CMS Emergency Preparedness

Will County Emergency Management Agency is responsible for coordinating emergencies, disaster mitigation, preparedness, planning response and recovery efforts of the County and political subdivisions.

We have recently been made aware of the new Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Rule (42 CFR Parts 403, 416, 418, et al.) requiring facilities that accept Medicare and/or Medicaid to comply with these emergency preparedness standards by November 15, 2017. This Rule states that the following entities must be in compliance by this November 15, 2017 date or could lose funding:

• Hospitals

• Critical Access Hospitals

• Long Term Care Facilities

• Religious Nonmedical Health Care institutions

• Ambulatory Surgical Centers

• Hospices

• Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities

• All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly

• Transplant Centers

• Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

• Home Health Agencies

• Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

• Clinics, Rehabilitation Agencies, an Public Health Agencies and Providers of Outpatient Physical Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology Services

• Community Mental Health Centers

• Organ Procurement Organizations

• Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers

• End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities

Resources

Rule 42 CFR Parts 403, 416, 418 es al.

CMS Emergency Preparedness Acronym Glossary

Emergency Preparedness Checklist for Long Term Care Facilities

Emergency Preparedness Checklist for Health Care Facility Planning

Frequently Asked Questions

Emergency Preparedness Rule - by provider

EMS Regions 

Hazard Mitigation Plans (can be used as THIRA)

CMS Surveyor tool

Full Scale Exercise Template

Kaiser Permanente Hazard Vulnerability Assessment - Facility based risk assessment

Nursing Home Table Top Exercise Template

If you would like to send us your plan, please use the link below: