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In a recent memo to state survey agencies, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services encouraged hospitals to review their maternal health policies and procedures and incorporate maternal safety bundles and other evidence-based best practices for managing obstetric emergencies and addressing鈥
President Biden ordered federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, to take certain actions to reduce administrative burden and improve the customer experience for organizations and the public.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has created a webpage to provide the latest public information and vendor-supplied advisories on a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Apache Log4j software library versions 2.0-beta9 to 2.14.1.
A ransomware attack has impacted several Ultimate Kronos Group services that hospitals and other organizations use to manage their employees and payrolls, the HR management company has confirmed.
Pfizer announced additional phase 2/3 clinical trial data for its COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment, indicating the pill鈥檚 high degree of effectiveness in reducing high-risk patients鈥 risks of hospitalization or death from SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced that later this week it will distribute $9 billion of the $17 billion in Provider Relief Fund 鈥淧hase 4鈥 payments to providers who have experienced revenue losses and expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Food and Drug Administration released a discussion paper on 3D printing of medical devices at the point of care to facilitate input from stakeholders and others to inform future guidance. The agency will accept comments on the paper for 60 days.
Health care organizations should survey their information infrastructure to ensure they are not running vulnerable versions of the Apache Log4j Java library, upgrade any vulnerable systems and identify possible exploitation, the Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Health Sector Cybersecurity鈥
The Measure Applications Partnership workgroups will meet virtually to discuss performance measures under consideration by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, including measures related to hospitals鈥 commitment to addressing health equity as well as severe obstetric complications.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied a stay pending appeal of the Missouri district court鈥檚 preliminary injunction enjoining the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services vaccine mandate in the 10 states that are part of that lawsuit.