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Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently issued a bulletin highlighting the application of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) to covered entities and business associates (“Regulated Entities”) under the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules (“HIPAA Rules”) when using online tracking technologies that collect and analyze information… [read post]
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Office of Civil Rights Wednesday issued a legal guidance warning the country’s 60,000 retail pharmacies that refusing to fill prescriptions for medication that can be used for abortion violates federal civil rights law. [read post]
9 Nov 2016, 5:30 pm by John Timmer
For example, the Commerce Department includes the NOAA, or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, while the National Institutes of Health falls within the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 11:49 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on February 22, 2013 released its Final Rule implementing many of the key market reform provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the “Affordable Care Act”) applicable to non-grandfathered health plans and health insurance issuers. [read post]
23 Apr 2010, 12:11 pm by Angela Chang
You can take action here by writing to Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, and asking her to work with President Obama to establish an Office of Maternal Health. [read post]
15 Oct 2018, 6:20 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
In 2001, during the nation's anthrax scare, the Department of Health and Human Services threatened to invoke it to procure more of the antibiotic used to treat the deadly bacterial disease, according to contemporaneous reports. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 9:05 am by William Maruca
On July 13, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services released a pair of final regulations (one from CMS, one from the Office of National Coordinator for HIT ) detailing the “meaningful use” criteria which will determine whether users of electronic health records will qualify for the government subsidies under the HITECH Act during the first two years of the program (2011-2012). [read post]
21 Sep 2010, 8:16 pm by James R. Marsh
Department of Health and Human Services awarded $39 million to 38 states and Puerto Rico for increasing the number of children adopted from foster care. [read post]
US President Joe Biden Wednesday signed an executive order protecting the right of American women to travel across state lines for abortion care and directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to protect abortion and reproductive healthcare access. [read post]
17 Apr 2009, 9:01 am
The FTC can then post information about the breaches on its Web site, and notify the Secretary of Health and Human Services. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 11:56 am by Lynn Sessions and Scott Koller
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has issued a guidance on how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) applies in emergency situations. [read post]
2 Feb 2018, 8:57 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to settle potential liability for potentially much higher Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs) to OCR for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules violation charges under a voluntary resolution agreement illustrates the need for group health plans and their employer and other sponsors, fiduciaries, and vendors to… [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 12:34 am
Next, it was Tom Daschle, nominated to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. [read post]
31 Dec 2009, 11:36 am
ONC will also be issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking on the process for organizations to conduct the certification of EHR technology.Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record TechnologyAGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology,Department of Health and Human Services.ACTION: Interim final rule.SUMMARY: The… [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 11:02 am by gstasiewicz
Obamacare), the law charged the Department of Health and Human Services with the creation of a website to aide Americans about the health insurance coverage options available to them. [read post]
19 Mar 2018, 10:23 am by Jordan Brunner
Title I also terminates the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and the Office of Health Affairs, along with the positions of Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection. [read post]
5 Oct 2009, 9:00 am
Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury. [read post]