Critical Access Hospital Requirements: CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Emergency Preparedness Final Rule

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. 12/12/2017 This 53-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange) combines excerpts from the Emergency Preparedness Final Rule and the recently released Interpretive Guidelines from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide a consolidated overview document for the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Requirements. It provides requirements for the Emergency Plan, Policies and Procedures, Communications Plan, Training and Testing, Emergency and Standby Power Systems, Integrated Healthcare Systems, and CAH Requirements as Written in the Interpretive Guidelines. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - December 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news