# CMS QAPI requirements by facility type

> What 42 CFR requires of surgery centers, nursing homes, hospitals, hospice and home health for quality assessment and performance improvement.

Source: https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/cms-qapi

QAPI is the quality program CMS requires of most providers, and the rule differs by facility type.

- [What 42 CFR 416.43 requires of an ASC's QAPI program](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/cms-qapi/ambulatory-surgery-centers): What 42 CFR 416.43 requires of an ASC's quality program, what surveyors ask to see, and how incident data and corrective actions feed it.
- [Nursing home QAPI and the QAA committee under 42 CFR 483.75](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/cms-qapi/skilled-nursing-facilities): How 42 CFR 483.75 shapes a nursing home's QAPI plan and QAA committee: the five elements, what F865, F867 and F868 test, and what to show surveyors.
- [Hospital QAPI under 42 CFR 482.21: what surveyors check](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/cms-qapi/hospitals): What 42 CFR 482.21 requires of a hospital QAPI program, who is accountable, what surveyors sample, and how adverse event data and actions fit.
- [Hospice QAPI under 42 CFR 418.58: requirements and evidence](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/cms-qapi/hospice): What 42 CFR 418.58 requires of a hospice QAPI program, how to define and track adverse events, what surveyors review, and how incident data fits.
- [Home health QAPI under 42 CFR 484.65: what an HHA must show](https://incidentkit.ai/compliance/cms-qapi/home-health): What 42 CFR 484.65 requires of a home health agency QAPI program: indicators and OASIS data, adverse events, projects, and what surveyors ask to see.