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FDA Updates
08/28/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Vascular Stent Recall: Boston Scientific Re...

Sources:
  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reminding health care providers and facilities about the safe use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) d...

Sources:
  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

According to the Joint Commission (TJC), the storage of concentrated electrolytes in patient care areas outside of the pharmacy is permitted only in s...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Dialysis Facilities,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Pharmacy

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) recently released v44 Standards, which will be effective as of December 16, 2025. ...

Sources:
  • Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Care

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently transitioned to a cloud-based Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (i...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Long Term Care

The American Medical Association (AMA) has released its STEPS Forward® Governance for Augmented Intelligence toolkit, and eight-step guide provide...

Sources:
  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

On July 1, 2025, OSHA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to remove OSHA's COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard and its ...

Sources:
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
08/21/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: B. Braun Medical Issues Voluntary Nationwide Reca...

Sources:
  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) have released updated 2025 guidelines for the prevention and management ...

Sources:
  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Assisted Living,
  • Telehealth,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
  • Dialysis Facilities,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Home Health,
  • Hospitals,
  • Community Mental Health Centers,
  • Long Term Care,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Office-Based Surgery,
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
  • Behavioral Health - Inpatient,
  • Hospice,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking comments on the addition of tw...

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services final rule for rural health clinics, published December 9, 2024 went into effect on January 1, 202...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Rural Health Clinics

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) approved recommendations for RSV...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Telehealth,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Long Term Care,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights has issued deregulatory guidance in the form of frequently asked questions (...

Sources:
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

This year record-breaking numbers of measles cases and outbreaks have been reported in the United States. Despite measles being declared eliminated in...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Telehealth,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Home Health,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serviced (CMS) has released the Fiscal Year 2026 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and L...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals