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CMS interpretation finds that EDs are healthcare occupancies

Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, March 9, 2017

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In a rather surprising interpretation by CMS, all hospital emergency departments (ED) are now required to be classified as healthcare occupancies only. For many hospitals this may not be a problem, but for those hospitals that have already classified their EDs as an ambulatory healthcare occupancy, they will have to make a change back to a healthcare occupancy designation.

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