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FDA Updates
04/13/2022The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: FDA Takes Important Steps to Increase Racia...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its fiscal year (FY) 2023 Skilled Nursing Facilities Prospective Payment System (SNF...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Long Term Care
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued new guidance designed to assist organizations in understanding when they shou...
- Miscellaneous
- All Healthcare Organizations
Joint Commission Announces Revised Requirements for Home Health Agencies, Effective Immediately
04/08/2022The Joint Commission (TJC) has announced that seven elements of performance (EPs) within their Home Health Agency (HHA) Accreditation Program have bee...
- The Joint Commission
- Home Health
In response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) and under authority set out at section 1135 of the Social Security Act, the Centers for Medi...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Dialysis Facilities,
- Long Term Care,
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
FDA Updates
04/06/2022The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Change in Reprocessing Methods with Certain...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is seeking feedback on two requirements of the Health Info...
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
- All Healthcare Organizations
Joint Commission Clarifies Documentation Requirements for Mandatory Staff COVID-19 Vaccination
04/05/2022The Joint Commission (TJC) recently addressed a frequently asked question about documentation requirements for the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirem...
- The Joint Commission,
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care
COVID-19 Test to Treat Program
04/04/2022A new federal Test to Treat program gives people a fast and easy way to get lifesaving treatment for COVID-19. In this program, people can get tested ...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
04/01/2022The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities. LeadCare II, LeadCare Plus, and LeadCare Ul...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized and the CDC has recommended a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna COVID-...
- Food and Drug Administration,
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
The National Standards Group (NSG), on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently issued two guidance letters: Busine...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
03/30/2022The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: FDA Limits Use ...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) new COVID-19 Quarantine and Isolation (Q&I) Calculator is an online, mobile-friendly too...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has published a new toolkit that provides hospital infection prevention programs with a roadmap ...
- Miscellaneous
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals