AHCA has prepared a summary of the Emergency Preparedness Guidance CMS issued last week.  Providers will need to comply with the final rule by November 2017. Plans are underway for VHCA-VCAL to host an education program on the emergency preparedness requirements later this summer.

The emergency preparedness rule impacts skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IIDs), but does not apply to assisted living providers.

AHCA has produced an Emergency Preparedness Final Rule Webinar Series. The next webinar will be on Thursday, July 13, from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eastern, with guest speaker J. David Weidner, MPH, REHS, MEP, CEM, Director of Emergency Management at the Health Care Association of New Jersey, and will focus on emergency exercise design in 60 minutes or less.

Please contact Erin Prendergast (SNF Providers) or Dana Halvorson (ICF/IID Providers) with any questions.

Additional Resources

•  S&C 17-29-ALL: Emergency Preparedness Interpretive Guidance (IG)
• AHCA Emergency Preparedness Final Rule Webinar Series 
• VHCA Emergency Preparedness webpage
• S&C Memo 17-21-ALL: Information to Assist Providers and Suppliers in Meeting the New Training and Testing Requirements of the Emergency Preparedness Requirements