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The Joint Commission has issued Sentinel Event #64 – addressing health care disparities by improving quality and safety. According to TJC, addre...

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  • The Joint Commission
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released an update to the Health Care Fraud Self-Disclosu...

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  • Office of Inspector General
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CDC) has issued an update to their October 14, 2021 update: Expansion of Recall of LeadCare Blood...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
11/09/2021

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Aligned Medical Solutions Recalls Custom Co...

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated their Health Alert for the Multistate Investigation of Non-travel Associated&nbs...

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

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an interim final rule with comment period requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligi...

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  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) has recommended that childre...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its blood level reference value (BLRV) for children from 5 µg/dL to 3.5 µ...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Urgent Care,
  • Medical Office,
  • Critical Access Hospitals,
  • Hospitals,
  • Ambulatory Care,
  • Clinical Lab,
  • Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
11/01/2021

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Zimmer Biomet Recalls ROSA One 3.1 Brain Ap...

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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 to include c...

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  • Food and Drug Administration,
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting two new U.S. human infections with influenza viruses that usually spread in pig...

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

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued updated guidance related to COVID-19 vaccines and compliance with EEOC laws and requirem...

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  • Miscellaneous
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  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
10/27/2021

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: FDA Strengthens Safety Requirements and Update...

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  • Food and Drug Administration
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  • All Healthcare Organizations

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is currently engaged in rulemaking to implement Section 407 of the Consolidated Appropriatio...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
  • Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality
Relevant To:
  • Hospice
FDA Updates
10/26/2021

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Important Information About Endometrial Abl...

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