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AHA Statement on “Health Care Spending in the United States: Unsustainable for Patients, Employers, and Taxpayers”
The AHA shares comments on the topic of national health expenditures before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health .
CMS memo: Canopy and overhang sprinkler requirements
Advisory
This CMS memo clarifies policy on the use of the FSES when determining Life Safety Code compliance where canopies or overhangs are not sprinklered.
Advisory: Immediate Need for Healthcare Facilities to Review Procedures
Advisory
As a follow-up to a health update entitled HAN 00382 and distributed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on September 11, 2015, the CDC and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are providing this update to rescind the following recommendation.
Advisory: Hand and Environmental Hygiene: Preventing Pathogen Transmission
Advisory
Recent outbreaks of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) and adenovirus among children have raised questions about ways to prevent transmission when those affected are admitted to a health care facility. This advisory offers information regarding AFM, viruses that are currently implicated, modes of transmission and measures of prevention.
Final Regulations on Taxable Medical Devices
Advisory
The final regulations that provide guidance on the excise tax imposed on the sale of certain medical devices, enacted by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 in conjunction wi
Interim Guidance for Infection Control for Care of Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection in a Healthcare Setting
Advisory
This document provides interim guidance for infection control for healthcare facilities (e.g., hospitals, long-term care and outpatient facilities, and other settings where healthcare is provided).
IRS Issues Final Rule Implementing Medical Device Excise Tax
Letter/Comment
An announcement of the Final Rule issued by the IRS.
Hospital Compare: CMS Suspends Display of Hospital-Acquired Conditions Data
Advisory
Hospital Compare: CMS Suspends Display of Hospital-Acquired Conditions Data
Special Fraud Alert: Physician-Owned Entities
Advisory
This Special Fraud Alert focuses on the specific attributes and practices of PODs that OIG believes produce substantial fraud and abuse risk and pose dangers to patient safety.
Alarm Safety Management
Issue Brief
This learning lab covers alarm safety management in the health care supply chain field.