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FDA Updates
11/01/2024

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: IPV Therapy Device Recall: Percussionaire Removes...

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

Cyber threats targeting individuals often take the form of social engineering, where attackers attempt to convince someone to engage in actions o...

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

On August 28, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published revisions to the Condition of Participation (CoP) requirements for ...

Sources:
  • Department of Health and Human Services,
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals
FDA Updates
10/25/2024

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Update: Do Not Use BioZorb Marker Implantable Rad...

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

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 13 with CY 2024 requirements an...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Rural Health Clinics

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has published the AHRQ Toolkit for MRSA Prevention in ICU & Non-ICU Settings. The Toolk...

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

In recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has pub...

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

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updates to Chapters 2 and 9, and to Appendix X of the State Operations Manual (SOM) fo...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

According to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions of Participation requirements at 42 CFR §482.80, transplant programs mus...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals
FDA Updates
10/17/2024

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Infusion Pump Recall: Zyno Medical Removes Certai...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to inform healthcare providers, pharmacists, healthcare facility adm...

Sources:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

As required under Division CC, section 407 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA, 2021), as codified in section 1822(b) of the Social Se...

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

Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an update for health care leaders on the impacts of Hurrica...

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

The Joint Commission (TJC) has announced revisions to the agency’s survey process for deemed home health agencies in their Home Care Accreditati...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Home Health

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reminding long term care facilities of the regulatory expectation that ensures nursing home ...

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