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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiated their Hospital Sepsis Program Core Elements in August 2023 with the intention of h...
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CMS Publishes Updates Model Signage for the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)
08/20/2024The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published updated model signage that Medicare-participating hospitals may use to me...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to notify clinicians and public health authorities of an increase in...
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FDA Updates
08/16/2024The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: B. Braun Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to notify healthcare providers, public he...
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- Home Health,
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- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
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- 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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Red Cross Declares Emergency Blood Shortage
08/09/2024The 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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On May 10, 2024, CMS published new regulations under §483.71, Facility Assessment, as part of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffin...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Long Term Care
FDA Updates
08/07/2024The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Nerve Monitoring System Correction: Medtron...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Update to provide additional information about the outbreak of monkeypox viru...
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- 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...
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- 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...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- 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...
- Food and Drug Administration
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
CMS Releases Three 2025 Payment Fact Sheets
08/01/2024The 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...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- 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...
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- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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