Retrofitting sprinklers will cost nursing homes $846 million
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, October 1, 2008
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The five-year phase-in period established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for nursing homes to install sprinklers has started a clock ticking for a variety of work, all of which will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. CMS says 2,446 of the country's 13,391 nursing homes do not have full sprinkler protection, either because they lack equipment outright or only have partial sprinkler coverage.
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