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10 Jun 2010, 4:36 pm
As a result of the study, United States Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that her department will be expanding its hospital infection control action plan to include ambulatory surgical centers and dialysis centers. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 11:42 am by Ed Wallis
” The issue of infection control has garnered a lot of media attention lately — so much so that “US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement that her department is expanding its hospital infection control action plan to include ambulatory surgical centers and dialysis centers,” the AP (6/9, Johnson) reported. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 6:28 pm by Robert David Malove
WASHINGTON (June 8, 2010) – Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius have sent a letter to state attorneys general urging them to work with HHS and federal, state and local law enforcement officials to mount a substantial outreach campaign, beginning this summer, to educate seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries about how to prevent scams and fraud. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 5:32 am by Ben Vernia
On June 8, Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a letter sent to the state Attorneys General galvanizing them to increased risks of healthcare fraud and describing Obama Administration healthcare fraud initiatives. [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 3:19 am by Bob Kraft
" Attorney General Eric Holder, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the head of the Food and Drug Administration held a press conference, trumpeting it as part of the Administration's "top priority" fight against health care fraud. [read post]
12 May 2010, 2:59 am
 She encouraged the community and the media to get involved in the fight against childhood obesity.Accompanying the First Lady for the announcement were Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes, Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Department of Housing and Urban… [read post]
3 May 2010, 3:51 am
”For example, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius must issue regulations this year to extend coverage to dependents up to age 26, though the law does not provide details as to how this must be executed. [read post]
3 May 2010, 3:51 am
”For example, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius must issue regulations this year to extend coverage to dependents up to age 26, though the law does not provide details as to how this must be executed. [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]
19 Apr 2010, 1:38 am
  Down the road at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), agency officials prepared to begin the arduous task of implementing various provisions of the new healthcare reform law.CONGRESS COMPLETES ACTION ON MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAY:Ending weeks of back and forth debate, the House and Senate last week approved a final package of short-term extensions of several federal programs that had recently lapsed, such as unemployment benefits. [read post]
19 Apr 2010, 1:38 am
  Down the road at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), agency officials prepared to begin the arduous task of implementing various provisions of the new healthcare reform law.CONGRESS COMPLETES ACTION ON MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAY:Ending weeks of back and forth debate, the House and Senate last week approved a final package of short-term extensions of several federal programs that had recently lapsed, such as unemployment benefits. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 9:06 am by Jonathan Cohen
[JURIST] US President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [official website] Secretary Kathleen Sebelius [official profile] to expand the rights [memo] of patients and non-related visitors in hospitals that receive funding from Medicaid and Medicare [official websites]. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 6:49 pm by Breakstone, White & Gluck
  The Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, anticipates a new law will improve the rates for hospital-acquired infections and prevent fatalities. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 7:54 am by Elder Law
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Assistant Secretary for the Administration on Aging Kathy Greenlee will host a webchat today, Thursday, April... [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 8:43 am by Jason Disterhoft
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]
6 Apr 2010, 5:59 am
  Meanwhile, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wasted no time in announcing her department’s intent to clarify potentially confusing language in the new law.PRESIDENT SIGNS RECONCILIATION BILL:President Obama signed into law the second piece of his healthcare overhaul last Tuesday – the reconciliation bill that makes revisions to the larger healthcare bill (Public Law 111-148) that he signed the… [read post]
6 Apr 2010, 5:59 am
  Meanwhile, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wasted no time in announcing her department’s intent to clarify potentially confusing language in the new law.PRESIDENT SIGNS RECONCILIATION BILL:President Obama signed into law the second piece of his healthcare overhaul last Tuesday – the reconciliation bill that makes revisions to the larger healthcare bill (Public Law 111-148) that he signed the… [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]
31 Mar 2010, 7:56 am
You would think that folks who went to law school, and even though they never really held a real job, would know how to say what they meant when it comes to writing a law that impacts 340 million people or so.But apparently that is not the case.CNN is reporting that the health insurance industry has beat their swords into plowshares are are now bowing before the Great Wizards of Obamaland.In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary… [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 12:00 pm by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
"We are grateful to President Obama for his unwavering and longstanding support for the enactment of the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act, which is critical to modernizing and improving the health care we provide to American Indians and Alaska Natives," said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. [read post]