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The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently published the results of a survey conducted by the Institute for Safe Medication Pract...
- Miscellaneous
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Urgent Care,
- Dialysis Facilities,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Office-Based Surgery,
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
- Hospice,
- Rural Health Clinics
The recent and ongoing disasters from Hurricane Helene and the wildfires in California have increased the need for some health care facilities to offe...
- The Joint Commission
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals
FDA Updates
01/23/2025The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities. FDA Requires Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
The Joint Commission has issued a revised “Infection Prevention and Control” (IC) chapter, including new and revised requirements for the ...
- The Joint Commission
- Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
- Office-Based Surgery,
- Behavioral Health - Inpatient
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released updates for Chapter 6 of the State Operations Manual (SOM) providing guida...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has published three new rules to make permanent temporary telemedicine flexibilities established during...
- Miscellaneous
- Telehealth,
- Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
- Medical Office,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care
HHS Office for Civil Rights Reinforces State Medicaid Agencies’ Obligations Under Civil Rights Laws
01/17/2025The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced the resolution of twenty-seven matters to reinforc...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
FDA Updates
01/17/2025The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates and activities: FDA Warns Health Care Professionals Not to Use Ep...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
CDC Health Advisory Encourages Accelerated Subtyping of Influenza A in Hospitalized Patients
01/16/2025A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Advisory is informing clinicians and laboratories of sporadic human infections with avia...
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Hospitals,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Clinical Lab
On June 21, 2021, OSHA issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to protect workers in healthcare settings, finding that COVID-19 presented a grave...
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has declared that an emergency exists in the state of California and U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights recently published a Dear Colleague Letter with guidance on obligations under...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- All Healthcare Organizations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued new guidance about obligations under the disability pr...
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers,
- Rural Emergency Hospitals,
- Assisted Living,
- Urgent Care,
- Behavioral Health - Outpatient,
- Dialysis Facilities,
- Medical Office,
- Critical Access Hospitals,
- Home Health,
- Hospitals,
- Community Mental Health Centers,
- All Healthcare Organizations,
- Long Term Care,
- Ambulatory Care,
- Office-Based Surgery,
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility,
- Clinical Lab,
- Pharmacy,
- Behavioral Health - Inpatient,
- Hospice,
- Rural Health Clinics
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an update regarding Condition of Participation (COP) § 484.50 for Hom...
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Home Health
FDA Updates
01/07/2025The following is a listing of recent U.S. Food and Srug Administration (FDA) updates and activities: FDA Requires Guillain-Barré Syndrome...
- Food and Drug Administration
- All Healthcare Organizations