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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 May 2012, 9:47 pm
The principal health agency of the U.S. federal government is the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
31 Oct 2023, 12:51 pm by Bryant Godfrey
The Biden administration laid out eight principles to guide federal agencies in advancing, using, and overseeing AI. [read post]
11 Jun 2018, 1:11 pm by Jeff Wurzburg (US)
This is the third request for information focused on healthcare innovation issued by the Trump Administration. [read post]
12 Apr 2022, 12:13 pm by Ana Popovich
Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will host a public online meeting to seek input and public comments about its Whistleblower Protection Program, specifically in relation to protecting healthcare workers. [read post]
19 Apr 2024, 6:54 am by Ginger Buck
The high-ups in each of the participating agencies trumpeted the significance of the new program and the role they hope it will play in increasing the quality and affordability of healthcare in this country: Competition in health care is crucial to ensuring fair and competitive wages across the healthcare sector and affordable and quality healthcare for all Americans. [read post]
29 Jul 2012, 1:44 pm by Phillips & Cohen
The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Attorney General Eric Holder, revealed a new public-private partnership to crack down on health care fraud yesterday. [read post]
29 Dec 2011, 8:56 am by Irene
  Judicial Watch has also obtained internal Justice Department documents that suggest Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan helped coordinate the Obama Administration’s legal defense of the healthcare law while she served as Solicitor General. [read post]
1 Dec 2021, 9:36 am by Grant T. Collins, Felhaber Larson
Therefore, the [HHS] and the [CMS], along with their directors, employees, Administrators and Secretaries, are hereby ENJOINED and RESTRAINED from implementing the CMS Mandate set forth in 86 Fed. [read post]
25 Dec 2009, 7:31 am by Victoria VanBuren
by Holly Hayes In September 2009, President Obama instructed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to move forward with awarding medical malpractice demonstration grants to states funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to help doctors focus on putting their patients first, not on practicing defensive medicine. [read post]
13 Jan 2022, 1:45 pm by Daniel Jin
On the other hand, as noted above, HHS is expressly charged with protecting health, whereas contracting agencies that award contracts are not. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 1:51 pm by Donald Barbati
” Mnuchin said he agreed with President Donald Trump when he said on “Fox and Friends” Monday morning that his administration was looking into including hazard pay for healthcare workers, some of whom don’t qualify for the checks included in the previous package, according to CNN. [read post]
28 Feb 2014, 6:24 pm
Midweek, the McClatchy Washington Bureau reported that the Obama administration recovered a record $4.3 billion in pilfered healthcare funds last year, a figure that surpasses the $4.2 billion mark set in 2012. [read post]
8 Aug 2022, 12:38 pm by Paul King Jr
  In addition, Secretary Walsh did not mince his words in declaring that the Biden Administration will pursue enforcement actions as necessary to ensure that health plan participants receive unimpeded access to contraceptive coverage without the burden of sharing in associated costs. [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 5:23 am by Jonathan H. Adler
” The heart of the order, Section 2, directs federal agencies as follows: To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) and the heads of all other executive departments and agencies (agencies) with authorities and responsibilities under the Act shall exercise all authority and discretion available to them to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation of any provision or… [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 1:57 pm
by Holly Hayes President Obama’s Plan on Health Care (discussed here and outlined here) includes a provision on medical malpractice reform that instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award medical malpractice demonstration grants to states funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. [read post]
27 Mar 2020, 2:38 pm by Mikhaila Fogel
(a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 3:04 am
”The grants were awarded to 40 states, territories and the District of Columbia, and will go to state insurance departments and other agencies tasked with enforcing the new healthcare reform law. [read post]
1 Jul 2022, 11:12 am by Aleksandra Vold and Amy Fouts
Some agencies within the federal government have made public comments since Friday confirming their intent to advocate for continued access to abortion: HHS Secretary Becerra’s Statement on Supreme Court’s Ruling in Dobbs v. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 11:01 pm by Ben Vernia
In a blog entry on the Department of Justice website, the agency promoted its year-old HEAT program to combat healthcare fraud: Our work is making a significant difference. [read post]