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FDA Updates
08/16/2024

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: B. Braun Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify healthcare providers, public he...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Assisted Living,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Home Health,
  • Hospitals,
  • Long Term Care,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Behavioral Health - Inpatient,
  • Rural Health Clinics

In November 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) joined agencies across the federal government in prioritizing communication i...

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

The American Red Cross, The Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies as well as the American Hospital Association are warning of an...

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  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

On May 10, 2024, CMS published new regulations under §483.71, Facility Assessment, as part of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffin...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Long Term Care
FDA Updates
08/07/2024

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Nerve Monitoring System Correction: Medtron...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Update to provide additional information about the outbreak of monkeypox viru...

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently recommended the updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines and the updated 2024-2025 flu v...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Assisted Living,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Home Health,
  • Hospitals,
  • Long Term Care,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced a settlement with the New Jersey Imaging Netw...

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care

The practice of reprocessing devices that are intended or labeled for single-use (SUDs) began in hospitals in the late 1970s. Since that time, the pra...

Sources:
  • Food and Drug Administration
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published fact sheets for three of the CMS FY 2025 payment rules: Fiscal Year 2025...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Long Term Care,
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
  • Behavioral Health - Inpatient

On July 19, 2024, Change Healthcare filed a breach report with the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concerning a ransomware attack that resulted in a...

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently used new data to analyze the U.S. burden of seven antimicrobial-resistant pathogens...

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services,
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
07/26/2024

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: UPDATE: Evaluating Plastic Syringes Made in...

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

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced a strategic reorganization within the department that will streamline and bolster techn...

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