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FDA Updates
11/01/2024The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: IPV Therapy Device Recall: Percussionaire Removes...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
Social Engineering – What You Need to Know
10/30/2024Cyber threats targeting individuals often take the form of social engineering, where attackers attempt to convince someone to engage in actions o...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- 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 ...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
FDA Updates
10/25/2024The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Update: Do Not Use BioZorb Marker Implantable Rad...
- Food and Drug Administration
- 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...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- 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...
- Miscellaneous
- 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...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- 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...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- 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...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
FDA Updates
10/17/2024The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Infusion Pump Recall: Zyno Medical Removes Certai...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
CDC Health Advisory about Disruptions in Peritoneal Dialysis and IV Solution Availability
10/16/2024The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to inform healthcare providers, pharmacists, healthcare facility adm...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
CMS Hospice Special Focus Program (SFP)
10/14/2024As 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...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- 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...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- 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...
- The Joint Commission
- Home Health
Compliance with Residents’ Rights Requirement related to Nursing Home Residents’ Right to Vote
10/09/2024The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is reminding long term care facilities of the regulatory expectation that ensures nursing home ...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Long Term Care