Emergency Preparedness Rule for the Ambulatory Surgery Center

Creating the Emergency Operation Plan

Presented by:  Cathy Montgomery, RN, CASC - President, Excellentia Advisory Group

Cathy has over 20 years of experience in healthcare services management. During her position as Regional Manager for Barnes Hospital, Cathy oversaw several physician practices. As Regional Administrator for Novamed, she oversaw operations of the physician practices, as well as the ambulatory surgery centers and optical shops in the Metro St. Louis and Illinois areas. Cathy founded Excellentia Advisory Group in 2009 and since then has provided regulatory compliance consultation, training and other services to over 2000 surgery centers across the United States. Cathy is also an ambulatory surgery center surveyor for AAAASF. Cathy does numerous public speaking engagements on ASC regulatory compliance at multiple State ASC Associations and national conferences.

DESCRIPTION:  The Emergency Operations Plan.

Is yours ready and activated? The due date is 11/15/17 for FULL implementation! Surveyors arriving on 11/16/17 will be citing facilities that are not in compliance. You have 6 months to perform your risk assessment, develop your plan, enhance your policies, train your staff, and COMPLETE your 2 drills. Yes, all must be completed by the deadline.  This 1 hour session will walk you through the requirements, instruct you on how to complete a risk assessment, describe the elements expected in the Emergency Operations Plan, and give you tips on how to complete the 2 required drills.  Additionally you will be provided with forms to complete your risk assessment, your Emergency Operations Plan, as well as templates of policies that can easily be adapted for your facility.

Now that we have the updated CMS interpretive guidelines, this presentation provides the complete set of directives. Surveyors are being trained via web based programs. CMS expects surveyors to be able to make assessments starting 11/16/17. And CMS expects you to have completed all the required elements. 

This one hour session is dedicated to creating an Emergency Operations Plan for your ambulatory surgery center to satisfy CMS's Emergency Preparedness Rule.

Handouts included in this webinar presentation.

1. Notetaking version of the presentation
2. Hazard Vulnerability Analysis Tool
3. CMS Instructional Memo
4. Emergency Operations Plan Template
5. HIPAA Disclosure Decision Tree
6. Bomb Threat Drill Form
7. Federal Register regarding ASC Rules
8. Policy Templates for Active Shooter, Bomb Threat, Facility Evacuation, Violence in the Workplace and Interruption of Water Service

PRICE:  $139.00 / User email & password

This view-upon-demand purchase is good for 90-days and can be viewed unlimited times by you and your whole staff at your facility only using the user's email and password.  User email & password should not be shared with other facilities which could result in the original user being suspended.

¹Once you and any/all staff have reviewed this presentation, you will be eligible to receive a Certificate of Participation worth 1.0 Credit Hour of continuing education. You simply contact us at events@excellentiagroup.com requesting your certificates, using the Certificate Request Form found in the link below. You will need to provide a typed list of all participants first and last names, position title (RN ,BSN, etc.), license numbers (if professionals) and date of completion.

* Excellentia Advisory Group LLC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider CEP 15481: Issue Date: 4/6/2010;

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