HHS - "Florida Should Improve Its Oversight of Selected Nursing Homes' Compliance With Federal Requirements for Life Safety and Emergency Preparedness"

Title: Florida Should Improve Its Oversight of Selected Nursing Homes' Compliance With Federal Requirements for Life Safety and Emergency Preparedness Source: HHS Data/Action: OIG Office of Audit Services Reports and Publications Date: 3/6/2020 Text Preview: ...disaster preparedness plans, are updated and tested on a regularly basis. HOW WE CONDUCTED THIS AUDIT As of November 2017, nearly 700 nursing homes in Florida participated in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. We selected for our audit a nonstatistical sample of 20 of these nursing homes based on various factors, including the number of high-risk deficiencies that the State agency reported to CMS's ASPEN system and the potential risk of environmental threat, such as hurricanes... ...and staff, and • one did not address transferring residents during disasters. Emergency Communications Plan Nursing homes are required to have... ...of a nursing home's State emergency plan in an actual emergency or natural disaster. State Emergency Plan Monitoring Four nursing homes did not have...