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Nishant Prasad, M.D., program director of infectious diseases at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, shares how his team reexamined its approach to central line-associated bloodstream infections and reduced occurrences to zero last year.
The FDA has updated its recognized consensus standards for medical devices to include more options for device sponsors to consider during premarket review. Find out how this affects your medical device.
The House Ways and Means Committee July 26 voted 25-16 to pass the Health Care Price Transparency Act (H.R. 4822), legislation that would impose additional site-neutral payment cuts and regulatory burdens on off-campus hospital outpatient departments, impose additional Medicare sequester cuts on鈥
With the generous support of many people and organizations, Chris Manson, vice president for government relations at OSF HealthCare in Peoria, Ill., has helped deliver over 50 ambulances and tons of medical supplies to Ukraine since March 2022
Malicious actors recently exploited a Citrix vulnerability to steal active directory data from a critical infrastructure organization, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency reported recently, urging organizations to take certain steps to detect a potential system compromise and apply鈥
The departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury released a proposed rule that seeks to ensure commercial health plans comply with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, which prohibits them from imposing more restrictive requirements on mental health or鈥
A Modern Healthcare analysis of 340B hospitals 鈥渟hould be viewed with the derision it deserves,鈥 writes AHA General Counsel & Secretary Melinda Hatton.
The Veterans Health Administration is offering free online training to help community health care providers feel confident and comfortable talking with veterans at risk for suicide about secure storage of firearms and other lethal means, which can help save lives.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration seeks comments through 5 p.m. Aug. 14 on its draft framework to integrate harm reduction strategies across its initiatives and partnerships for people who use drugs.
The Food and Drug Administration said it did not expect 鈥渁ny immediate significant impacts on supply鈥 after a tornado damaged a Pfizer plant in North Carolina that makes sterile injectables for U.S. hospitals, but is working with Pfizer to complete a more extensive assessment and will share more鈥