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The Joint Commission (TJC) recently issued new FAQs, applicable to Hospital and Hospital Clinics and Critical Access Hospital accreditation programs, ...
- The Joint Commission
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to notify clinicians and public health officials about a confir...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Health Advisory to notify clinicians and public health authorities of an increase in...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Urgent Care,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Rural Health Clinics
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to update information about efforts and changes coinciding with the end of the ...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued proposed permanent rules for the prescribing of controlled medications via telemedicine, expandin...
- Miscellaneous
- Assisted Living,
- Urgent Care,
- Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
- Dialysis Facilities,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Community Mental Health Centers,
- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Office-Based Surgery,
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
- Pharmacy,
- Behavioral Health - Inpatient,
- Hospice,
- Rural Health Clinics
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) is alerting the public to a fraud scheme that uses social me...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Office of Inspector General
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
02/27/2023The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Abbott Trifecta Valves: Potential Risk of E...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
CDC Health Advisory - Increase in Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis in the United States
02/24/2023The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been monitoring an increase in extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella infections...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Urgent Care,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Clinical Lab,
- Pharmacy,
- Rural Health Clinics
COVID-19 PHE Ending – Transition Details
02/23/2023As StayAlert! has previously reported, based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
02/23/2023The following is a listing of recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Evaluation of Airborne Chemicals from Neonata...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) final rule, Radiological Health Regulations: Amendments to Records and Reports for Radiation Emitting Elec...
- Food and Drug Administration
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG), the potentially inappropriate use of antipsychoti...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Office of Inspector General
- Long Term Care
FDA Updates
02/15/2023The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: HCP Warning: Infants at Risk for Aluminum T...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
CMS Encourages Providers to Begin Preparations for End of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
02/15/2023Throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has used a combination of emergency author...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would implement portions of section 6101 of the Affordable Care...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Long Term Care