Long Term Care Requirements: CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Emergency Preparedness Final Rule | NLM

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Long Term Care 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 53-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 Long Term Care (LTC) Requirements. It provides requirements for the Emergency Plan, Policies and Procedures, Communications Plan, Training and Testing, Emergency and Standby Power Systems, and Integrated Healthcare Systems. (PDF)