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- Hospital Equipment Maintenance Requirements | CMS
• Hospitals electing to adjust facility or medical equipment maintenance must develop policies and procedures and maintain documentation supporting their Alternate Equipment Management (AEM) program They must adhere strictly to the AEM activities and or frequencies they establish
- Medical Equipment - Inventory High Risk Equipment Maintenance . . .
Maintenance activities and frequencies follow manufacturers' instructions and recommendations for maintaining, inspecting, and testing all medical equipment in the inventory These maintenance activities and frequencies, including an alternative equipment maintenance (AEM) strategy, are documented in writing
- Alternative Equipment Maintenance Program (AEM) for Hospitals
The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS) clarified when a critical access hospital may implement an alternative equipment maintenance program, which "adjusts maintenance, inspection, and testing activities for facility and medical equipment from what is recommended by the manufacturer "
- Conducting alternate equipment-maintenance assessments
There are numerous approaches that can be effective in complying with the CMS AEM inclusion risk-assessment requirements The following comprehensive approach is intended to comply with all CMS requirements while providing options for facility-specific differences and needs
- The ABCs of Alternate Equipment Maintenance - 24x7
In February 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized changes to 42 CFR 482 41 (c) (2), the federal regulation that provides guidance on the performance of hospital maintenance activities to ensure “an acceptable level of safety and quality ”
- DO YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT (AEM . . .
• CMS issues Survey and Certification notification (S C 12-07 2011), acknowledging that manufacturer recommended preventative maintenance schedules were restrictive and excessive, and allowed for “Alternative equipment maintenance schedules” o Scope included “some facility and medical equipment ”
- SOM Appendix A - Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services
Hospitals that choose to employ alternate maintenance activities and or schedules must develop, implement, and maintain a documented AEM program to minimize risks to patients and others in the hospital associated with the use of facility or medical equipment
- 2015 Midwest Healthcare Engineering Conf. CMS TJC Alternate Equipment . . .
• “Hospital Equipment Maintenance Requirements” dated 12 20 2013 • Introduces Alternate Equipment Management (AEM)Programfor those hospitals that intend to deviate from simply following manufacturer’s activity frequency recommendations • 11 pages of detailed guidance to state surveyors in Appendix A interpretive guidelines
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