The goal of the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule
What is the goal of the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule?
How does it impact you as a healthcare emergency manager?
How does the Emergency Preparedness Rule strengthen community emergency preparedness?
What other credentialing/regulatory agencies influence healthcare emergency management? How?
Readings:
1) Emergency preparedness rule. The Journal of Medical Practice Management: MPM, 32(5), 301-303. https://bblearn.philau.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-439317-dt-content-rid-20705462_1/xid-20705462_1
2) “Prepare for CMS’ new emergency planning requirement.” Homecare Direction Dec. 2016. Business Insights: Global. Web. 12 Aug. 2017. https://bblearn.philau.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-439317-dt-content-rid-20705463_1/xid-20705463_1
3) Medicare and Medicaid programs; emergency preparedness requirements for Medicare and Medicaid participating providers and suppliers. (2016). (). Lanham: Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc.
Sample Solution
The goal of the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule
For many health care facilities along the Gulf Coast of the United States, and those in Puerto Rico, the 2017 hurricane season proved to be a “worst-case scenario” event that emergency managers and preparedness planners benchmark against, but hope will never happen. The devastating and significant impact these events had on health care systems reminds us why it is imperative to have emergency preparedness systems in place to ensure the well-being of patients and providers during a disaster. This rationale was the genesis of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Emergency Preparedness Rule. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare and Medicaid participating providers and suppliers final rule to: establish national emergency preparedness requirements to ensure adequate planning for both natural and man-made disasters; and coordination with federal, state, tribal, regional and local emergency preparedness systems.
