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CoPs & Emergency Preparedness: Creating a Compliant Emergency Management Plan, 6/17/25
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
Category: Workshop

(60-minute webinar – available live or on-demand)
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
3:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern

Agencies who need to review and update their emergency management plan for compliance or survey preparation will definitely benefit from this session.

AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

  • Understand the emergency preparedness CoPs
  • Write an effective and compliant emergency management plan that includes EIDs
  • Explain the steps that ensure emergency management compliance
  • Evaluate your agency’s emergency management plan for effectiveness
  • Complete an agency risk assessment and hazards vulnerability analysis (HVA)

WEBINAR DETAILS: Emergency management in healthcare focuses on ensuring the safety and continuity of care for patients during emergencies or disasters. It encompasses preparedness, response, and recovery, and includes training, planning, and communication. As a result, CMS has identified specific Conditions of Participation (CoPs) related to emergency management. This webinar will review the requirements for an effective, compliant emergency management plan and program. It will demonstrate how to complete an HVA and risk assessment and address the required elements of emergency management, including communication, training, and testing. Tabletop exercises, policy and procedures, a plan outline, and how to compliantly meet the testing requirements will be presented.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES: Hospice, Home Health, Home Care, Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? This informative session is recommended for all agency leadership, including CEOs, compliance officers, administrators, DOPCSs, clinical supervisors and managers, intake/referral staff, case managers, clinical liaisons, QA personnel, and educators.

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

  • Emergency preparedness PHI disclosure flow sheet
  • HH KP HVA tool
  • Family disaster planning
  • Training log
  • PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
  • Attendance certificate provided

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HQRP, Emergency Management, Infection Prevention & Control & FY 2026 Updates
 on Tuesday, October 7, 2025

NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or republishing of any webinar to other agencies or those not employed by your agency is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants only.

MEET THE PRESENTER: Kathy Ahearn, RN, BSN, PHN, ALECC, Inc.

Kathy Ahearn has dual bachelor’s degrees in nursing and social work. She is currently CEO and founder of ALECC, Inc., which provides consulting, mentoring, and education to all post-acute care providers, with an emphasis in the hospice industry. She began healthcare work due to a disabled parent and later a child living with a chronic disease. Her passion is healthcare, experiencing it both professionally and personally.

Kathy has always been a trailblazer in healthcare. She helped develop pain scales to standardize assessment with the American Pain Society and the Joint Commission. She expanded into medical devices, developing one of the first real-time cloud-based disease-specific software programs to assist patients, clinicians, and managed-care organizations to improve outcomes and collect data for the diabetic population. Currently, she has branched into YouTube to create a channel that will support colleagues and clinicians moving forward in healthcare.

REGISTRATION FEE:          Member- $159          Non-member- $219

There are no cancellations or refunds.

CLICK HERE to register