For 17 years, clinical, quality, and safety professionals across the commonwealth have been attending HAP’s Patient Safety and Quality Symposium to hear how nationally-recognized health care experts and creative thinkers are transforming quality and safety. In light of the COVID-19 response efforts HAP will again convert the in-person 2021 Patient Safety and Quality Symposium into a virtual event.

All recipients of Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments agreed to specific Terms and Conditions to get this funding, and included in those conditions are specific audit and reporting requirements that must be complied with as specified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The Department of Human Services (DHS) is implementing a new Hospital Quality Incentive Program (HQIP) measure specific to racial and ethnic health disparities (REHD). Join us to learn more about the new measure from the DHS leadership team.