On September 8, 2016, CMS published the Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers Final Rule (the Final Rule), later revised in September ...

Recent changes to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s (CMS) Emergency Preparedness Final Rule ease several emergency preparedness requirements for most healthcare settings.

CMS, TJC, American Society of Healthcare Engineers (ASHE), and other consulting networks have a wealth of information to aid in assessing your emergency preparedness training program to make sure ...

CMS reports that it reviewed current Medicare emergency preparedness regulations for providers and suppliers and concluded the regulatory requirements were not comprehensive enough to address ...

When 12 residents of a Florida nursing home died in the days following Hurricane Irma, the need for better emergency preparedness came to the fore. That’s one reason why the Centers for Medicare ...

In its sample size of eight states, OIG investigators found a total of 2,233 areas of noncompliance with life safety and emergency preparedness requirements occurring at 150 out of 154 nursing ...

On September 8, 2016, CMS published the final rule enumerating the Emergency Preparedness Requirements for the Medicare and Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers. While emergency ...

CMS proposed hospitals review and update their emergency preparedness program at least once every year. 7. The proposed guidelines for general acute-care hospitals would also apply to critical ...

The CMS on Friday responded to the high number of natural and man-made disasters in recent years in a proposed regulation that establishes consistent emergency preparedness requirements for ...

The CMS has finalized a rule that requires providers who participate in Medicare and Medicaid to have adequate emergency preparedness plans. Some changes were made to the rule as originally ...

Jeanne Henry: AAAASF launched the CMS Emergency Preparedness standards in November 2017. ASCs surveyed after Nov. 15, 2017 must comply with the emergency preparedness requirements listed under CMS ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed expanded emergency preparedness requirements for providers at the end of last year. The requirements cover all provider types, including ...