The United States Senate has released a report on the outbreak of deadly bacterial infections linked to contaminated medical scopes. According to the report, Preventable Tragedies: Superbugs and How Ineffective...
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Question: What are the federal requirements for reporting adverse events related to medical devices? Answer: Under the Medical Device Reporting (MDR) regulation, 21 CFR 803, device user facilities are required to report...
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Question: Where can I find more information on a patient’s right to access his/her health information? Answer: You are in luck. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil...
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Question: How should home health workers of a Home Health Agency (HHA) dispose of protected health information that they use off of the HHA’s premises? Answer: The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires that covered...
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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released updated nutritional guidelines that encourage Americans to adopt a series of...
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MCN Healthcare staff give back in a variety of ways during the year. One of our clinical staff recently travelled to Madagascar through the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. This group sends...
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MCN HEALTHCARE Regulatory Compliance Solutions for Healthcare Organizations, Including Policy Management Software, Policy Library Templates, StayAlert! - Regulatory Alert System, and Learning Management System www.mcnhealthcare.com ...
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Question: Have there been changes to the Stark Law? Answer: Yes – on November 16, 2015 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule with revisions and new...
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Think Cultural Health (TCH) is the flagship initiative of the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health Center for Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Health Care. TCH...
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Question: Can you supply CMS definitions for spouse, marriage and family? Answer: The definitions for spouse, marriage, family and relative can be in the State Operations Manual Appendix W - Survey Protocol, Regulations...
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