A Well-Organized Plan: A Guide to Emergency Preparedness in Home Health & Hospice - (CHAP On-Demand)

This interactive course will help your agency be prepared for any emergency and stay compliant with CHAP Standards. 

* For Hospice: The material covered in this course is specific to community-based hospice organizations and does not focus on the CMS Emergency Preparedness requirements for in-patient units/facilities. 

Learning Objectives:

• Verbalize understanding of the home health and hospice CMS Conditions of Participation and CHAP Standards as they relate to Emergency Preparedness. 
• Verbalize understanding of the top six emergency preparedness tags and how to demonstrate compliance with the regulatory requirements.
• Recognize common pitfalls and consequences that can result from a lack of emergency preparedness planning.
• Identify recommendations for improving emergency preparedness within your organization.

This course is approved for 1 Nursing Contact Hour

Continuing Education: This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Criteria for successful completion include completion of the entire course and completion of a post-test with a score of 80% or higher. There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those with the ability to control the content of this activity. Nursing contact hours will be awarded for completion of this activity until April 22, 2026.