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CMS Emergency Preparedness Rules

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized rules to establish consistent emergency preparedness requirements for 17 types of health care providers participating in Medicare and Medicaid. The purpose of these rules are to increase patient safety during emergencies, and establish a more coordinated response to natural and man-made disasters. These rules require certain participating providers and suppliers to plan for disasters and coordinate with federal, state, tribal, regional, and local emergency preparedness systems to ensure that facilities are adequately prepared to meet the needs of their patients during disasters and emergency situations. The implementation date for these rules is November 16, 2017.

CMS encourages the covered healthcare providers to engage with their local Healthcare Coalition (HCC) to achieve greater organizational and community effectiveness and financial sustainability through a more inclusive preparedness community.  The HCCs function as an accessible source of preparedness and response best practices as newly engaged provider types adapt to the new requirements. 

The full copy of the finalized CMS rules can be downloaded from the attachments shown below. 

Long Term Care Facilities Emergency Management Resources

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) encourage long-term care facilities (LCTFs) to engage with their local healthcare coalition. The healthcare coalition for LCTFs in eastern Virginia is the Eastern Virginia Healthcare Coalition (EVHC).

The EVHC can assist you in the development and refinement of your facility's emergency preparedness program to include:

  • Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
  • Communications plan development
  • Emergency Operations Plan development
  • Emergency Operations Plan & Communication Plan testing, including tabletop, functional and full-scale exercises
  • Plan and exercise evaluation

 As an LCTF in the eastern region, you are encouraged to obtain access to the Virginia Healthcare Alerting and Status System (VHASS). VHASS is a secure, web-based emergency management system to coordinate and streamline individual and regional health care responses to all hazards. Fully interoperable, built-in modules “handshake” with one another to save time, reduce confusion and provide intelligent real-time responses. VHASS includes modules that provide for: all-hazards planning; communications before, during, and after an emergency; patient and resident tracking; event and situation reporting and facility status reporting. To learn more about VHASS go to: http://info.vhha-mci.org/

The EVHC remains committed to assisting you in meeting the national, state, and regional healthcare disaster preparedness objectives. For assistance please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call (757) 963-0632.

 

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Our office is co-located with the Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council (TEMS) at 1104 Madison Plaza, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320.

 

Our Mission.

The Eastern Virginia Healthcare Coalition is a collaboration of healthcare organizations and providers, public health departments, and community partners working together to care for our community before, during and after an emergency.

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