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FDA Updates
06/06/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Class 1 Recall:  Flexible Tracheostomy...

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

The Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) are rescinding July 2022 guidance, &l...

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services,
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals
FDA Updates
06/04/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Class I Recall Notices: Three Infusion Pump...

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

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) will begin performing short stay in...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Hospitals

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and international partners released a...

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  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
05/30/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: UPDATE: Risk of False Positive Lead Test Re...

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

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has sent a letter to select hospitals performing pediatric sex trait modification procedures ou...

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

AAAHC is reminding ambulatory surgery providers of patient safety considerations for patients with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Accordin...

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

In a video posted to X (formerly Twitter) U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that, as of today, the U.S. C...

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services,
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Rural Health Clinics

On February 25, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order 14221, “Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate...

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is assisting with an ongoing multistate investigation involving use of non-sterile ultrasoun...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Dialysis Facilities,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Office-Based Surgery,
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is seeking input, through the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE), on newly proposed c...

Sources:
  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in partnership with the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordi...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

AAAHC has announced the upcoming release of version 44 Standards for all programs. The agency will contact its accredited organizations with planned r...

Sources:
  • Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Ambulatory Care
FDA Updates
05/15/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: HHS, FDA Initiate Comprehensive Review ...

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