Therap has a comprehensive incident management solution to address the need for compliance oversight outline in recent Joint Report: Ensuring Beneficiary Health and Safety in Group Homes Through State Implementation of Comprehensive Compliance Oversight, released by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), Administration for Community Living (ACL) and Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
Recommended Model Practices
The Joint Report suggests compliance oversight model practices for states to ensure better health and safety outcomes in group homes (pg-1). Therap offers a comprehensive set of tools that can help states and providers comply with Model Practices outlined in the Joint Report including:
| Model Practices | Therap Modules |
|---|---|
| State Incident Management and Investigation Reporting and notification Incident review Investigation Corrective action and implementation Trend analysis |
General Event Reports (GER) General Event Reports Resolution Notification Profile Management Summary Reports Witness Report |
| State Mortality Reviews Identify cause and circumstances of beneficiary death Where warranted, take corrective action Identify mortality trends Systemic responses and evaluation of their efficacy Reporting |
Management Summary Reports Event Summary Reports Abuse & Neglect Reports Business Intelligence – General Event Reports Dashboard |
| State Incident Management Audits Assess incident reporting Assess response and review of incidents Assess investigations Assess corrective actions Assess identification and response to incident trends |
Oversight functionality Role-based access control Notification Profile Secure Communication |
| State Quality Assurance Oversight of service planning and delivery Periodic assessment of performance Review network capacity and accessibility Compliance monitoring of requirements and outcomes |
Individual Service Planning Goal and outcome tracking Business Intelligence – Data Driven Outcomes Dashboard |
Contact us to learn more about how you can use Therap’s comprehensive software to comply with Model Practices.
Statistics from the Joint Report
About Therap
Therap is a web-based application suite designed to provide a comprehensive solution for the planning, documentation, reporting, communication and billing needs of organizations which support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in home and community-based services (HCBS), and other Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) settings.
Therap Services has over 15 years of experience in the industry working in all 50 States, with state governments, providers and stakeholders in the intellectual and developmental disabilities community. Therap is continually working to identify key issues facing the industry today and offers solutions accordingly at the state and provider level using its experience and knowledge of the industry. Through our work, we have developed a model to address the existing challenges regarding complying with state and federal regulations.