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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...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
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...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 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...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- 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...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
07/26/2024The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: UPDATE: Evaluating Plastic Syringes Made in...
- Food and Drug Administration
- 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...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to inform healthcare providers, laboratory professionals, healthcare...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Urgent Care,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Clinical Lab,
- Rural Health Clinics
CMS Releases Updated Resource for Testing Electronic Health Care Transactions for HIPAA Compliance
07/23/2024The 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
07/23/2024The following is a listing of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Acetaminophen Injection, 1000 mg/100 mL Bags by Hi...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
CrowdStrike IT Outage Continues to Impact Hospitals and Health Systems Across the Country
07/22/2024The non-malicious global technology outage that occurred last Friday continues to impact hospitals and health systems across the country. CrowdS...
- Miscellaneous
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According to several major media outlets, a widespread technology outage has impacted multiple business sectors across the country, including airlines...
- Miscellaneous
- All Healthcare Organizations
CMS 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and ASC Payment System Proposed Rule
07/18/2024On July 10, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed Medicare payment rates for hospital outpatient and Ambulatory Surgic...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals