Emergency Preparedness CMS Final Rule Summaries Available and Upcoming Webinar

The California Association of Health Facilities and the American Health Care Association have put together a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) and Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ICF/IID) Emergency Preparedness CMS Final Rule summaries that can be found here.  The rule was released on Friday, September 16, 2016, and can be found here.  Providers will need to be in compliance by November 2017.  Members impacted by the rule include SNFs, Nursing Facilities and ICF/IIDs.  This final rule is not applicable to Assisted Living Providers.

In addition, on Thursday, February 9^th, from 1 – 2PM EST, AHCA, with guest speaker Jocelyn Montgomery, RN, and Director of Clinical Affairs at the California Association Health Facilities, will hold a webinar on the emergency preparedness final rule.  The webinar will include, among other things, an overview of the key new requirements, a list of tools to assess if you are prepared for the rule, steps to take now to prepare, and time for your pressing questions to be answered.  You may register for the webinar here.  This will be the first in a 4-part webinar series AHCA will hold this year on the rule.