Medicare 2022 Conversion Factor Update

After a multi-year effort, the long-awaited revision of Chapter 797 Standards for Sterile Compounding (797) of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) has been released with an expected implementation date of November 1, 2023. Thanks to the joint efforts of the AAOA,…

On Friday, November 5, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an interim final rule with comment period establishing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) for employers with 100 or more employees.[1] Under the ETS, covered employers must develop, implement,…

The Biden administration released two rules mandating vaccination in the workplace.  First, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) mandating that health care workers at facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid to be fully…