Hospice Requirements: CMS Emergency Preparedness Final Rule (Updated March 21, 2022). This document combines excerpts from the Final Rule and the recently released Interpretive Guidelines from CMS to provide a consolidated overview document of requirements for Hospice providers. (Accessed November 26, 2024.) In addition to the Federal Rules, please review the State hospice requirements in Chapter 21, which can be accessed from this page.(Accessed November 26, 2024.)
Home Health Agency Requirements: CMS Emergency Preparedness Final Rule (Updated March 26, 2021.)
This document combines excerpts from the Final Rule and the recently released Interpretive Guidelines from CMS to provide a consolidated overview document of requirements for Home Health Agencies. (Accessed November 26, 2024.) In addition to the Federal Rules, please review the State home care requirements in Chapter 26, which can be accessed from this page.(Accessed November 26, 2024.)
Home Health Emergency Preparedness: A Handbook to Assist Homecare Providers In Emergency Preparedness Planning, prepared for Michigan providers by the Bureau of EMS, Trauma and Preparedness with grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Hospital Preparedness Program. (Accessed November 26, 2024.)
Emergency Preparedness for Hospice Providers: A Regulatory Focused Resource, from the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Version 2, July 2019. (Accessed November 26, 2024.)
- Bedside Emergency Supply Kit Checklist, contains essential items you may need if you are trapped in or near your bed and unable to get to other parts of your home, provided by the Pacific ADA Center, at the ADA National Network website. (Accessed November 26, 2024.)
- Checklist for people with medical needs living at home. (Accessed November 26, 2024.)
- Engagement of Home Health and Hospice Agencies in Medical Surge Activities, ASPR/TRACIE
The following questions and answers may assist home health and hospice agencies, healthcare coalitions, and other partners collaborate on and support each other’s preparedness and response efforts. The responses also identify resources and offer suggestions to assist home health and hospice agencies in effectively planning to maintain continuity of their operations and integrate into their community’s emergency management framework before, during, and after a disaster. (Accessed November 26, 2024.) - “You get three different hats on and try to figure it out:” Home Based Care Provision During a Disaster, by Bell SA, Krienke LK, Dickey S, De Vries RG., BMC Geriatr. 2021 Apr 8;21(1) article from the National Library of Medicine, NIH. (Accessed November 26, 2024.)
- "Helping fill that gap:" a qualitative study of aging in place after disaster through the lens of home-based care providers, Bell SA, Dickey S, Rosemberg MA.,BMC Nurs. 2021 Aug 31;20(1):155. doi: 10.1186/s12912-021-00676-2.PMID: 34461891, article from the National Library of Medicine, NIH. (Accessed November 26, 2024.)
- From an article in Hospice News, “Many Hospices Need to Step Up Disaster Planning,” March 27, 2024, by Jim Parker. (Accessed November 26, 2024.)
- Considerations for Oxygen Therapy in Disasters (Orig. published October 19, 2017; Updated March 8, 2018.) This ASPR TRACIE fact sheet provides information on the types of oxygen therapy and the types of oxygen supplies generally available. It also provides information on the typical sizes and length of use of various oxygen storage methods. (Accessed November 26, 2024.)
- Durable Medical Equipment in Disasters Updated February 2021, by ASPR/TRACIE. This ASPR TRACIE tip sheet provides information on general DME categories and focuses on electricity-dependent DME that may be affected by disasters and emergencies, including power failures. It also includes information to assist healthcare system preparedness stakeholders plan for medically vulnerable populations who rely on DME. (Accessed November 26, 2024.)