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 The archived All-Surveyor Training for Emergency Preparedness slides from the presentation conducted in August 2018. Some of the content may be outdated and no longer reflects the current regulatory requirements (updated in September 2019) and latest version of Appendix Z guidance (updated in March 2021).

Slides

 https://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nims/NIMS_core.pdf

 CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule Standard Brief (hhs.gov) 

Yale New Haven Health System, Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response. (2017). CMS Emergency Preparedness Final Rule Crosswalk.

https://www.team-iha.org/files/non-gated/quality/cms-emerg-preparedness-crosswalk.aspx

(effective November 29, 2019) 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/09/30/2019-20736/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-regulatory-provisions-to-promote-program-efficiency-transparency-and

p. Emergency Preparedness Requirements: Requirements for Emergency Plans  

We are removing the requirements from our emergency preparedness rules for Medicare and Medicaid providers and suppliers that facilities document efforts to contact local, tribal, regional, State, and Federal emergency preparedness officials, and that facilities document their participation in collaborative and cooperative planning efforts.  

q. Emergency Preparedness Requirements: Requirements for Annual Review of Emergency Program  

We are revising this requirement so that applicable providers and suppliers review their Emergency program biennially, except for Long Term Care facilities, which will still be required to review their emergency program annually.  

r. Emergency Preparedness Requirements: Requirements for Training  

We are revising the requirement that facilities develop and maintain a training program based on the facility's emergency plan annually by requiring facilities to provide training biennially (every 2 years) after facilities conduct initial training for their emergency program, except for long term care facilities which will still be required to provide training annually. In addition, we are requiring additional training when the emergency plan is significantly updated. 

 s. Emergency Preparedness Requirements: Requirements for Testing  

For inpatient providers, we are expanding the types of acceptable testing exercises that may be conducted. For outpatient providers, we are revising the requirement such that only one testing exercise is required annually, which may be either one community-based full-scale exercise, if available, or an individual facility-based functional exercise, every other year and in the opposite years, these providers may choose the testing exercise of their choice.

Estimated total impact savings of $11,238,093 for this change. With an estimated ICR savings of $9,296,422, and total economic impact of this policy for the affected providers will be $20,534,515.