tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 14

Nursing Homes: 'Shelter In Place' Emergency Management Plans May Be Insufficient

Upcoming GAO report could make a push for emergency SNF evacuations.Skilled nursing facilities that assume "shelter in place" is the way to go in most emergencies could be endangering residents and inviting the wrath of federal regulators.In a preliminary report the Government Accountability Office released on Feb. 16, the GAO admits that nursing homes don't have it easy when making the call to evacuate. Special challenges nursing home administrators face include residents having no other home to go to and the problem of finding receiving facilities that can accommodate residents for a long time, the report states...

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