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CMS: Survey & Certification Emergency Preparedness
The mission of the CMS Survey & Certification Emergency Preparedness web site is to enable Federal, State, Tribal, Regional, and local governmental agencies, and health care providers to
respond to every emergency in a timely, collaborative, organized, and effective manner.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Survey and Certification Group (SCG) has developed this site to
provide useful information to CMS Central and Regional Offices, State Survey Agencies (SAs), their State, Tribal,
Regional, and local emergency management partners, and health care providers, for developing effective and robust
emergency plans and responses. This Web site provides information and tools, utilizing an "all hazards" approach
for disruptive events such as:
- Hurricanes
- Tornados
- Fires
- Earthquakes
- Power outages
- Chemical spills
- Nuclear or biological terrorist attack
- Pandemic flu
This Web site provides emergency preparedness "one-stop shopping" and will be updated regularly to provide helpful
guidance regarding issues such as:
- Clarifying the roles, responsibilities and actions of CMS Central and Regional Survey & Certification (S&C) Offices.
- Clarifying the roles, responsibilities, and actions of SAs.
- Effective emergency planning across all health care provider types to ensure the well-being of vulnerable populations – whether in long-term care, acute care, or community-based facilities -- during a disruptive event.
CMS meets regularly with the S&C Emergency Preparedness Stakeholder Workgroup, which includes representatives from
State Survey Agencies, provider associations, accreditation organizations, resident and patient advocate associations,
safety and quality organizations, and other HHS operating divisions. The Stakeholder Workgroup assists CMS in developing
recommendations, and provides their input and feedback for establishing an improved, collaborative, and coordinated health
care emergency management plan.
CMS: Survey & Certification Emergency Preparedness
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