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FDA Updates
04/18/2025

The following is a listing of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Early Alert: Intravascular PICC Catheter Issue fro...

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

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published guidance regarding potential unauthorized access to a legacy Oracle cloud ...

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  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • 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...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission,
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • 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 ...

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

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

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payments and policies for inpatient and l...

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

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • Long Term Care

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), many of the Medicare telehealth flexibilities that were in place during the ...

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

DNV Healthcare recently issued updated and revised Accreditation Requirements, Interpretive Guidelines & Surveyor Guidance for Hospitals (Revision...

Sources:
  • National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (DNV)
Relevant To:
  • Hospitals
FDA Updates
04/04/2025

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Vascular Cannula Recall: Medtronic Removes ...

Sources:
  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • 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...

Sources:
  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

According to AAAHC, credentialing, privileging, and peer review are high deficiency requirements, meaning that accredited organizations often face cha...

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided the following update about the measles outbreak in the United States.  As ...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • 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...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

Notice: HHS Announces Agency Restructuring The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a dramatic restructuring in accorda...

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations