Point of Dispensing (POD) Mass Vaccination: A Virtual CMS Emergency Preparedness Exercise

A Virtual Emergency Preparedness Exercise for Healthcare Agencies

A virtual CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule Exercise focused on Point of Dispensing (POD) Mass Vaccination Operations for Skilled Nursing, Continuing Care Retirement Communities, Assisted Living, Dialysis Centers, Adult Care Homes, and Home Health and Hospice Care Service Providers.

Exercise Summary

Are you looking for an opportunity to meet your Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) exercise requirement while also evaluating your planning efforts for subsequent COVID-19 responses? Join All Clear Emergency Management Group on November 4, 2020 for a virtual Point of Dispensing (POD) Mass Vaccination exercise. This exercise is a healthcare community specific, operations-based exercise. All Clear will provide a scenario based interactive exercise that features both large and small breakout group discussions with a series of tasks that will help meet one of the two CMS exercise requirements. Each participating agency will receive a copy of the exercise documents and a comprehensive After-Action Report (AAR) that can be used to demonstrate compliance for one of the two CMS exercise requirements.

Exercise Objectives

1. Identify your organization’s decision-making processes to implement, manage, and sustain Point of Dispensing (POD) Mass Vaccination Operations at your facility.
   
2. Evaluate your organization’s ability to activate the current Emergency Operations Plan or Infectious Disease Response Plan.
   
3. Demonstrate your organization’s ability to effectively collect and share information "by establishing and maintaining timely and accurate communications" with local, regional, and state partners.
   
4. Identify your organization’s Critical Infrastructure / Essential Workforce and determine its ability to manage and sustain Point of Dispensing Mass Vaccinations Operations at your facility.
   
5. Determine how the continuity of care will be maintained at your organization during a prolonged Point of Dispensing Mass Vaccination Operation.

Exercise Facilitators

All Clear Emergency Management Group is an emergency management consulting firm which provides healthcare specific planning, training and exercises. All Clear's staff provides practical preparedness services to assist healthcare organizations prepare for and respond to emergencies.

Date and Time

November 4, 2020 at 1:00 PM EST

The exercise will begin promptly at 1:00 PM EST. Please attempt to login 10 minutes prior to the exercise to limit any technology complications. 

Location

For this exercise, we will be using the Zoom platform. You will be emailed the login information and all exercise documents one week prior to the exercise. 

Exercise Documents

Exercise documents will be emailed out one week prior to the exercise. 

Cost

The cost is $199 per person. Those registered on or before October 21st, 2020 will receive a $50 Early Bird discount. 

Questions

 For all questions, including help with registration or to pay by check, please contact Elaina Skarote at ElainaS@AllClearEMG.com.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

All Clear reserves the right to cancel the exercise if minimum attendance is not met by October 30, 2020. Full refunds will be given to participants if canceled by organizers. If a participant cancels their registration on or by October 30, 2020 a full refund will be issued. Requests for cancellation and refunds must be made in writing to ElainaS@AllClearEMG.com.