🏥ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting Notice
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Classifications and Public Health Data Standards Staff, announces the following meeting of the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance (C&M) Committee. This meeting is open to the public, limited only by the number of audio lines available. Online registration is required.
Learn More🦠CDC Seeks Public Comments on Antimicrobial Resistance Data Collection
The CDC invites comments on a proposed information collection project titled “Combating Antimicrobial Resistant Gonorrhea and Other STIs (CARGOS).” This initiative aims to improve surveillance and preparedness regarding antimicrobial resistance in STIs, engaging public health laboratories and healthcare providers in data collection efforts.
Learn More🏥Medicare IPPS FY 2026 Regulations
This final rule revises the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals; makes changes relating to Medicare graduate medical education (GME) for teaching hospitals; updates the payment policies and the annual payment rates for the Medicare prospective payment system (PPS) for inpatient hospital services provided by long-term care hospitals (LTCHs); updates and makes changes to requirements for certain quality programs; and makes other policy- related changes. We are also finalizing the provisions of the interim final action with comment period regarding the changes to the FY 2025 IPPS rates due to the court decision in Bridgeport Hosp. v. Becerra. Lastly, it finalizes certain updates to the ONC Health Information Technology (IT) Certification Program.
Learn More⚛️NRC Draft Report on Level 3 Risk Assessment Now Open for Comments
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing for public comment a draft report on the Level 3 Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) project; specifically, "Volume 8: Integrated Site Risk, All Hazards, Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 PRA."
Learn More🚬FDA Advisory Committee Meeting on Tobacco Products - Upcoming Notice
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC, the Committee). The general function of the Committee is to provide advice and recommendations to the Agency on FDA's regulatory issues. The meeting will be open to the public.
Learn More🧬FDA Information Collection on Infectious Disease in Xenotransplantation
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Learn More🏥CDC Invites Public Comment on National Disease Surveillance Data Collection
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled the National Disease Surveillance Program. This program collects disease specific surveillance reports of the rare diseases Reye Syndrome, Kawasaki Syndrome, Acute Flaccid Myelitis, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD).
Learn More⚛️NRC Denies Petition for Revised Design Basis Accident Dose Criteria
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking, dated November 23, 2019, submitted by John G. Parillo. The petition requested that the NRC develop a rule that would allow nuclear power plant licensees to voluntarily adopt a revised accident dose acceptance criteria for the control room, exclusion area boundary, and the low population zone outer boundary. The petition further requested revisions to clarify footnotes discussing these dose acceptance criteria in the applicable regulations. The NRC docketed the petition on February 19, 2020, and assigned it Docket No. PRM-50-121. The NRC is denying the petition because the information presented does not support rulemaking and the proposed changes are not necessary to provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection of public health and safety.
Learn More🧪NIH Center for Scientific Review
The Department of Health and Human Services announces closed meetings of the Center for Scientific Review to evaluate contract proposals and grant applications related to antimicrobial activity and neuroscience research. These discussions emphasize the confidentiality of trade secrets and personal information. The meetings will be conducted virtually and include participation from specified scientific review officers.
Learn More🏥CDC Paperwork Reduction Act Review on Medical Tourism Surveillance
The CDC is seeking public comments on its information collection request regarding adverse health outcomes linked to medical tourism. This initiative aims to improve understanding and reporting of health complications among travelers receiving healthcare abroad, addressing vital public health concerns and enhancing surveillance systems in the U.S.
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