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13 Apr 2011, 9:34 am
HITECH expanded the authority of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to impose civil monetary penalties on “covered entities” and “business associates” that violate HIPAA privacy and security standards. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 4:50 am
Department of Health and Human Services, the American Hospital Association has asked that the final medical loss ratio (MLR) rules under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be changed. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 2:37 pm
It also does not apply to authorizations necessary to: (1) avoid conditions that might pose a threat to human health, welfare, or safety; or (2) to avoid adverse impacts to public land or mineral resources. [read post]
22 Feb 2024, 6:11 am
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a final rule to amend the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (“SUD”) Patient Records regulations (“Part 2”) to more closely align Part 2 with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and its implementing regulations (collectively, “HIPAA”) as required by Section 3221 of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid,… [read post]
10 Sep 2010, 1:35 pm
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wrote America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the national association of health insurers, calling on their members to stop using scare tactics and misinformation to falsely blame premium increases for 2011 on the patient protections in the Affordable Care Act.... [read post]
14 May 2015, 6:46 am
To be compliant with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), health care plans must cover, without cost sharing, the full range of Food and Drug Administration-Approved methods for contraception, according to frequently asked questions released on May 11 by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury. [read post]
21 Jun 2019, 5:57 pm
Last week, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the Protecting Personal Health Data Act (S. 1842), which would provide new privacy and security rules from the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) for technologies that collect personal health data, such as wearable fitness trackers, social-media sites focused on health data or conditions, and direct-to-consumer genetic testing… [read post]
4 Feb 2020, 5:40 am
In a press release, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar stated the administration is working to keep the risk low within the US. [read post]
12 Jan 2022, 9:29 am
On December 20, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued non-binding guidance (“Guidance”) to clarify the extent to which the HIPAA Privacy Rule permits regulated entities to disclose PHI” to help prevent individuals in crisis from temporarily accessing firearms. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 12:07 pm
Trustmark Life Insurance Company is the latest health insurance issuer coming under fire from the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) for making what HHS views as “unreasonable” health insurance premium increases under its new “rate review” powers created by the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act). [read post]
30 Dec 2009, 2:38 pm
(See a posthumously published essay on Health Care as a Basic Human Right: Moving From Lip Service to Reality by the late Senator Edward Kennedy here.) [read post]
28 Oct 2022, 12:41 pm
The act directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services on how to carry out the federal campaign most effectively, and the campaign would be guided by consultations from health care professionals, reproductive rights organizations, local health departments and other appropriate experts. [read post]
19 Feb 2023, 9:03 pm
Department of Health and Human Services Dear Secretary Becerra, We write to express our concern about the problems in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Foods Program and the need for an organizational, structural, and cultural overhaul. [read post]
22 Aug 2019, 8:17 am
The Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services announced a new rule Wednesday pertaining to how the government handles immigration cases involving minors. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 6:19 am
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a self-referral disclosure protocol (SRDP) for violations of the physician self-referral “Stark” Law. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 8:43 am
That’s why Amnesty International is calling on Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and President Obama to create an Office of Maternal Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
26 Mar 2020, 7:43 am
The declaration gives Secretary Alex Azar of the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) the power to waive certain Federal requirements in Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP in order to address the outbreak. [read post]
6 Nov 2011, 10:45 pm
Department of Labor is getting behind veterans. [read post]
19 Jul 2022, 9:40 am
“If you are willing to turn to someone in your moment of crisis, 988 will be there,” said Xavier Becerra, the secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, at a recent press briefing. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 7:56 am
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Human Services, recently announced during a press conference that HHS will as of July 1, 2011 be rolling out a $77 million computer program designed to prospectively identify potentially fraudulent Medicare claims by collecting and analyzing patterns in large numbers of submitted claims. [read post]
