Compliance with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Life Safety Code regulations is continuously a challenge for skilled nursing facilities around the nation. These complex rules and ...

The first step in streamlining an ASC’s Medicare survey for Life Safety Code® (LSC) compliance is to understand where requirements come from, and that is the CMS “State Operations Manual, Appendix L – ...

The US. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Fire Safety Requirements for Certain Health Care Facilities that requires healthcare facilities to ...

The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities compiled its 10 most commonly cited deficiencies and provided solutions on how to address them. AAAASF Interim COO Thomas ...

The following code review is based on the 2009 NFPA Handbook, the 2009 edition of the Life Safety Code (NFPA-101) and the 2005 edition of the Standard for Health Care Facilities (NFPA-99). These ...

April 19, 2016 – The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) announced the launch of a new certification program, Certified Life Safety Specialist (CLSS-HC) designed for health care facility ...

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland - Newfoundland and Labrador have adopted the 2006 edition of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101®, the Life Safety Code®, effective immediately. The Life Safety ...