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Summary of TJC 2024 Sentinel Event Data
10/09/2025The Joint Commission recently released their Sentinel Event Data 2024 Annual Review summarizing the reports made to TJC’s sentinel event databas...
- The Joint Commission
- Assisted Living,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Hospice
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced a settlement with five health care providers,...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its adult and child immunization schedules to reflect recent recommendations from the...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
In November 2024, CMS released the 2025 Final Rule for the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and the Ambulatory Surgical ...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
Updated Guidelines for the Management of Occupational HIV Exposures in Healthcare Settings
10/03/2025The 2025 US Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Recommendation...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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The following is the status of U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) operations during the government shutdown: Claims Processin...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised its survey process for Rural Health Centers (RHCs) following regulatory updates to ...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Rural Health Clinics
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) has announced the CMS National Training Program page will no longer be updated and the site ...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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In an effort to promote transparency, accountability, and compliance across all federally funded programs and to strengthen oversight and promote time...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Miscellaneous
- Medical Office,
- Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
09/25/2025The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Early Alert: TactiFlex Ablation Catheter Issue fr...
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Global Antibiotic Stewardship Evaluation Tool (G-ASET) for Inpatient Healthcare Facilities
09/24/2025The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, University of Oxford with Duke University co...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
New CDC Report Warns of Increases in NDM-CRE, Urges Healthcare Provider Awareness and Testing
09/23/2025The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network is reporting a substantial rise in carbapenem-re...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Urgent Care,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Rural Health Clinics
Joint Commission and CHAI Release Initial Guidance on Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare
09/22/2025The Joint Commission (TJC), in collaboration with the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), has released new guidance on the responsible use of artificial i...
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- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently released influenza vacc...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Assisted Living,
- Urgent Care,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Community Mental Health Centers,
- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Pharmacy,
- Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
09/17/2025The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Do Not Use Unauthorized Devices for Measuring Blo...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations