CMS Issues Additional COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Coverage Guidance
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) alongside the Department of Labor and Department of the Treasury issued new guidance related to COVID-19...
CMS Issues New Guidance for Hospitals Regarding Mass Vaccinations
Additional Guidance is now available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding updated guidance about mass vaccination events either on campus...
FBI Notification- Telephony Denial of Service Attacks and Disruption of Emergency Call Center Operations
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is issuing a Private Industry Notification (PIN) to provide awareness regarding Telephony Denial of Service (TDoS) attacks. TDoS...
Clinical Guidance for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reminding healthcare professionals seeing patients from the areas affected by recent winter storms to maintain...
Registration Open for Provider Relief Fund Recipients of Payments Exceeding $10,000
Recipients of Provider Relief Fund (PRF) payments exceeding $10,000 in aggregate must register in the Provider Relief Fund Reporting Portal. At present, there is no...
HHS Issues Federal Poverty Level Guidelines for 2021
​The United States Department of Health and Human Services released the poverty guidelines for 2021. The federal poverty guidelines are used to determine financial...
HHS Announces Marketplace Special Enrollment Period for COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
President Biden issued an Executive Order on January 28 requiring the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare...
HHS releases details on change to permit retired and inactive clinicians to administer COVID-19...
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday amended its declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act to permit physicians, registered nurses...
New Nursing Home Five Star Data Released by CMS
CMS is releasing new Nursing Home 5 Star Data on Thursday, January 28th. For this report the Health Inspection rating freeze has ended so...
HHS Announces Enforcement Discretion for COVID-19 Vaccination Appointment Scheduling
​The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will exercise its enforcement discretion...
