Hospital (and Transplant Center) Requirements: CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Emergency Preparedness Final Rule | NLM

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

11/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] (HHS ASPR). Published: 11/2019. This 68-page document from TRACIE (Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange), updated in November 2019, 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 Hospital and Transplant Center Requirements. It provides the requirements for the Emergency Plan, Policies and Procedures, Communications Plan, Training and Testing, Integrated Healthcare Systems, and Transplant Center Conditions of Preparedness (unique to hospital requirements only). (PDF)