CMS Web Links for S&C Emergency Preparedness & Emergency

Two useful and important CMS website links for "Survey & Certification Emergency Preparedness" and "Emergency," may be accessed, respectively, at:

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SurveyCertEmergPrep/01_Overview.asp#TopOfPage

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Emergency/01_overview.asp#TopOfPage

The first link above, for Survey & Certification Emergency Preparedness, incorporates links to additional resources and information, including the October 4, 2007, CMS national Survey & Certification Letter #08-02 titled: "Survey & Certification Emergency Preparedness Initiative: Provider Survey & Certification Declared Public Health Emergency FAQs - All Hazards." For your information we have posted to the right the three files which comprise national Survey & Certification Letter #08-02.

The second link above, for Emergency, provides access to additional information links, including one related to CMS & HHS actions taken in response to the emergencies arising from the recent flooding in the Midwest.