Does your nursing home have an Emergency Preparedness Plan – and does it meet the guidelines set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)? In this discussion, we review what nursing homes need to know about CMS' standards, including the Final Rule and State Operations Manual Appendix Z. We'll also share resources to help assess your facility's plan.

We're joined by Penny Imes, quality improvement specialist at Quality Insights. If you want to reach Penny directly, you can call Quality Insights at 1-800-642-8686 and ext 7644. You can also contact her via email at [email protected]. 

Related links: 

• Download Quality Insights’ “Long-Term Care Facility Emergency Preparedness Plan: Outline”
• Download Quality Insights’ “Long-Term Care Facility Emergency Preparedness Plan: Check List”
• View a video recording of this episode with demonstration of these tools

Check out our other interviews by visiting https://www.qualityinsights.org/qin/multimedia 

 This material was prepared by Quality Insights, a Quality Innovation Network - Quality Improvement Organization under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of CMS or HHS, and any reference to a specific product or entity herein does not constitute endorsement of that product or entity by CMS or HHS. Publication number 12SOW-QI-GEN-102722-CC-A