On-demand: What to Know When it Comes to CMS K-Tag Compliance

Program Date/Time: Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. CT

Hospital administrations face many challenges when standards are changed.  One of those challenges has become the changes to the CMS K-Tags. One factor in particular is causing compliance complications for hospital facility teams, and needs to be addressed.

This webinar will provide an in-depth look at the CMS K-Tags related to the 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code. The CMS Fire Safety document (K-Tags) went from 27 pages for the 2000 edition of the Life Safety Code to 50 pages for the 2012 edition and now contains K-Tags related to NFPA 99, the Healthcare Facilities Code. Get more acquainted with what has been added and what is relevant to healthcare organizations.

Attendees will:

• Learn about new and modified K-Tags, and see excerpts of CMS fire safety survey K-Tags
• Understand the date for “new” vs. “existing” healthcare and the difference between “clinical” vs. “safety needs” locking arrangements
• Understand the Risk Assessments required by all hospitals