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• Deadline for Comments on Proposed Rules Amending the Perinatal Health Care Code (3/2/10)
  • IHA Summary of Proposed Rules

   

• Webinar on Clinical Integration (2/23/10)
   
• Advocacy Alert: Urge Your Senator to Oppose SB2593 to Impose New Fees on Hospitals (2/18/10)
   
• FDA & STERIS System 1 Processor Resources
  • FDA Notice: Concerns About the STERIS System 1 Processor, Components and Accessories, and FDA Recommendations
  • Questions and Answers About the STERIS System 1 Processor for Health Care Facilities
  • Alternatives to STERIS System 1
  • Transcript: December 10, 2009 STERIS Conference Call
     
• Expedited Partner Therapy (PowerPoint presentation by Charlie Rabins, MPH, Illinois Department of Public Health)
   
• Illinois Adverse Health Care Event Reporting Law (Updated 11/13/09)
   
• New Legislation, Rules on Treatment of Sexual Assault Survivors (10/21/09)
  - Sexual Assault Survivors - Voucher System Information (2/4/09)
  - Amendments to Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act (SASETA) (10/16/07)
   
• Partner Therapy for Certain Sexually Transmitted Diseases (10/21/09)
   
• Legislation on Health Facility Closure (8/25/09)
   
• Change to Abandoned Newborn Law (8/19/09)
   
• Stroke Center Legislation (HB2244) Passes (6/22/09)
   
• Hospitalists and Your Hospital - Creating and Sustaining Success (Order form for CD from Webinar program)
   
• CMS Requirements for Standing Orders, Signatures (11/5/08)
   
• New Rules on Pet Therapy (10/1/08)
   
• Orders of Protection that Deny Access to a Child's Records (8/27/08)
   
• Mandatory Reporting Requirements for Physicians (8/20/08)
   
• Perinatal HIV Prevention Act Amendments (4/23/08)
   
• Flu and Pneumonia Vaccination Procedures (3/26/08)
   
• Public Act 95-442: Expansion of Reporting Requirements for Controlled Substances
  - IHA Memo on Prescription Monitoring Program (2/6/08)
  - Public Act 95-442
  - Illinois Controlled Substances Act (720 ILCS 570/)
  - Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program
  - Department of Human Services Information Packet, prepared by Atlantic Associates, Inc.
  - Help-line for Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program (1-888-492-7341, Atlantic Associates, Inc.)   
   
• Genetic and Metabolic Screening - New Provisions (1/23/08)
   
• New Law on Perinatal Mental Health Disorders (10/16/07)
   
• Changes to Language Assistance Services Act (10/16/07)
   
• HIV Testing Provisions Effective June 2008 (7/18/07)
   

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

• CMS' Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Information for Providers (toolkit and information on upcoming free workshops)

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• Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Division of Professional Regulation - including license renewal information and disciplinary reports)

• Screening, Assessment and Support Services (SASS) Program