Compliance:
Consult These Emergency Preparedness Resources
Published on Fri Sep 01, 2017
Home care providers affected by Hurricane Harvey can refer to these resources to see what relief they can get under the Public Health Emergency declared by the Department of Health & Human Services:
- Emergency-Related Policies & Procedures Implemented With A 1135 Waiver:
- Emergency-Related Policies & Procedures Implemented Without A 1135 Waiver:
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Emergency Response and Recovery webpage, including how to request a waiver:
- Information about the blanket waiver for OASIS transmission deadlines on CMS’s Hurricane page:
Home care providers seeking to comply with the new EP rule may want to consult these resources:
- The EP final rule and associated CMS documents:
- HHS PHE resources: