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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will exercise its enforcement discretion ...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- All Healthcare Organizations
CMS Highlights Hospital Survey Priorities
01/22/2021The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a memorandum to State Survey Directors highlighting hospital survey priorities fo...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
OIG Work Plan – January 2021 Updates
01/20/2021The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released updates to their Work Plan. Audits and stu...
- Office of Inspector General
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has updated its list of data elements that should be reported to the federal government as a part of ...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
Understanding the New Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Reforms Effective January 19, 2021
01/18/2021The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued two final rules intended to reduce regulatory barriers and provide greater flex...
- Department of Health and Human Services,
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
01/15/2021The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: FDA Issues New Policy on Coagulation System...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released an announcement regarding its collaborative wi...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
DNV GL has released interpretive guidelines and surveyor guidance for their hospital accreditation program requirements. This guidance is for th...
- National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (DNV)
- Hospitals
The COVID-19 PHE brought to light several challenges related to the submission, tracking and issuance of 1135 Waivers due to the volume of requests fo...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission is proposing new and revised resuscitation requirements for their hospital and critical access hospital accreditation programs an...
- The Joint Commission
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
FDA Updates
01/11/2021The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Boston Scientific Announces LOTUS Edge&trad...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued guidance for surveyors related to the changes the agency made to Clinical Laborat...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Clinical Lab
FDA Updates
01/08/2021The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: FDA Issues Alert Regarding SARS-CoV-2 Viral...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will temporarily exercise survey enforcement discretion rega...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers
FDA Updates
01/07/2021The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Nostrum Laboratories, Inc. Expands Voluntar...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations