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The Joint Commission is reporting that their Sterile Medication Compounding Tool has been updated and is available on the organizations’ Joint C...
- The Joint Commission
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Pharmacy
FDA Updates
12/10/2020The following is a listing of recent U.S. food and Drug Administration updates and activities: AvKARE Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Sild...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
CDC Highlights Similarities in Symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning
12/09/2020According to a new update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning incidence typically rises with the ...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Clinical Lab,
- Rural Health Clinics
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing patients and health care providers that patients may be injured if they wear face masks (such...
- Food and Drug Administration
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the group that advises the CDC on pop...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- All Healthcare Organizations
Joint Commission Revises Certain Definitions in Sentinel Event Policy, Effective July 1, 2021
12/03/2020The Joint Commission’s Office of Quality and Patient Safety (OQPS) has announced revisions to definitions related to rape, assault and homicide ...
- The Joint Commission
- All Healthcare Organizations
CMS Finalizes 2021 Physician Fee Schedule
12/02/2020The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule, updating policy changes for Medicare...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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FDA Updates
12/02/2020The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Drug Interacti...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced several strategies and initiatives to allow health care systems to provide care t...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
The American College of Surgeons, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses and the American Hospital...
- Miscellaneous
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Office-Based Surgery
Happy Thanksgiving
11/25/2020The MCN Healthcare StayAlert! Team wishes you a happy and restful Thanksgiving Holiday. As a reminder our office is closed November 26-27....
- Miscellaneous
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FDA Updates
11/25/2020The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: Face Masks, Including Surgical Masks, and R...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
OIG Issues Updated COVID-19 Fraud Alert
11/24/2020The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) is reminding providers and the public of fraud related to the COVID...
- Office of Inspector General
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule designed to increase the supply of lifesaving organs available for tran...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Hospitals
FDA Updates
11/20/2020The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) update and activities: Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride Injection by F...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations