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On July 6, 2023, President Bola Tinubu signed four executive orders, including the suspension of the 5 percent excise tax on telecommunication services to ameliorate the negative impact of tax adjustments on businesses and households. According to an executive bill, titled ‘Nigeria Tax Bill 2024,’ the national assembly is seeking reintroduction of the excise duty. The bill

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced a new proposed rule on Tuesday, containing new statutory language for further implementation and certification criteria of the 21st Cures Act.  The rule – Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing, or HTI-1 – will be published next week in

Skip to main content MH Illustration/Getty Images Companies that use ethylene oxide to sterilize medical products would have to significantly reduce employee and community exposure to the carcinogenic chemical under a proposed rule the Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday. Ethylene oxide, or EtO, is a colorless gas used to sterilize medical equipment such as syringes

Skip to main content Hospitals complying with quality reporting rules and the electronic health records meaningful-use policy would get a 2.8% net increase in Medicare reimbursements in fiscal 2024 under the hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule published Monday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Hospital inpatient rates for the coming fiscal

India’s Finance Minister insists that the only way to protect investors worldwide lies in putting concerted efforts into a global framework. The G20 is presently working on a global framework that will help member nations to deal with risks that may arise from their crypto-related dealings. To this end, the India-led presidency of the intergovernmental

Skip to main contentInpatient rehabilitation facilities would receive a net 3% Medicare reimbursement increase in fiscal 2024 under a proposed rule the Centers for...

WithSecure’s Activity Monitor technology supposedly overcomes the shortcomings of sandbox test environments, and may be able to stop ransomware attacks from ever happening By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 23 Feb 2023 23:45 Cyber security supplier WithSecure is piloting a newly developed technology that supposedly makes a sandbox test environment more accessible, and claims it

The chair of the Federal Trade Commission has proposed new rules to tackle the scourge of text message scams. If the agency's commissioners approve the rules at a meeting in March, providers would have to block robotexts that are "highly likely to be illegal," chair Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement. The FCC has yet