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The RHPC Board held a meeting on January 10, 2020, in Houston, Texas, during which Dr. Kevin Schultz was announced as the new RHPC Chair and Toni Carnie as Co-Chair. The board approved November minutes with a minor correction, opened nominations for an EMS Representative, and discussed healthcare preparedness updates including 32 facilities requesting the WAVE radio app, approximately 350 Long Term Care members registered with over 200 facilities for an April exercise, and new CMS rule updates that reduce preparedness burdens by requiring exercises every other year instead of annually. Additional agenda items included scheduled trainings and exercises, with the regional exercise planned for April 21-22, 2020, featuring a weather event scenario.
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