What’s happening: VHCA-VCAL and Jensen Hughes are hosting two emergency preparedness webinars and tabletop exercises on April 25 and May 1 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.

• This free event will help you meet the annual CMS exercise requirement for a second exercise with a tabletop exercise. Industry experts will review top E-Tag citations, best practices for developing incident action plans and how your incident command system interacts, and more.
• You will learn from industry experts about meeting emergency preparedness planning requirements, then participate in a tabletop exercise which can help you meet the standard for practicing emergency preparedness exercises.

Use this form to RSVP for either session.

• The same presentation and tabletop exercise will be presented to give you the flexibility to attend the session that best works for your schedule.

Follow the links to join by Zoom for each session:

• April 25, 2024 | 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
• May 1, 2024 | 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Webinar and tabletop agenda: You’ll learn from industry experts including:

• top CMS emergency management (E-Tag) citations;
• how to meet your emergency preparedness plan requirements for LTC and assisted living; and
• developing incident action plans and how your incident command system interacts.

For the tabletop exercise: You should have your facility’s emergency operations plan available and your incident management team (facility leadership) available to play.

Presenters from Jensen Hughes:

• Bobby Baker | Senior Fire & Emergency Management Consultant | Service Line Leader for Healthcare Emergency Management
• Nicholas E. Gabriele, CFPS | Vice President | Global Service Line Leader Healthcare + Emergency Management
• Andrew D. McGuire, CEM, EMT-P | Senior Fire & Emergency Management Consultant | Program Manager CT, RI, LTC-MAPs

More info: The webinars are offered as part of VHCA-VCAL’s Virginia Long Term Care Infrastructure Pilot Project (VLIPP) grant from VDH.