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24 Mar 2009, 6:59 pm
This new group will be co-chaired by two Cabinet members – Agriculture Secretary Vilsack and Health and Human Services Secretary (nominee) Sibelius – and will include senior officials from departments and agencies that are involved in food safety regulation. [read post]
11 Jun 2009, 12:46 am
The Washington Post reported that on May 20, 2009, two federal government agencies (Department of Justice and Health and Human Services) launched a high-level task force to use technology to help detect and prevent health-care fraud. [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]
16 Jul 2015, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Finance both recently sent a letter to Secretary Burwell urging the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to actually issue the Medicaid Equal Access regulations. [read post]
16 Jul 2015, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Finance both recently sent a letter to Secretary Burwell urging the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to actually issue the Medicaid Equal Access regulations. [read post]
16 Jul 2015, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Finance both recently sent a letter to Secretary Burwell urging the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to actually issue the Medicaid Equal Access regulations. [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 3:47 am
  In other news, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued final rules for achieving “meaningful use” of electronic health records.LAWMAKERS URGE CMS TO HALT HOSPITAL CUTS:In an effort to convince CMS to reconsider its proposed Medicare inpatient hospital payment reductions due to documentation and coding practice changes, 242 House Members sent a letter to the agency’s newly-installed Administrator, Donald… [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]
10 Dec 2020, 1:43 pm by Joseph W. Metro and James Segroves
In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations to establish an administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process for certain claims between Section 340B covered entities and pharmaceutical manufacturers (e.g., claims of overcharging by manufacturers and claims of covered entities taking duplicative discounts or diverting Section 340B discounted product). [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]
25 Jun 2019, 10:51 am by Jordan Ross
The order directs various federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to put forward policy changes to give patients more information about their health care pricing. [read post]
10 May 2011, 12:52 pm
Department of Health and Human Services a joystick – the Essential Health Benefits package – with the potential to rocket small-business health insurance premiums skyward. [read post]
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Thursday jointly announced new guidelines intended to clarify protections for birth control coverage from both businesses and health insurance providers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [read post]
15 Oct 2021, 5:53 am by Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M.
Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and submitted a similar petition to the Secretary of the U.S. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 11:30 am
HHS Secretary Shecantbeserious may be relaxing some privacy rules:"The Department of Health and Human Services says patients should have the right to see who has accessed their electronic health records. [read post]
8 May 2007, 12:30 am
The ACLU has charged in a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services last week that federal grants for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs are being used unconstitutionally to fund the Stop and Think program in Oregon, South Dakota and Wyoming. [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 3:00 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
The Trump Administration’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget calls for significant cuts to federal health spending, including a 10% decrease in Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) discretionary spending in FY 2021 and a $1.6 trillion net reduction in health entitlements over the next decade. [read post]
13 Feb 2010, 1:39 pm
Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius and the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, David Blumenthal, announced the HITECH funding under the ARRA for State Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) and Regional Extension Center (RECs) across the country.The White House Press Release provides a detailed list of HIEs and RECs receiving grants. [read post]