Updates to Emergency Preparedness Requirements

By: dwc

The CMS Quality, Safety and Oversight Group (QSO) recently released a memo to state survey agency directors, Emergency Preparedness- Updates to Appendix Z of the State Operations Manual (SOM), notifying them that  emerging infectious diseases have been added to the definition of all-hazards approach, and there are new Home Health Agency (HHA) citations and clarifications […]

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