COVID-19

All U.S. states and territories are now subject to the CMS interim final rule requiring staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Look for CMS and accrediting organizations to start fully enforcing the agency’s recent interim rule requiring all staff at hospitals and other...Read More »

Update your policies on vaccines and make sure the changes are approved before your next survey now that CMS, The Joint Commission (TJC), and the...Read More »

For the eighth time since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared...Read More »

Supreme Court justices hearing emergency arguments about an...Read More »

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DNV has announced that it will conduct its annual NIAHO^® surveys remotely at least through the end of February. The triennial onsite...Read More »

OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) that was designed to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 exposure is on hiatus, but keep meeting...Read More »

Delayed or deferred care likely contributed to excess deaths in New Jersey during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, a recent ...Read More »