CMS ordered its state and regional surveyors to suspend “non-emergency inspections across the country” to allow “inspectors to turn their focus on...Read More »
Health experts are warning providers that COVID-19 might be a long-term problem. Whether it’s contained in the U.S. to only a few dozen cases or...Read More »
As we enter March, some parts of the U.S. will be feeling their first taste of warm weather. It’s tempting to take the climbing temperatures for...Read More »
As mass casualty events go, the 75-vehicle pileup on the Sunday before Christmas on an interstate in southeastern Virginia could have been much...Read More »
Build off any protocols you already have for handling extra-busy days at your emergency department (ED) to create a patient surge plan that can...Read More »
As of January 1, CMS eliminated the paper version of the form to report patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion. Form CMS-10455 must...Read More »
Dig out and update your plan for screening for MERS-CoV, Ebola, measles or any other infectious disease with the latest information on the newly...Read More »
