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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

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  • Miscellaneous
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
10/26/2022

The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. Initiates Volunt...

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

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), cybersecurity incidents and data breaches continue ...

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  • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Relevant To:
  • All Healthcare Organizations

Sections 1819(f)(8) and 1919(f)(10) of the Social Security Act require the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to conduct a Special ...

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  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Long Term Care

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is emphasizing important safety information about Monkeypox specimen collection. The agency ...

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

According to updated interpretive guidance from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), effective October 24, 2022, a facility initiated ...

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  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Long Term Care

As StayAlert! has previously reported, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated guidance for Long Term Care (LTC) surveyors and st...

Sources:
  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
  • Long Term Care

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated its guidance for visitation in nursing homes during COVID-19 outbreaks. Acc...

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  • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Relevant To:
  • Long Term Care

As StayAlert! has reported, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued updated Interim Infection Prevention and Control Reco...

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Relevant To:
  • Long Term Care
FDA Updates
10/14/2022

The following is a listing of recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated and activities: Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC Issues Voluntary N...

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

The Joint Commission (TJC) has made several revisions to the Environment of Care and Life Safety chapters for: Hospitals Critical Access Hospi...

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its updated global strategy which provides an overarching framework for the CDC...

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

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a number of steps to improve language access through HHS programs and advance the...

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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 about a recently confirmed outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in ...

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

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued updated Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare P...

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