CAIPHI has launched its cloud-based, SaaS Emergency Preparedness Management System for Medicare and Medicaid providers and suppliers to demonstrate compliance with the annual survey and certification requirements of the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule.

These checklists are in SaaS and have HIPAA Security Rule requirements pertaining to communications and ePHI exchange in emergency situations. SaaS facilitates access to a CMS-designated facility’s emergency management plan from any device in an emergency situation, and is designed to demonstrate fulfillment of CMS requirements for testing, surveys, and certification of a facility’s preparedness for emergency response. CMS established a compliance date of November 15, 2017. CAIPHI Prepare® is a customized project management software for clients and available now.

• CAIPHI Prepare® is a set of Emergency Preparedness Management System Checklists in SaaS format for online accessibility in an emergency situation from any usable device. These Checklists cover 17 CMS-designated Medicare and Medicaid providers and suppliers in more than 70,000 facilities and require implementation and compliance for continued participation in Medicare and Medicaid programs. Common Emergency Preparedness provisions across the CMS-designated facilities are an emergency preparedness plan with risk assessment, policies and procedures for managing an emergency situation, a communication plan that includes HIPAA Privacy provisions covering release and exchange of patient information, and training and testing of the emergency plan to ensure patient and resident safety. Compliance with CMS’ Emergency Preparedness Rule was required by November 15, 2017.
• Key benefits of CAIPHI Prepare® are checklists for:
  • Mitigating internal and external risks to patient safety in an emergency.
  • Creating a trusted environment for facility management, patients and residents, and public health authorities in an emergency.
  • Minimizing financial and reputational liabilities to noncompliance discovered in a CMS-audit or investigation after an emergency.
  • Enabling cybersecurity insurance coverage with documented evidence of testing and certification of an Emergency Preparedness plan.
  • Generating linked data leading to quantifiable intelligence across cybersecurity continuum.
• CAIPHI Prepare® is a customized monthly membership SaaS-formatted product billed annually for each CMS-designated Medicare or Medicaid provider or supplier in an enterprise. SaaS facilitates access to a CMS-designated facility’s emergency management plan from any device in an emergency situation, and is designed to demonstrate fulfillment of CMS requirements for testing, surveys, and certification of a facility’s preparedness for emergency response.
• CAIPHI Prepare® is a customized monthly membership software product available directly from CAIPHI.com. Send CAIPHI a message with the contact information requested and CAIPHI will respond to you within 1 business day.