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Last week, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is making up to $500 million available in grants to help rural health care facilities, tribes, and communities expand access to COVID-19 vaccines, health care services, and nutrition assistance.
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What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information’s (HCAI) Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development (OSHPD) recently revised the Code Application Notice (CAN 2-0) OSHPD Jurisdiction.
What else to know: CAN 2-0 explains how OSHPD is designated as the enforcing agency for hospital buildings and skilled-nursing facilities, and identifies the local building department as the enforcing agency for clinics and certain chemical dependency recovery hospitals.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is tasked with providing emergency assistance to hospitals. The FEMA application process is complex, and the review process takes time. However, a hospital can request an expedited payment while it waits for its application to be […]
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This week, CHA launched a four-week Twitter campaign designed to reiterate the economic impact of COVID-19 on hospitals.
Hospitals are required to have an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) detailing plans for responding and recovering from hazards. The plan must include 6 critical elements within The Joint Commission’s Emergency Management Standards:
2022 Disaster Conference
This active shooter training for hospital settings aims to assist leadership and educators in establishing protocols, training strategies, community assessment of coverage, and developing a recovery response plan.
There is no standard format for an emergency management program (emergency operations plans are just one component of an overall program). This tool provides guidance for hospitals when developing an emergency management program, including activities related to mitigation, response, and recovery. Download CHA’s Hospital Emergency Management Program Checklist
This session discusses the hospital’s mitigation and preparedness strategies that contributed to the effectiveness of their response to the San Bernardino terrorist attack. The presentation also described how the recovery process continues beyond the event, and shares lessons learned from the hospital perspective.
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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.President Biden has announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will continue to provide 100% federal reimbursement for eligible costs associated with ongoing COVID-19 recovery efforts and vaccine initiatives through April 1, 2022. The funding will be available to local, state, tribal or territorial governments, and […]
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