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CMS Announces Final Rule Updating Fire Safety for Healthcare Facilities

By Joel D. Gottesman on May 31, 2016 Posted in Uncategorized

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published a final rule updating fire safety requirements for healthcare facilities in an effort to increase patient safety and adapt to the needs of an aging population. The new rule adopts provisions of the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code (LSC), as … Continue Reading

So Much for Stop, Drop and Roll: CMS Proposes New Fire Safety Update

By Robert M. Wolin and Kinal Patel on May 8, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

CMS has announced a proposed rule updating Medicare/Medicaid fire safety standards. In particular, CMS proposes to adopt the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code (LSC) and the Health Care Facilities Code (HCFC), with some modifications, including changes in the areas of emergency preparedness requirements, for which CMS recently announced … Continue Reading