With just a few months remaining to become compliant with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) emergency preparedness regulations, healthcare providers and suppliers are ramping up their efforts to ensure their organizations will meet the CMS emergency preparedness deadline of November 15, 2017. Is your facility ready?

To be compliant with the new emergency preparedness guidelines, CMS requires that your plan consists of four integral parts:

1. Emergency Preparedness
2. Communications
3. Policies and Procedures
4. Training and Testing

This blog will focus on the communications section of these guidelines and how your organization can work towards compliance in a way that is most beneficial for your facility.

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