Quality Indicator Survey Implementation and Analysis

This task order is for work that continues the development of the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS), which has been under development through a current contract with the University of Colorado. QIS is a computer-driven, expert system that is entirely replacing the current (traditional) paper-based survey process. Now, with the completion of the demonstration phase, CMS is moving forward with a gradual national implementation of the QIS. Due to the extensive training needed by each state and federal surveyor, implementation is occurring in a staged fashion, state by state, as funds become available to have our training contractor train additional surveyors. Simultaneously, CMS is continuing with the current contractor, the University of Colorado, to develop additional features of the QIS including other survey types, such as post survey revisit, as well as a new federal monitoring system. The installation of these new features into the CMS data system requires a close collaboration between the University of Colorado and the CMS data contractor. The QIS manual resides on the University of Colorado's website and is accessible at http://www.uchsc.edu/hcpr/qis_manual.php. This task order also funds new work to add refinements to the QIS E-forms, procedures, and software.