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Description: Today, as part of President Obama's continuing efforts to reduce gun violence, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to remove unnecessary legal barriers under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule that may prevent states from reporting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HIPAA
Description: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule today to ensure that Medicaid's home and community-based services programs provide full access to the benefits of community living and offer services in the most integrated settings.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
Description: Today we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General's Report on smoking and health.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Holidays and Observances
Description: Fifty years ago today was a tipping point in recognizing and reversing the deadly epidemic caused by smoking.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Holidays and Observances
Description: Fifty years ago today, Dr. Luther Terry released the landmark Surgeon General's Report – the first of its kind on smoking and health – concluding that smoking causes lung cancer.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Holidays and Observances
Description: Nearly 2.2 million people have selected plans from the state and federal marketplaces by Dec. 28, 2013 (the end of third reporting period for open enrollment), Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Marilyn B. Tavenner
Description: A new set of guides and interactive tools to help health care providers more safely use electronic health information technology products, such as electronic health records (EHRs), are now available at www.HealthIT.gov.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Aproximadamente 5.6 millones de niños vivos en la actualidad en los Estados Unidos —es decir 1 de cada 13 niños menores de 18 años— morirán en forma prematura por enfermedades relacionadas con el tabaquismo, a menos que las tasas actuales de tabaquismo disminuyan, según un nuevo informe del director general de Servicios de Salud.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
Description: Today, we honor the remarkable life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy of fighting for racial equality, human rights and economic justice.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Holidays and Observances
Description: Approximately 5.6 million American children alive today – or one out of every 13 children under age 18 – will die prematurely from smoking-related diseases unless current smoking rates drop, according to a new Surgeon General's report.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
Description: The needs of children in disasters will be the focus of an advisory committee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: As the use of health information technology (health IT) grows in both the United States and the United Kingdom, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.K. Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt today signed a bi-lateral agreement for the use and sharing of health IT information and tools.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
Description: Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released findings on a number of its initiatives to reform the health care delivery system.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Heart disease is responsible for 1 of every 4 deaths in the United States, making it the leading cause of death in our nation. As we observe American Heart Month, there are some key steps you and your loved ones can take to protect against heart disease.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Prevention and Wellness
Description: As part of an ongoing effort to empower patients to be informed partners with their health care providers, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken action to give patients or a person designated by the patient a means of direct access to the patient's completed laboratory test reports.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HIPAA
Description: Today, we celebrate the beginning of African American History Month, a time for all Americans to recognize the countless contributions African Americans have made to our nation, including major advances in scientific research and public health.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: A new drug to help protect the public against two bioterrorism threats and provide a new option to treat antibiotic-resistant infections will advance in development under a public-private partnership, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced today.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services applauds CVS Caremark Corp. for their leadership in helping to make the next generation tobacco-free.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
Description: A new report issued today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finds that that nearly 8 in 10 uninsured Latinos may qualify for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Â or lower costs on monthly premiums through the Health Insurance Marketplace.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Según un nuevo informe publicado hoy por el HHS, aproximadamente 8 de cada 10 latinos sin seguro podrÃan calificar para Medicaid, el Programa de Seguro Médico para Niños (CHIP) o una reducción del costo de sus primas mensuales a través del Mercado de Seguros de Salud.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace continued to rise in January, with a 53 percent increase in overall enrollment over the prior three month reporting period, with young adult enrollment outpacing all other age groups combined, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Today the United States joined 26 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), to accelerate progress toward a world safe and secure from the threat of infectious disease, and committing to the goals of the Global Health Security Agenda.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
Description: Three innovative solutions are winners of an idea challenge to help communities support patients who depend on durable medical equipment (DME), such as oxygen concentrators and portable ventilators, during emergencies.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
HHS Official: Nicole Lurie
Description: The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today issued proposals for the next edition (the "2015 Edition") of electronic health record (EHR) technology certification criteria.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Description: Attorney General Eric Holder and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released the annual Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) Program report showing that for every dollar spent on health care-related fraud and abuse investigations through this and other programs in the last three years, the government recovered $8.10.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Fraud
Description: March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Holidays and Observances
Description: Skagit County, Washington, has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HIPAA
Description: Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace continued to rise in February to a five-month total of 4.2 million.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: HHS today established a network of five clinical research organizations that will design and conduct clinical studies needed to develop medical countermeasures – drugs, vaccines, and diagnostic tests that help protect health against bioterrorism, pandemic influenza, and other public health emergencies.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: According to a new report released today by HHS, 8 out of 10 (1.6 million) uninsured Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) may be eligible for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace and could qualify for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or tax credits to help with the cost of premiums.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: LGBT Health Awareness Week is an important time to bring attention to the unique health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans and to highlight the progress we've made in our work to ensure LGBT Americans have the same rights and protections as other Americans, especially through implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Holidays and Observances
Description: A new security risk assessment (SRA) tool to help guide health care providers in small to medium sized offices conduct risk assessments of their organizations is now available from HHS.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: The Research Clinic, a Web-based interactive training video aimed at teaching clinical and social researchers how to better protect research subjects and avoid research misconduct, was released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
Description: National Asbestos Awareness Week, April 1 – 7, is an important opportunity to focus on the public health issues associated with asbestos exposure and related illnesses.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Holidays and Observances
Description: Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is now able to process requests for Medicare Part A and Part B Special Enrollment Periods, and reductions in Part B and premium Part A late enrollment penalties for certain eligible people in same-sex marriages.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
Description: Every day, the millions of Americans living with autism and their families face unique and daunting challenges that many of us will never fully appreciate. During National Autism Awareness Month, we renew our commitment to better understand autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and improve the lives of individuals living with it.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Proposed health IT strategy aims to promote innovation, protect patients, and avoid regulatory duplication.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Today, federal partners launched an updated Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis (2014-2016), building upon the nation's first comprehensive cross-agency action plan to combat viral hepatitis.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Statement on National Minority Health Month.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Holidays and Observances
Description: National Public Health Week is a time to recognize progress we have made in strengthening and protecting the public health and to rededicate ourselves to the work of improving the health and well-being of Americans by preventing disease, supporting medical research, and promoting safer and healthier communities.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: The nation's health is improving in more than half of the critical measures that are known to have major influence in reducing preventable disease and death, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Prevention and Wellness
Description: Historic release of data gives consumers unprecedented transparency on the medical services physicians provide and how much they are paid.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
Description: Take action to be ready and resilient, A statement by Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie, M.D..
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: Six experts from outside the federal government will join the National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB) to provide advice and guidance to HHS' assistant secretary for preparedness and response, and to the HHS Secretary, on preventing, preparing for, and responding to adverse health effects of public health emergencies.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: Today, April 22, 2014, marks the 44th celebration of Earth Day in the United States — a day when we can all take time to appreciate the connection between our environment and health.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
Description: Two entities have paid the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $1,975,220 collectively to resolve potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HIPAA
Description: HHS today released the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease: 2014 Update, reflecting the nation's progress toward accomplishing goals set in 2012 and current action steps to achieving them.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace surged to eight million at the end of the first enrollment period, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: In May, we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and recognize the many contributions of these diverse and culturally rich communities to the fabric of American life.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Each May, National Foster Care Month serves as a reminder that there are children, youth, and families in our communities who require our collective support to achieve safety, permanence, and the tools needed to thrive in adulthood.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: It is only fitting that the theme for this year's National Nurses Week is "Nurses: Leading the Way."
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Two health care organizations have agreed to settle charges that they potentially violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules by failing to secure thousands of patients' electronic protected health information (ePHI) held on their network.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HIPAA
Description: Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that new preliminary data show an overall nine percent decrease in hospital acquired conditions nationally during 2011 and 2012.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: During Mental Health Awareness Month, we recognize the significant advances our nation has made in our understanding of mental illness and in improving support and care for individuals with mental health problems.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Beginning with Mother's Day on Sunday, we celebrate National Women's Health Week by encouraging the women in our lives – our mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, cousins, friends, and colleagues – to take steps to live healthier, happier lives.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Holidays and Observances
Description: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has approved the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for a second three-year term as the ONC-Approved Accreditor (ONC-AA) for the ONC Health Information Technology Certification Program.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
Description: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in six cities has resulted in charges against 90 individuals, including 27 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $260 million in false billings.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the European Commission released today the first progress report of the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR).Â
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
Description: This week, our nation honors emergency medical service (EMS) professionals for their dedication to public service.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: May 19 is the third national Hepatitis Testing Day. The observance was established in the Action Plan for the Prevention Care & Treatment of Viral Hepatitis to raise greater awareness of an often silent epidemic.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Holidays and Observances
Description: United States, Canada and Mexico strengthen information sharing in health emergencies.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced new delivery system reform efforts made possible by the Affordable Care Act that offer states and innovators tools and flexibility to transform health care.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: History has taught us time and again just how dangerous and destructive hurricanes and other forces of nature can be.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: Today HHS announced the opening of public voting to select the People's Choice Award winner in this year's Health and Human Services Innovates, a competition designed to recognize employee achievements in solving workplace challenges.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
Description: The EPA's proposed rule setting carbon standards for power plants will help protect public health by improving air quality and reducing exposure to particle pollution.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
Description: With more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, investors, data scientists, researchers, policy experts, government employees and more in attendance, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is releasing new data and launching new initiatives at the annual Health Datapalooza conference in Washington, D.C.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the availability of up to $300 million under the Affordable Care Act to help the nation's community health centers expand service hours, hire more medical providers, and add oral health, behavioral health, pharmacy, and vision services.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: At the Department of Health and Human Services, we are committed to ensuring that members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community have access to quality, affordable health care and enjoy the same rights and protections that all Americans expect and deserve.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: A new electronic tool designed to help patients and their families use Medicare claims data to make health care choices won the second annual Code-a-Palooza challenge according to announcement today by Karen DeSalvo, M.D., national coordinator for Health Information Technology, at the 2014 Health Datapalooza.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
Description: National Men's Health Week, June 9-15, which concludes with Father's Day, is a good time to focus on how men can take control of their health. That includes eating right, being active, and taking advantage of certain preventive services, such as screenings for cholesterol, blood pressure, and diabetes.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: This week, our nation reached a milestone in battling influenza, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's first approval to manufacture seasonal influenza vaccine using cell-based technology in a U.S. facility.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
Description: A new report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finds that people who selected silver plans, the most popular plan type in the federal Marketplace, with tax credits paid an average premium of $69 per month.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Kathy Greenlee
Description: Today Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced a series of management changes designed to strengthen the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Parkview Health System, Inc. has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HIPAA
Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expects to announce its plans for helping existing Marketplace consumers get auto-enrolled for next year.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Marilyn B. Tavenner, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced today that about 76 million Americans in private health insurance plans are newly eligible to receive expanded coverage for one or more recommended preventive health care services, such as a mammogram or flu shot, without cost sharing, because of the Affordable Care Act.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Today, as we recognize National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), it is important to note that nearly 1 in 6 Americans who have HIV do not know they are infected.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Holidays and Observances
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more than $840 million to continue improving emergency preparedness of state and local public health and health care systems.Â
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell today announced $83.4 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support primary care residency programs in 60 Teaching Health Centers across the nation.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Mary K. Wakefield, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: In an effort to help clinical practices use health information technology (health IT) like electronic health records (EHRs) to reduce high blood pressure, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today launched a new challenge asking health care professionals and other caregivers to submit the tools they use to improve patient care.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Description: HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today the availability of $100 million from the Affordable Care Act to support an estimated 150 new health center sites across the country in 2015.Â
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Today, leaders in the fight against elder abuse announced a framework for tackling the highest priority challenges to elder abuse prevention and prosecution, and called on all Americans to take a stand against the serious societal problem of elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation.Â
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Fraud
HHS Official: Kathy Greenlee
Description: Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced new prospective awardees to test innovative care models, bringing the total amount of funding to as much as $360 million for 39 recipients spanning 27 states and the District of Columbia.Â
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Marilyn B. Tavenner, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a new innovative collaboration with states to improve care for Medicaid beneficiaries by accelerating efforts in reforming their health care systems to improve health and care while reducing costs.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today the availability of $11 million, through the Affordable Care Act and the Secretary's Minority AIDS Initiative Fund, to support the integration of highâ€quality HIV services into primary care through innovative partnerships between health centers and state health departments in Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland and New York.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Mary K. Wakefield, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today the release of a new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, estimating that 10.3 million uninsured adults gained health care coverage following the first open enrollment period in the Health Insurance Marketplace.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell has named Leslie Dach to a newly-created Senior Counselor position, to further strengthen the HHS leadership team and enhance the Department's ability to deliver impact for the American people.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Leslie Dach, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today that consumers have saved a total of $9 billion on their health insurance premiums since 2011 as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Information released today by the Department of Health and Human Services shows that more than 8.2 million seniors and people with disabilities with Medicare continue to enjoy prescription drug savings as a result of the Affordable Care Act, saving $11.5 billion since 2010.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Skin cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, is a major public health problem that requires immediate action, according to a new Call to Action released today by the U.S. Surgeon General.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today $54.6 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support 221 health centers in 47 states and Puerto Rico to establish or expand behavioral health services for over 450,000 people nationwide.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Mary K. Wakefield
Description: Fifteen experts will serve on a new federal advisory committee focusing on health needs of children in disasters, from natural disasters to bioterrorism incidents, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today $106.7 million in FY 2014 grant awards to 46 states, the District of Columbia, and five jurisdictions as part of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (Home Visiting Program) established by the Affordable Care Act.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Mary K. Wakefield
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced her appointment of Jackie Cornell-Bechelli as Region II Director of HHS.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Significant increases in the use of electronic health records (EHRs) among the nation's physicians and hospitals are detailed in two new studies published today by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Description: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell and Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced today that applications are now available for the $250 million Preschool Development Grants competition.Â
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell named Kevin Thurm as a Senior Counselor, to further strengthen the HHS management team and help the agency fulfill its mission to better serve the American people.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HHS Administrative
HHS Official: Kevin Thurm, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Today, the Administration took several steps to help ensure women, whose coverage is threatened, receive coverage for recommended contraceptive services at no additional cost, as they should be entitled to under the Affordable Care Act.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today the most recent in a series of management hires intended to ensure a successful 2015 Open Enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace and make good on the promise that millions more Americans will be able to access quality, affordable health coverage.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Marilyn B. Tavenner, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced $35.7 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 147 health centers in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to support patient-centered medical homes through new construction and facility renovations.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2014
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Mary K. Wakefield, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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