The federal Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE) recently released emergency preparedness resources to help providers and suppliers comply with the recently released and updated Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Emergency Preparedness Rule:
- CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule Resource webpage: updated facility-specific requirement overviews to reflect the CMS Omnibus Burden Reduction Final Rule published Sept. 30, 2019 with an effective date of Nov. 29, 2019
- Rural Health Clinic / Federally Qualified Health Center Requirements CMS Emergency Preparedness Final Rule: updates effective Nov. 29, 2019; please review this document as several requirements have been changed from annual to every two years