In September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they took action to comply with the new Omnibus Burden Reduction (Conditions of Participation) Final Rule, which “removes Medicare regulations identified as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on hospitals and other healthcare providers to reduce inefficiencies and moves the nation closer to a healthcare system that delivers value, high quality care and better outcomes for patients at the lowest possible cost.” The CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule was affected by this Burden Reduction action. We are updating our facility-specific requirement overviews to reflect this change—access them and related resources on our CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule Resources Page.
