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OIG Work Plan – Recent Updates
08/03/2021The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released updates to their Work Plan. Audits and stu...
- Office of Inspector General
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finalized the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment system (IPPS) for FY 2022. The final rule...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
CMS Issues Four Final FY 2022 Payment Rules
07/30/2021The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published four FY 2022 Payment Rules: SNF Prospective Payment System: FY 2022 Final R...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Long Term Care,
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
- Behavioral Health,
- Hospice
CDC Health Advisory - Vaccination to Prevent COVID-19 Outbreaks with Current and Emergent Variants
07/29/2021The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to notify public health practitioners and clinicians about the urgen...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated the agency’s interim public health recommendations for fully vaccinated people. ...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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FDA Updates
07/28/2021The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: FDA alerts patients and health care professionals...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have new guidance on how "long COVID" can be...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report recently released Notes from the Field noting independe...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
07/23/2021The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: FDA Authorizes Imported Becton Dickinson So...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission (TJC) has revised the definition of Sentinel Event and their Sentinel Event Policy, applicable to all TJC accreditation and certi...
- The Joint Commission
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Informa...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
07/21/2021The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Pfizer Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has, renewed, effective July 20, 2021, the January 31, 2020, public health emergency (PHE) dete...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with the Texas Department of State Health Services and Dallas County Health and...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Clinical Lab,
- Rural Health Clinics
The U.S. Government has launched a new website to help public and private organizations defend against the rise in ransomware cases. StopRansomwa...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations