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A Primer on Hospital Evacuation
With the dire situation surrounding #Harvey, there are a lot of individuals conversing on social media around the evacuation of hospitals prior to events. Below are my thoughts on an evacuation decision framework, not a proclamation of what should have been done. My...
read moreASCs and the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule
When CMS finalized the Emergency Preparedness Rule last fall they raised the emergency preparedness bar considerably for Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC). Like all of the 17 affected providers, ASCs must comply with the major components of the rule: Comprehensive...
read moreCMS Publishes Draft Interpretive Guidelines
Late this past week CMS published an “Advanced Copy” of the Interpretive Guidelines (IGs) for the Emergency Preparedness Rule finalized in the Fall of 2016. This 72-page document will guide State Survey Agencies as to how to determine compliance of the 17...
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