Q3 ADVOCACY LIAISON WEBINAR 9/17/13 Please mute your line to reduce

background noise Do not put us on hold if you have

background music on your hold line. At the end of the presentation we will

do regional updates. This session will be recorded and the

slides will be distributed after the meeting.

A TWO-WAY STREET The ASHE advocacy highway is a two-

way street of communication between ASHE and chapter advocacy liaisons

The goal of the advocacy highway is to support communication and improve advocacy efforts at the national, state and local level

A TWO-WAY STREET Gives us the opportunity to share

national issues at the local level

Gives us the opportunity to share your local advocacy issues nationally

LEARNING FROM ASHE ASHE will keep chapter advocacy

liaisons up-to-date about national advocacy efforts and issues affecting health care facilities

ASHE will provide practical tools and resources to empower chapter advocacy liaisons

CMS CATEGORICAL WAIVERS S&C 13-58 LSC issued August 30, 2013 Covers several “categorical waivers” Simplified process doesn’t require

formal approval These waivers are effective

immediately

MEDICAL GAS MASTER ALARMS Allows substitution

of a centralized computer system for one Category 1 medical gas master alarm.

OPENINGS IN EXIT ENCLOSURES Permits existing

openings in exit enclosures to mechanical equipment spaces if they are protected by fire-rated door assemblies.

EMERGENCY GENERATORS AND STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS

Reduces the annual diesel-powered generator exercising requirement from two (2) continuous hours to one hour and 30 minutes.

DOORS Allows more than

one delayed-egress lock in the egress path where the clinical needs require specialized security measures or when a patient requires specialized protective measures for safety.

SUITES(1) one of the required means of egress from sleeping and non-sleeping suites allowed to be through another suite(2) an increase in sleeping room suite size up to 10,000 ft2.

EXTINGUISHING REQUIREMENTS Reduction in the

testing frequencies for sprinkler system vane-type and pressure switch type waterflow alarm devices to semiannual, and electric motor-driven pump assemblies to monthly.

CLEAN WASTE & PATIENT RECORD RECYCLING CONTAINERS

Allows the increase in size of containers used solely for recycling clean waste or for patient records awaiting destruction outside of a hazardous storage area to be a maximum of 96-gallons

S&C 13-25 CATEGORICAL WAIVERS Covers Waivers Previously Listed in

S&C12-21 Corridor width

Fixed furniture and crash carts and movement aids allowed in the corridor

Decorations Increases the amount of wall space that may be

covered by combustible decorations Kitchens open to the corridor Fireplace provision

HOW TO REQUEST A CATEGORICAL WAIVER Document your desire and that you

comply with the waiver provisions in your policy and procedures manual.

Verbally announce that you are requesting the waivers at each entrance interview

Check with your State Agency and verify the waivers will be accepted for licensing

ELECTION OF CATEGORICAL WAIVERS

COALITION FOR CURRENT CODES

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

NEXT ADVOCACY LIAISON WEBINAR December 3, 2013 11:00-12:00 CT

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