Using treatment plans for quality assurance monitoring in a residential center

Treatment plans for children in residential centers are required for accreditation and reimbursement, and they can provide important insights to the quality of care. One residential center has developed a system for reviewing treatment plans as part of its quality assurance (QA) monitoring. QA staff use checklists to review plans to assure that they are complete and technically correct and to evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care as revealed in the treatment strategy.