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2 Nov 2014, 12:33 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans and other covered entities under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act won’t have to begin using Health Plan Identifiers (HPIDs) and conducting transactions on the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Health Plan and Other Entity Enumeration System (HPOES) by November 5, 2014 after all. [read post]
19 May 2014, 11:32 am
In a news release, the Department of Health and Human Services said, “National reductions in adverse drug events, falls, infections, and other forms of hospital-induced harm are estimated to have prevented nearly 15,000 deaths in hospitals, avoided 560,000 patient injuries and approximately $4 billion …” In terms of readmissions, the number of Medicare patients who were re-hospitalized within 30 days of discharge decreased from 18.5 in 100 in… [read post]
24 Sep 2021, 6:12 am by kblocher@hslf.org
But we would also be doing ourselves great good by forever stopping these practices that put us all at risk. [read post]
29 Oct 2013, 12:55 pm by Elizabeth Litten
  Perhaps Congress didn’t envision the widespread on-line purchasing of health insurance coverage by individuals when HIPAA and HITECH were enacted, and perhaps the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), the agency responsible for the HIPAA regulations, didn’t envision widespread ACA Website technological glitches when it published rules on the Affordable Insurance Exchanges (“Exchanges”) in 2012 or the… [read post]
8 Jun 2020, 9:02 pm by Coral Beach
“The development of new strategies for controlling accidental contamination of food with these pathogens will have significant impacts on human health and reduce economic losses. [read post]
11 May 2011, 11:31 am by Schachtman
Rosenberg is Assistant Professor, in the Department of Public Health & Community Medicine, in Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. [read post]
6 Sep 2018, 10:37 am by Sarah Tate Chambers
Instead, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services proposed new regulations that would “satisfy the basic purpose” of Flores and treat migrant minors with “dignity, respect and special concern for their particular vulnerability as minors. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 5:55 am by Ray Mullman
Pfizer alone has paid almost $3 billion in fines since 2002 and entered into three corporate integrity agreements with the Department of Health and Human Services aimed at preventing future fraud. [read post]
5 Aug 2014, 2:21 pm by J. Bradley Smith, Esq.
The Tar Heel State, through its North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, considers smoking a health hazard. [read post]
30 Jul 2023, 2:00 pm by Catherine V. Wadhwani
  There are also a few region-specific waiver programs such as ARC (Appalachian Regional Commission), the SCRC (Southeast Crescent Regional Commission), and the DRA (Delta Regional Authority), and waiver applications can be filed with HHS (Health and Human Services), among other agencies. [read post]
26 Feb 2011, 1:59 am
Purdue University scientists are questioning recent statements by groups opposed to the use of genetically modified (GM) crops, specifically that glyphosate use and Roundup Ready technology are impacting the health of plants, animals and possibly humans.In an article published Thursday, the scientists wrote, "... evidence to support these claims has neither been presented to nor evaluated by the scientific community. [read post]
The Departments of Energy, Transportation, and Health and Human Services – despite holding a treasure trove of sensitive U.S. data – had no meaningful disclosures to judge whether they are in fact following the president's order to incorporate the Fair Information Practice Principles. [read post]
14 Apr 2013, 11:39 am
Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued a fraud alert about this worrisome commerce. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 8:48 am by WIMS
<> EPA Awards Over $9 Million to Universities for Research to Help Predict the Implications of Chemicals on Human Health and the Environment - grants to Arizona State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara to better understand the impacts of chemicals and nanomaterials throughout their life cycle — from design, manufacture, use and disposal. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 8:57 am by WIMS
<> EPA Awards Over $9 Million to Universities for Research to Help Predict the Implications of Chemicals on Human Health and the Environment - grants to Arizona State University and the University of California, Santa Barbara to better understand the impacts of chemicals and nanomaterials throughout their life cycle — from design, manufacture, use and disposal. [read post]
8 Dec 2017, 6:00 am by Catherine Padhi
It allows the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (instead of the president) to determine that a public health emergency exists. [read post]