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15 Feb 2020, 9:43 am by Tyler Gillett
Residents of Kentucky and Arkansas had filed suit in district court, alleging that Alex Azar, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), had acted in an “arbitrary and capricious manner” when he approved the states’ requests to impose work requirements for Medicaid. [read post]
11 May 2018, 3:36 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced the plan saying, “We have access to the greatest medicines in the world, but access is meaningless without affordability. [read post]
27 Jul 2018, 3:53 pm by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Alex Azar confirmed  that HHS will undertake an effort to reform federal health privacy rules, stating that “In the coming months, under the leadership of my deputy secretary, Eric Hargan, HHS will be releasing requests for information regarding the Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA, and a federal privacy law called 42 CFR Part 2. [read post]
13 Dec 2020, 6:54 pm by William D. Kickham, Esq.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar stated on CBS’ Face The Nation today that “all” nursing home residents could receive vaccinations by Christmas. [read post]
5 Dec 2019, 6:05 am
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary [Alex] Azar, Assistant Secretary [Lance] Robertson, EJCC Coordinator [Toni] Bacon, and the Administration for Community Living for, once again, bringing the EJCC together to discuss our shared goal of protecting elder Americans. [read post]
4 Sep 2020, 6:23 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Alex Azar assured that the proposed rule “would give Medicare beneficiaries faster access to the latest lifesaving technologies . . . by delivering Medicare reimbursement at the same time as FDA approval. [read post]
Residents of Kentucky and Arkansas had filed suit in district court, alleging that Alex Azar, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), had acted in an “arbitrary and capricious manner” when he approved the states’ requests to impose work requirements for Medicaid. [read post]
5 Feb 2020, 9:27 am by Matthew J. Roberts, Esq.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar declared it a national public health emergency. [read post]
1 Feb 2019, 1:01 pm by Michael Barber
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Inspector General Daniel Levinson proposed a rule on Thursday to eliminate safe harbor for companies engaging in kickbacks associated with prescription drug rebates. [read post]
21 Mar 2020, 7:58 am
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar also said the Trump administration would quarantine any Americans who had visited China’s Hubei province, where the disease originated, within the past 14 days....President Trump so far has remained uncharacteristically muted on the coronavirus and praised China’s extraordinary response to the growing outbreak. [read post]
4 Dec 2020, 2:39 pm by Amy Howe
The court ruled that, in green-lighting the work-requirement programs, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar failed to consider whether they would result in Medicaid beneficiaries losing health coverage. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 4:26 am
“Any attempt to contain COVID-19 in the United States will have to address its potential spread in low-income communities of color, first and foremost to protect the lives of people in those communities, but also to slow the spread of the virus in the country as a whole,” the lawmakers wrote to [Health and Human Services Secretary Alex] Azar. [read post]
29 Mar 2020, 11:00 pm
In connection with his March 13, 2020 declaration1 of a national emergency, President Trump stated that the Department of Health and Human Services would temporarily waive or modify regulations to give healthcare providers “maximum flexibility” to respond to this emergency, and HHS Secretary Alex Azar issued certain waivers and modifications2 under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act that same day. [read post]
25 Mar 2020, 3:41 pm by admin
Section 1135 Waiver Issues and COVID-19 (March 25, 2020):  On January 31, 2020, Secretary Alex Azar, of the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), used his authority under the Public Health Service Act to declare a public health emergency in the United States.[1] Secretary Azar determined that a public health emergency had existed nationwide since January 27, 2020. [read post]
26 Mar 2020, 7:43 am by Mary Cutler
  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]
16 Mar 2020, 1:32 pm by Jennifer Papapanagiotou
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]