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13 Nov 2011, 4:09 am
The report was issued by the Institute of Medicine at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services after public health experts raised concerns. [read post]
24 Jun 2021, 9:02 am
To address this unacceptable and life threatening reality, the Biden administration moved quickly to set up emergency intake site (EIS) facilities to get children out of Border Patrol custody and transfer them to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — the agency tasked with uniting children with sponsors in the United States. [read post]
25 May 2023, 7:37 am
In 2019, under the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Final Rule which, “impose[d] a gag on the medical profession that would have practitioners in the Title X program direct pregnant women toward continuing a pregnancy to term— regardless of what a patient actually wants (the ‘Gag Requirement’). [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]
17 Feb 2014, 12:05 pm
Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Office for Civil Rights jointly published a final rule amending the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations to provide patients with direct access to laboratory test reports. [read post]
1 Oct 2014, 7:59 am
Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance to assist covered entities in understanding their obligations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule in light of the Supreme Court's 2013 decision in United States v. [read post]
30 Jun 2019, 11:22 am
The County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency reported four confirmed pediatric cases of Shiga-toxin-producing E. coli linked to contact with the animals. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 5:00 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a bulletin on March 28, 2020 to remind entities covered by federal civil rights statutes of their continued obligation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, and religion in HHS-funded programs during the COVID-19 pandemic and provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. [read post]
25 Jun 2016, 3:31 pm
Typically, the state of Maine will deny an individual for Medicaid assistance (assuming they qualify financially for the welfare program) if they are denied on their Social Security application: while an appeal can be made through the Department of Human Services (DHS), such appeals prove difficult to win. [read post]
16 Sep 2015, 9:30 pm
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has stated that it will consider approving a limited number of experimental premium assistance “waiver” programs as a way of testing alternative systems for delivering health coverage under Medicaid. [read post]
19 Sep 2017, 11:00 am
Department of Health and Human Services found 33 states failed to report incidents of potential abuse or neglect in skilled nursing facilities, as required by Federal Law. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 9:10 pm
Department of Veterans Affairs facilities in Danville and North Chicago, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota for the same safety and health violations. [read post]
27 Feb 2016, 10:35 am
All required documents can be found and downloaded from the Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC) Rate Analysis Department (RAD) website at the web address indicated in the Rate Analysis Website section below. [read post]
19 Jun 2022, 7:01 am
Because Title 10 restricts when abortions can be provided by Tricare, the Defense Department’s health care plan, the majority of abortions sought by service women are furnished by private providers. [read post]
20 Mar 2020, 5:59 pm
Department of Health & Human Services, and the Georgia Department of Public Health, and making adjustments as the main threat of COVID-19 subsides. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 12:59 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has proposed allocating funds for the program by using a formula almost identical to what was used for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). [read post]
1 Nov 2012, 11:59 am
However, the emergency amendments also provide that a manufacturer shall be deemed to have met such reporting requirements if the company makes all disclosures required under federal law (for example, the federal Physician Payment Sunshine Act), and such disclosures are then reported by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (“DPH”). [read post]
8 Jul 2020, 12:08 am
In that role, she realized it was in everyone’s best interest to prevent injuries before they happen and transferred to the Safety Services Department. [read post]
11 May 2011, 11:31 am
Rosenberg is Assistant Professor, in the Department of Public Health & Community Medicine, in Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. [read post]
14 Aug 2015, 6:42 pm
Adults infected with E. coli O157:H7 who work in food service or health care settings should not attend work while ill. [read post]
