HHS Invests $13 Million to Grow and Strengthen the Nursing Workforce
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded $13 million to bolster nursing education...
CMS Updates Staff Vaccination Requirements
​On October 26, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released Memo QSO-23-02-All revising its guidance and survey procedures for all healthcare provider...
Surgeon General Releases Framework for Workplace Mental Health, Well-being
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., recently released a framework outlining recommended policies, processes and practices to support mental health and well-being in the...
Agencies Urge Action to Protect Against Ransomware Gang
The FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Department of Health and Human Services recently alerted U.S. organizations to a cybercrime group targeting the...
CMS releases new FAQs to help states prepare for end of COVID-19 emergency
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released new FAQs to help state Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Programs prepare for the...
FBI Warns of Cyber Threat Against Health Care Payment Processors
​​The FBI has received multiple reports of cyber criminals increasingly targeting healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. In each of these reports, unknown...
HRSA Announces Grant for Rural Health Networks
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is awarding 20 grants to entities with demonstrated experience or capacity to serve rural communities. The...
Payment Rates Adjusted for Certain 340B Hospitals
The Department of Health and Human Services will begin restoring a payment rate of average sales price plus 6% for 340B drug claims in...
US Department of Labor Announces $80m Funding Opportunity to Address Shortage of Nurses
The unprecedented demands that the pandemic placed on the nation’s nurses – combined with retirements and an aging workforce – have greatly increased the...
CDC Releases Updated Healthcare Setting Recommendations
The latest recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were released on September 23 which changes guidance on screening, testing, source...
