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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a new Bulletin to highlight the obligations of ...
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission has announced that, effective immediately, the agency is revising requirements for the time frame in which organization must eval...
- The Joint Commission
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Office-Based Surgery,
- Behavioral Health - Inpatient
Joint Commission Adds Safety Briefings to Survey Process for All Programs, Effective January 1, 2023
12/06/2022The Joint Commission (TJC) is adding safety briefings to all accreditation surveys and certification and verification reviews, effective January 1, 20...
- The Joint Commission
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
12/05/2022The following is a listing of recent US Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: Impella RP System Post-Approval Study Results and U...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
As part of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) Health Care Subgroup, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Insp...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Community Mental Health Centers,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Rural Health Clinics
The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC) has updated their healthcare laundry standards for 2023. HLAC offers a voluntary accreditatio...
- Miscellaneous
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
12/01/2022The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Medtronic Recall Related to HeartWare Ventr...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a new memorandum for hospitals that addresses workplace violence and reminds hosp...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
The World Health Organization has announced that, in consultation with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as...
- Miscellaneous
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS), through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admi...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- Urgent Care,
- Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Community Mental Health Centers,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Behavioral Health - Inpatient,
- Rural Health Clinics
The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated its MLN Matters Booklet for Federally Qualified Health Centers. Updates fr...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
11/23/2022The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and drug Administration updates and activities: FDA investigating risk of severe hypocalcemia in ...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
Happy Thanksgiving
11/23/2022The MCN Healthcare StayAlert! team wishes you a happy and restful Thanksgiving Holiday. As a reminder our office is closed November 24-25. &...
- Miscellaneous
- All Healthcare Organizations
Monkeypox cases have declined since mid-August 2022 in the United States; however, new cases, including clinically severe cases, continue to occur. Wh...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Urgent Care,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Clinical Lab,
- Pharmacy,
- Rural Health Clinics
FDA Updates
11/22/2022The following is a listing of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Update: Certain Philips Respironics Ventilators, B...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations