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DNV Healthcare has added a new requirement to their Hospital and Critical Access Hospital NIAHO accreditation standards. The addition is intended to a...
- National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (DNV)
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) is alerting the public about a fraud scheme involving Durable M...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Office of Inspector General
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Assisted Living,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Rural Health Clinics
The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) has revised the State Operating Manual (SOM) - Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) to reflect...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
- Community Mental Health Centers
FDA Updates
03/08/2024The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Ventec Life Systems Recalls VOCSN Patient B...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission has announced that, effective July 1, 2024, they are revising the glossary definition of “designated equivalent source&rdqu...
- The Joint Commission
- Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Office-Based Surgery,
- Behavioral Health - Inpatient
FDA Draft Guidance on Informed Consent
03/06/2024The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking input on new draft guidance “Key Information and Facilitating Understanding in Informed Consent...
- Food and Drug Administration
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), recently finalized its work with New York-Presbyterian Hospital...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) National Standards Group (NSG), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health & Human S...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
03/01/2024The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Follow Instructions for Safe Use of Electric...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
In response to active exploitation of a cybersecurity vulnerability, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau o...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), recently announced a settlement under the Health Insurance...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- All Healthcare Organizations
What Providers Should Know about Xylazine
02/26/2024According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a tranquilizer called xylazine is increasingly being found in the US illegal dr...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Urgent Care,
- Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Behavioral Health - Inpatient,
- Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
02/24/2024The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Updated Recommendations for Certain Medtronic Ele...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission (TJC) is seeking input from the field on a proposed rewrite of the restraint, seclusion, and physical holding standards in the be...
- The Joint Commission
- Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
- Behavioral Health - Inpatient
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights issued two Reports to Congress on Health Insurance Portability and Accounta...
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- All Healthcare Organizations