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FDA Updates
01/02/2026

The following is a list of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Intravascular Administration Set Recall: ICU M...

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently provided updated guidance for seasonal influenza prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for...

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

Happy New Year! As we close out the year, the team at StayAlert! thanks you for trusting us as your compliance resource. In 2025, we published over...

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  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
12/26/2025

The following is a list of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Early Alert: Convenience Kit Needle Issue from...

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

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is proposing revisions to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act o...

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • Hospitals

Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) refers to organ recovery following the declaration of death based on irreversible cessation of circulatory and ...

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • Hospitals
FDA Updates
12/22/2025

The following is a list of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Update on the Safety of Andexxa ReBoos...

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

As a part of the CY 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System final rule the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalize...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Home Health,
  • Hospice

 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently launched an investigation into a State health departmen...

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  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
12/12/2025

The following is a list of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Early Alert: Anesthesia System Issue from GE H...

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

The Joint Commission (TJC) recently released updated Survey Process Guides (SPGs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals, effective January 1, 20...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to inform clinicians and health departments about a new outbreak of ...

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

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken action in response to a complaint that a Midwestern school illegally vaccinated ...

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services,
  • Office of Inspector General,
  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Centers Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 8–3 to shift the longsta...

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

On November 28, CMS issued the Calendar Year 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HHA PPS), which includes a modest market-basket increase and...

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