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13 Jul 2010, 8:52 am by The Health Law Partners
Department of Health and Human Services announced its plan to expand the use of electronic health records (EHR) through incentives payments, to improve Americans' health, increase safety and reduce health care costs. [read post]
13 Jan 2010, 10:02 am by Elder Law
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the release of $1.2 billion to states to help low income citizens in the coming weeks with their heating bills. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by David Pettit
NRDC congratulates Assemblymember Rob Bonta on his nomination as California’s next Attorney General, following the confirmation of Xavier Becerra as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 10:32 am by Elder Law
At 3:30PM EST today, check out this Twitter Q&A with Jon Carson, Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, and Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging at the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
28 Feb 2009, 6:54 pm
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius accepted President Obama's request to become his secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). [read post]
10 Dec 2009, 4:19 am by FoodLaw Blogger
FDA News Release(12/9/09): Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today commended the Department of Homeland Security for opening a center devoted to ensuring the safety of foods imported to the United States. [read post]
3 Apr 2010, 7:08 am by Elder Law
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today issued a letter to governors and independent insurance commissioners asking each state to express their interest in participating in the temporary... [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 9:36 am by gstasiewicz
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it filed a lawsuit against the Obama Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to obtain documents related to President Obama’s closed-door health care meetings with Vice President Biden, HHS Secretary Sebelius, Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid and union officials in violation of a campaign promise to broadcast all… [read post]
8 Apr 2013, 7:47 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Here: Complaint An excerpt: This is a suit against the United States for breach of contract and statute by the Indian Health Service (“IHS”), an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). [read post]
19 May 2011, 6:00 am by Benjamin Thomas
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently rescinded or revised several provisions of a regulation implementing federal conscience statutes: the Church Amendments, Public Health Service Act 238n, and the Weldon Amendment. [read post]
11 Jun 2020, 8:41 am by Jeffrey Jarel Johnson
In the event of a national disaster or emergency under the Stafford Act or the National Emergencies Act and a Public Health Emergency Declaration by government officials, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary can temporarily waive certain Medicaid and Medicare criterion, which are commonly referred to as 1135 Waivers. [read post]
3 Sep 2019, 1:05 pm by Jason Whong
Department of Health and Human Services signed a 10-year contract with Emergent BioSolutions Inc. to continue to supply ACAM2000 smallpox vaccine to ... [read post]
3 Jun 2023, 8:53 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In connection with the declaration by Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Xavier Becerra of a public health emergency in Guam due to emergency conditions resulting from Typhoon Mawar, the following relief is now in effect for covered areas: For More Information We hope this update is helpful. [read post]
18 Apr 2009, 1:11 am
Under the new breach notification requirements for health records imposed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), individuals do not have to be notified if the information that was breached was rendered "unusuable, unreadable, or indecipherable" through the use of a technology or methodology by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). [read post]
13 Mar 2017, 8:23 pm by Kate Howard
Department of Health and Human Services 16-808 Issue: Whether the Secretary of Health and Human Services may ignore the statutory payment rate for a drug covered under Part B of the Medicare Act and instead cap payments at a physician’s costs to acquire that drug, either directly or under the guise of assessing “medical reasonableness. [read post]
28 Jun 2018, 3:04 pm by Ben Vernia
According to DOJ’s press release: Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 9:59 am
CMS announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will employ new standards in calculating improper Medicare payment rates for 2009. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 9:59 am
CMS announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will employ new standards in calculating improper Medicare payment rates for 2009. [read post]
17 Jun 2022, 10:40 am by Amy A. Perry
Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) issued guidance advising that covered health care providers and health plans (covered entities) can provide audio-only telehealth services as long as they are compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules (HIPAA Rules). [read post]