Emergency Preparedness: Creating an Effective, Integrated & Communicated Plan & Program

Clinical Management Compliance

On-Demand Webinar

StreamedJun 23, 2022Duration90 minutes

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two business days after live stream
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Take-away toolkit
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Presenter's contact info for questions

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Have you evaluated your emergency preparedness management program and plan in-depth since the March 2020 declaration of a public health emergency for the pandemic?

This informative session will be an excellent refresher on how to update and evaluate your plan and prepare for the next survey.

AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

Define CMS’s four major content sections required for an Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP)
Complete a risk assessment and a hazards vulnerability analysis
Evaluate your agency’s EPP and program
Complete a post emergency report and improvement action plan
Integrate new agency emergency measures
Identify areas of increased survey oversight

WEBINAR DETAILS

This webinar will take your agency through CMS’s Conditions of Participation and the four content section requirements that must be included in your emergency preparedness management program and plan. Learn what to write, how to complete a risk assessment and a hazards vulnerability analysis, and how to integrate an “all-hazards” approach into the plan.

The webinar will review communication, training, and testing requirements, including tools to conduct an effectiveness review per CMS requirements. It will also include the latest guidance on how your agency will be surveyed for emergency preparedness and a public health emergency.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

Hospice
Home Health
Home Care
Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This informative session is recommended for all board members and executive and agency leadership team members, including CEOs, administrators, DOPCSs, clinical supervisors and managers, intake/referral staff, case managers, clinical leadership, clinical liaisons, regulatory/compliance/QA personnel, educators, IT staff, clergy members, social workers, volunteer coordinators, and medical directors.

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

Fact sheet: CMS Releases Updated Emergency Preparedness Guidance
CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule Toolkit: Hospices
CMS memo: Guidance Related to Emergency Preparedness
CMS Survey & Certification Group checklist: Emergency Preparedness for Every Emergency
Valuable resource links, including:
- Red Cross: Emergency Preparedness Checklist
- NAHC: Emergency Preparedness Packet for Home Health Agencies
Training log
PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
Attendance certificate provided, however there are no pre-approved CEs associated with this webinar

NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or republishing of any webinar to other agencies or those not employed by your agency is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants only.