Iowa’s Civil Money Penalty Quality Improvement Initiative (CMPQII) Grant program supports quality improvement initiatives that directly benefit residents in nursing facilities and that protect or improve their quality of care or quality of life. This includes facilities certified for operation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) defined as skilled nursing facilities (SNF), nursing facilities (NF)and dually certified skilled/nursing facilities (SNF/NF).
CMS has final authority for approval of all state-funding quality improvement initiatives. There are three types of allowable uses of Civil Money Penalty (CMP) grant funds:
- Quality Improvement Initiatives
- Emergency Use for the State
- Global Public Health Emergency (PHE) Applications.
Quality Improvement Initiative Eligibility Guidelines:
Nursing homes and/or various organizations that are knowledgeable, skilled and capable of meeting the project’s purpose in its area of expertise as long the organization and project are consistent with federal law and policy. Examples of organizations that could qualify include, but are not limited to:
- Certified long term care facilities
- Consumer and nursing facility advocacy organizations
- Resident or family councils
- Professional or State nursing home associations
- State Agencies
Grants are available only for quality improvement initiatives that are outside the scope of normal operations for the nursing facility or other applicant. Grants cannot be used as replacement funding for goods or services that nursing facilities are required to provide.
How to Apply:
Applications for CMPQII grants are accepted using a formal bidding process. The requests for proposals (RFP) will be announced on the State of Iowa’s Bid Opportunities website. Iowa Medicaid will also issue an Informational Letter when the RFP has been posted.