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FDA Updates
04/18/2025The following is a listing of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Early Alert: Intravascular PICC Catheter Issue fro...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
CISA Releases Guidance on Credential Risks Associated with Potential Legacy Oracle Cloud Compromise
04/17/2025The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published guidance regarding potential unauthorized access to a legacy Oracle cloud ...
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- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- 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,
- All Healthcare Organizations,
- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Office-Based Surgery,
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
- Clinical Lab,
- Pharmacy,
- Behavioral Health - Inpatient,
- Hospice,
- Rural Health Clinics
The Joint Commission is reminding health care occupancies about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) final rule effective July 5, 2016, wh...
- The Joint Commission,
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Hospice
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published new guidance and launched a new online portal where whistleblowers can ...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule for updates to Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursi...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Long Term Care
CMS Seeks Comments Inpatient Hospital Whole-Person Care, Proposes Updates to Medicare Payments
04/11/2025The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payments and policies for inpatient and l...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas has vacated the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' minimum staffing mandate ...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Long Term Care
Telehealth Extensions Explained
04/09/2025According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), many of the Medicare telehealth flexibilities that were in place during the ...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Telehealth
DNV Requirements for Hospital Maintenance, Inspection and Testing of Life Management Systems
04/09/2025DNV Healthcare recently issued updated and revised Accreditation Requirements, Interpretive Guidelines & Surveyor Guidance for Hospitals (Revision...
- National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (DNV)
- Hospitals
FDA Updates
04/04/2025The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Vascular Cannula Recall: Medtronic Removes ...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is recruiting adult intensive care units (ICUs) and non-ICUs to participate in a free 9-month pr...
- Miscellaneous
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
According to AAAHC, credentialing, privileging, and peer review are high deficiency requirements, meaning that accredited organizations often face cha...
- Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers
CDC Update on Measles Outbreak
04/02/2025The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided the following update about the measles outbreak in the United States. As ...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission (TJC) has announced the following revisions: APR.01.03.01, EP 1 for all accreditation programs CPR.02, EP 1 for all certi...
- The Joint Commission
- All Healthcare Organizations
HHS Announces Agency Restructuring
03/31/2025Notice: HHS Announces Agency Restructuring The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a dramatic restructuring in accorda...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations