The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a new Quality & Safety Memo, providing guidance on emergency preparedness training and testing program exemptions for healthcare facilities. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency, many facilities continue to operate under activated emergency plans, and CMS is offering additional guidance related to exercise requirements for inpatient and outpatient providers/suppliers. The exemption only applies to the next required full-scale exercise, based on the facility's 12-month exercise cycle. Facilities must demonstrate through written documentation that they activated their emergency plan to qualify for the exemption. This guidance applies to facilities currently operating under activated emergency plans or those that have reactivated their plans for COVID-19 in 2021 or 2022.

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