTE entered in the PCMM Web Application.

(See PACT Compass Cube for more information)

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4.13.

Contractor shall provide core teamlet staffing at a ratio of >=3 FTE core teamlet members (RN care manager, clinical associate, administrative associate) for each PCP FTE

100% of Contractor’s primary care teams shall have a core teamlet staffing ratio of >=3

100% of Contractor’s primary care teams shall have a core teamlet staffing ratio of >=3

VA will monitor progress bi-annually by using data from PACT Operations Dashboard

Percent of Women Assigned to Women’s Health PACT or Designated Women’s Health Provider

(WH1)

The total number of female patients assigned to a Women’s

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4.13.

Contractor shall ensure that an appropriate number of WH- PACTs or WH- PCPs are available at site of care to ensure that all VHA access goals are met for women Veterans who choose to be seen by a designated women’s health provider.

Contractor’s percent of women assigned to Women’s Health PACT or Designated Women’s Health Provider shall meet or exceed 83%

Contractor’s percent of women assigned to Women’s

Health PACT or

Designated Women’s

Health Provider shall meet or exceed

83% progress quarterly by using data from the

PACT

Compass https://pyramid.cdw.va.gov/direct/?id=92c5f3b6-c855-49ed-9d7e-24583efa6f96

Health PACT (identified by having *WH* in the team name or a primary or secondary team focus of Women’s Health) OR to a provider with a team role of

DESIGNAT

ED WH

PROVIDER

(WH-PCP)

divided by the total number of unique female patients assigned to Primary Care Teams

Percent Primary Care Patients Enrolled in Home Telehealth

Reflects the total number of unique PC patients enrolled in home telehealth (numerator) divided by offer and refer patients to home telehealth shall exceed 1.1% of PC patients enrolled in Home Telehealth

(HT)

shall 1 % of patients enrolled in Home Telehealth

(HT)

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This is the sum of all PC telephone encounters added to the sum of all PC group encounters added to the sum of all incoming and outgoing secure messages as the numerator.

The denominator is the total team assignments for the reporting period.

4.13.

Contractor shall provide telephone encounters, group encounters, and secure messaging

Contractor shall exceed 46% ratio of non-traditional encounters

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VETERAN SATISFACTION

Veteran Satisfaction

Overall rating of Primary Care Provider on question 32 of the

H survey

H Report for more information)

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4.13.

The Contractor’s PCPs shall provide care that Veterans rate as a 9 or 10 on question 32 of the

SHEP/PCMH

survey

Contractor’s

SHEP

question 32 score shall meet or exceed 73%

Contractor’s

SHEP

question 32 score shall exceed 65% progress quarterly through VA

SAIL

COORDINATION OF CARE

Post Discharge Contact by

PACT

Teamlet

The percent of assigned primary care patients discharged from any VA facility who have been contacted by

PACT

teamlet within two business days more information)

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4.13.

The Contractor’s PACT teamlets shall contact their assigned patients within 2 business days of discharge from any VA facility

Contractor’s rate of post discharge contact by

PACT

teamlet shall meet or exceed 62%

Contractor’s rate of post discharge contact by

PACT

teamlet shall meet or exceed 60% or meet or exceed National Score for years progress monthly through Performance

Council.

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ENVIRONMENT OF CARE (EOC)

Percentage of Deficiencies Identified During EOC Rounds that are Closed Timely (e5eoc1)

Percentage of deficiencies identified during EOC rounds that are closed within 14-business days or have a documented Plan for Action (PFA)

(See Performance Measure Report for para 4.13.

Contractor shall address deficiencies identified in EOC rounds within 14 business days or have a documented Plan for Action

Contractor’s rate of EOC deficiencies that are closed within 14 business days or have a PFA shall meet or exceed 92%

Contractor’s rate of EOC deficiencies that are closed within 14 days or have a PFA shall exceed 90% progress bi-annually through EOC/Safety Committee Inspections

DOMAIN: PHARMACY

Medication Storage Area Inspections

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Contractor shall inspect medication storage areas monthly

The Contractor shall ensure that 100% of medication storage areas are inspected monthly and documented on VA Form 10-0053 (or local VA medical center form).

Inspection documentati

The Contractor shall ensure that 100% of medication storage areas are inspected monthly and documented on VA Form 10- 0053 (or local VA medical

COR will monitor performance via receipt of VA Form 10-0053 (or local medical center form) and documented resolution of any issues discovered during inspections.

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7. Ratings:

Metrics and methods are designed to determine rating for a given standard and acceptable quality level. The following ratings shall be used:

EXCEPTIONAL: Performance meets contractual requirements and exceeds many to the Government’s benefit. The contractual performance of the element or sub-element being assessed was accomplished with few minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the contractor were highly effective.

Note: To justify an Exceptional rating, you should identify multiple significant events in each category and state how it was a benefit to the GOVERNMENT. However, a singular event could be of such magnitude that it alone constitutes an Exceptional rating. Also, there should have been NO significant weaknesses identified.

VERY GOOD:

Performance meets contractual requirements and exceeds some to the Government’s benefit. The contractual performance of the element or sub-element being assessed was accomplished with some minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the contractor were effective.

Note: To justify a Very Good rating, you should identify a significant event in each category and state how it was a benefit to the GOVERNMENT. Also, there should have been NO significant weaknesses identified.

SATISFACTORY:

Performance meets contractual requirements. The contractual performance of the element or sub-element contains some minor problems for which corrective actions taken by the contractor appear or were satisfactory.

on will be sent to the COR within 10 days of the end of each month.

Any issues discovered shall be resolved by the Contractor and reported to the COR within 15 days of the inspection date.

center form).

Inspection documentati on will be sent to the COR within 10 days of the end of each month.

Any issues discovered are resolved by the Contractor and reported to the COR within 15 days of the inspection date.

send reports to the Contractor and CO quarterly to notify them of current performance.

Note: To justify a Satisfactory rating, there should have been only minor problems, or major problems the contractor recovered from without impact to the contract. Also, there should have been NO significant weaknesses identified.

MARGINAL:

Performance does not meet some contractual requirements. The contractual performance of the element or sub-element being assessed reflects a serious problem for which the contractor has not yet identified corrective actions. The contractor’s proposed actions appear only marginally effective or were not fully implemented.

Note: To justify Marginal performance, you should identify a significant event in each category that the contractor had trouble overcoming and state how it impacted the GOVERNMENT. A Marginal rating should be supported by referencing the management tool that notified the contractor of the contractual deficiency (e.g., Management, Quality, Safety or Environmental Deficiency Report or letter).

UNSATISFACTORY: Performance does not meet most contractual requirements and recovery is not likely in a timely manner. The contractual performance of the element or sub-element being assessed contains serious problem(s) for which the contractor’s corrective actions appear or were ineffective.

Note: To justify an Unsatisfactory rating, you should identify multiple significant events in each category that the contractor had trouble overcoming and state how it impacted the GOVERNMENT. However, a singular problem could be of such serious magnitude that it alone constitutes an unsatisfactory rating. An Unsatisfactory rating should be supported by referencing the management tools used to notify the contractor of the contractual deficiencies (e.g. Management, Quality, Safety or Environmental Deficiency Reports, or letters).

8. DOCUMENTING PERFORMANCE

a. The Government shall document positive and/or negative performance. Any report may become a part of the supporting documentation for any contractual action and preparing annual past performance using CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CPAR).

b. If contractor performance does not meet the Acceptable Quality level, the CO shall inform the contractor. This will normally be in writing unless circumstances necessitate verbal communication. In any case the CO shall document the discussion and place it in the contract file. When the COR and the CO determines, formal written communication is required, the COR shall prepare a Contract Discrepancy Report (CDR), and present it to CO. The CO will in turn review and will present to the contractor's program manager for corrective action.

The contractor shall acknowledge receipt of the CDR in writing. The CDR will specify if the contractor is required to prepare a corrective action plan to document how the contractor shall correct the unacceptable performance and avoid a recurrence. The CDR will also state how long after receipt the contractor must present this corrective action plan to the CO. The Government shall review the contractor's corrective action plan to determine acceptability. The CO shall also assure that the contractor receives impartial, fair, and equitable treatment. The CO is ultimately responsible for the final determination of the adequacy of the contractor’s performance and the acceptability of the Contractor’s corrective action plan.

Any CDRs may become a part of the supporting documentation for any contractual action deemed necessary by the CO.

9. FREQUENCY OF MEASUREMENT

a. Frequency of Measurement.

The frequency of measurement is defined in the contract or otherwise in this document. The government (COR or CO) will periodically analyze whether the frequency of surveillance is appropriate for the work being performed.

b. Frequency of Performance Reporting.

The COR shall communicate with the Contractor and will provide written reports to the Contracting Officer quarterly (or as outlined in the contract or COR delegation) to review Contractor performance.

10. COR AND CONTRACTOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF QASP

SIGNED:

COR NAME/TITLE DATE

SIGNED:

CONTRACTOR NAME/TITLE DATE