Sonic Healthcare USA to Begin Monkeypox Testing, Increasing Nationwide Testing Capacity
Sonic Healthcare USA (Sonic) will begin testing for monkeypox using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) orthopoxvirus...
Report Urges Action to Reduce Drug Overdose Deaths and Disparities
Drug overdose death rates in 2020 increased 44% among Black people and 39% among American Indian and Alaska Native...
HHS Issues Guidance on EMTALA Obligations, Protections
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released guidance and a letter to providers regarding HHS enforcement of the...
Join NRHA for a Listening Session on New REH and CAH CoP
Join the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) for a listening session on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
CDC Reports Increase in Drug-resistant Infections During Pandemic
After declining in recent years, antimicrobial-resistant infections starting during hospitalization grew 15% from 2019 to 2020, the Centers for...
SAMHSA Adds Tools to Help Promote 988 Crisis Line Launching July 16
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has expanded its toolkit to help health care providers and...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories Begin Monkeypox Testing
Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester, Minn., will begin testing for monkeypox, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
HHS distributes Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund payments
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is making...
CMS Updates and Expands Surveyor Guidance for Nursing Homes for Phase 2 and 3...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has given surveyors new rules and updates to allow surveyors to...
FBI Warns of North Korean ‘Maui’ Ransomware Threat on Health Care and Public Sectors
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of the Treasury issued...