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Collected by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Archived since: Sep, 2013

Description:

This collection includes HHS news and announcements from 1991+.

Subject:   Government - US Federal Science & Health

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Title: New Affordable Care Act payment model seeks to reduce cardiovascular disease

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2015/05/28/new-affordable-care-act-payment-model-seeks-to-reduce-cardiovascular-disease.html

Description: Speaking today at the White House Conference on Aging regional forum in Boston, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a unique opportunity for health care providers to decrease cardiovascular disease risk for tens of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries by assessing an individual patient's risks for heart attack or stroke and working with them to reduce those risks.

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Title: HHS proposes to improve care and safety for nursing homes residents

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2015/07/13/hhs-proposes-to-improve-care-and-safety-for-nursing-homes-residents.html

Description: A proposal announced today at the White House Conference on Aging would make major changes to improve the care and safety of the nearly 1.5 million residents in the more than 15,000 long-term care facilities or nursing homes that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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Title: Statement from Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee on Senate passage of Older Americans Act Reauthorization

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2015/07/17/statement-from-assistant-secretary-for-aging-kathy-greenlee-on-senate-passage-of-older-americans-act-reauthorization.html

Description: We applaud the Senate for passing the Older Americans Act and advancing it one major step toward reauthorization.

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Title: HHS increases access to substance use disorder treatment

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2015/07/25/hhs-increases-access-to-substance-use-disorder-treatment.html

Description: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced new steps to increase access to substance use disorder treatment services, focusing on treatment for opioid use disorder.

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Title: Montana Becomes the 30th State to Expand Medicaid

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2015/11/02/montana-becomes-30th-state-expand-medicaid.html

Description: HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell issued the following statement today after Montana became the 30th state, plus the District of Columbia, to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

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Title: CMS finalizes bundled payment initiative for hip and knee replacements

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2015/11/16/cms-finalizes-bundled-payment-initiative-hip-and-knee-replacements.html

Description: In 2014, more than 400,000 Medicare beneficiaries received a hip or knee replacement, costing more than $7 billion for the hospitalizations alone.

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