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 ...

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 ...

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

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services instituted a rule requiring emergency preparedness of certain facilities participating in their programs. The deadline for compliance is November 15 ...

The rule will require Medicare and Medicaid participating providers and suppliers to develop an emergency plan using an all-hazards approach and to meet other industry best practices.

The assumption is that all the accrediting organizations and CMS will be looking more deeply at Emergency Management standards starting this November.

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 ...

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 ...

Many state agencies offer free emergency preparedness templates online. Additionally, CMS has compiled a list of useful national emergency preparedness resources to assist state survey agencies, their ...

The CMS has finalized a rule that requires providers who participate in Medicare and Medicaid to have adequate emergency preparedness plans.

Late last month, CMS proposed a rule on emergency preparedness planning for all providers and suppliers that accept Medicare and Medicaid funds.