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Emergency Preparedness Program

Sets up the Agency’s all-hazards emergency preparedness program: a risk assessment and written plan, patient priority levels and individual patient emergency plans, a communication plan, response and recovery steps, and training and exercises. It meets 42 CFR §484.102 for a Medicare-certified agency and is applied to every patient as the Agency’s own standard, because Georgia’s home health rules contain no separate emergency preparedness rule beyond the emergency care policy the group of professional personnel must review each year.

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About this policy
Policy number
GA-HH-EP-01
Version
1.0
Main rule
42 CFR §484.102
Library
Georgia home health · 56 policies
Category
Emergency preparedness
Sections
19

In short

  • Our disaster coordinator is Avery Sample; the alternate is Jamie Sample. In an emergency, call the office on (404) 555-0100 or (404) 555-0199.
  • Every patient has a priority level and an emergency plan. Review the plan with the patient at each recertification and when things change.
  • When the plan is activated, check in as told and call your patients in priority order, starting with Level 1. Record every call.
  • Do not drive into flood water or travel when officials say to stay off the roads. Tell the office at once if you cannot reach a patient.
  • We do not evacuate or transport patients. Tell patients to call 911 in a life-threatening emergency.

What's inside

19 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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  • Terms of Reference
  • 1. Purpose
  • 2. Scope
  • 3. Definitions
  • 4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §484.102; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-8-31-.07(3))
  • 5. Risk Assessment and the Written Plan
  • 6. Patient Priority Levels and Evacuation Needs
  • 7. Patient Emergency Plans and Education
  • 8. Communication Plan
  • 9. Response and Recovery Procedure
  • 10. Training, Exercises, and Review
  • 11. Staff Summary
  • 12. Responsibilities
  • 13. Records and Compliance Monitoring
  • 14. Staff Training
  • 15. References
  • 16. Related Policies and Forms
  • 17. Approval
  • 18. Revision History

An inspector may ask

  • Show me your emergency plan and the risk assessment it is based on. When were they last reviewed?
  • Who is your disaster coordinator and who is the alternate?

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