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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a new Fact Sheet outlining progress made in the last year in responding to Long COVI...

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

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to inform clinicians and public health departments in the United Sta...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Pharmacy,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published a letter to remind states of their obligations under fe...

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  • Department of Health and Human Services
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS) has rescinded a previous memorandum (QSO-20-31-ALL), Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Contr...

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  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Long Term Care
FDA Updates
04/03/2023

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Atovaquone Oral Suspension USP, 750 mg/5 mL by Ca...

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

The Joint Commission (TJC) has announced the approval of 81 new requirements for Joint Commission–accredited behavioral health and human service...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Behavioral Health - Outpatient
FDA Updates
04/01/2023

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Recall by Datascope/Getinge of Certain Cardiosave...

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

The Joint Commission (TJC) has issued a new Quick Safety report stressing the importance of using validated tools to conduct risk screening. According...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals,
  • Assisted Living,
  • Urgent Care,
  • Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
  • Dialysis Facilities,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Home Health,
  • Hospitals,
  • Community Mental Health Centers,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
  • Behavioral Health - Inpatient,
  • Rural Health Clinics

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a mobile device security check...

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

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has launched the Organ P...

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  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

As StayAlert! has previously reported, Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs) are a new Medicare Part A provider type and as of January 1, 2023, CMS pays fo...

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  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Rural Emergency Hospitals

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging fungus considered an urgent antimic...

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

The Joint Commission (TJC) is seeking comment from the field on proposed new requirements that address environmental sustainability. The proposed requ...

Sources:
  • The Joint Commission
Relevant To:
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has extended the comment period for the proposed rule that appeared in the Federal Register on Decemb...

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  • Department of Health and Human Services
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
03/21/2023

The following is a listing of recent US Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: FDA Releases New Educational Resources for Pat...

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