After CMS review, The Joint Commission has finally prepublished revisions to the Emergency Management standards for home health agencies and other health care organizations to align with requirements in the new emergency preparedness Conditions of Participation (CoPs).
 
Both the new and revised emergency management elements of performance and the new emergency preparedness CoPs will be effective as of Nov. 15.
 
The changes involving The Joint Commission's emergency management standards were issued Oct. 30.
 
Related link: Read The Joint Commission’s prepublished revisions to the Emergency Management standards at http://bit.ly/2h8MzQY.