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Description: In preparation for the 2015 tax filing season, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Treasury Department are putting in place resources to provide tax filers with the information and resources they need to get their questions answered.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and cornerback Richard Sherman encourage Americans to visit HealthCare.gov to shop for quality, affordable health insurance in a video released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Today, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell spoke by phone with over one hundred volunteer tax preparers from across the country, who provide free tax filing services to low-income Americans.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: In a meeting with nearly two dozen leaders representing consumers, insurers, providers, and business leaders, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced measurable goals and a timeline to move the Medicare program, and the health care system at large, toward paying providers based on the quality, rather than the quantity of care they give patients.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Nationwide, 9.5 million consumers selected or were automatically reenrolled in quality, affordable health insurance coverage from the Health Insurance Marketplace through the second month of 2015 Open Enrollment, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Press Briefing Transcript
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today that HHS is collaborating with a wide range of non-profit organizations and some of the nation's largest tax preparers to ensure that the public understands how health care and their taxes intersect.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap Version 1.0.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released today a report outlining the impact of advanced premium tax credits on premiums in the Health Insurance Marketplaces.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a group of prestigious outside experts, submitted its recommendations to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, in order to inform the 2015 edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Prevention and Wellness
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced $386 million in grant awards to states, territories, and nonprofit organizations to support the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (Home Visiting Program).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services released a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) today: Â the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Ebola Preparedness and Response Activities.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
HHS Official: Nicole Lurie
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services released today new information that shows that millions of seniors and people with disabilities with Medicare continued to enjoy prescription drug savings and improved benefits in 2014 as a result of the Affordable Care Act.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced a new initiative from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Innovation Center (CMS Innovation Center): the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model of payment and care delivery.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Nationwide, nearly 11.7 million consumers selected or were automatically re-enrolled in quality, affordable health insurance coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace as of Feb. 22, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: More than $27.8 billion has been returned to the Medicare Trust Fund over the life of the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) Program, Attorney General Eric Holder and HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Fraud
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced the release of the Stage 3 notice of proposed rulemaking for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Incentive Programs and 2015 Edition Health IT Certification Criteria to improve the way electronic health information is shared and ultimately improve the way care is delivered and experienced.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Advanced development is underway on an improved anthrax vaccine that could provide protection in fewer doses than the currently licensed anthrax vaccine and so may be more cost-effective to stockpile, Dr. Nicole Lurie, assistant secretary for preparedness and response for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Prevention and Wellness
Description: The Affordable Care Act established an ambitious new framework to move our health care system away from rewarding health providers for the quantity of care they provide and toward rewarding quality.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today released Positive Spin, a comprehensive digital educational tool that uses personal storytelling to promote the importance of getting people with HIV into treatment.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
Description: BOSTON– Department of Health and Human (HHS) Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced the appointment of Rachel Kaprielian as Region I Director of HHS.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HHS Administrative
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced a targeted initiative aimed at reducing prescription opioid and heroin related overdose, death and dependence.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) awarded approximately $12 million today to BioCryst Pharmaceuticals of Durham, North Carolina, for the advanced development of a promising experimental drug for Ebola, including preparing for large-scale manufacturing of the drug and conducting related studies.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced today the availability of online tools and resources designed to help states participating in the State Innovation Models initiative improve health care quality and lower costs.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Description: National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Karen B. DeSalvo, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., announced today the availability of $1 million in grant funds to support community projects for the Community Interoperability Health Information Exchange (HIE) Program.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Description: Today's introduction of bipartisan trade promotion authority is key to ensuring that American values and priorities are reflected in global trade.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
Description: Acting Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N., announced today the selection of three projects spearheaded by entrepreneurial teams across the agency.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
HHS Official: Mary K. Wakefield
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today released the final Public Health Service (PHS) recommendation for the optimal fluoride level in drinking water to prevent tooth decay.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HHS Administrative
Description: Today, an independent evaluation report released by the Department of Health and Human Services showed that an innovative payment model created as a pilot project by the Affordable Care Act generated substantial savings to Medicare in just two years.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today approximately $101 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 164 new health center sites in 33 states and two U.S. Territories for the delivery of comprehensive primary health care services in communities that need them most.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Nationwide, about 137 million individuals, including 55 million women and 28 million children, have private health insurance that covers recommended preventive services without cost sharing, according to a new ASPE Data Point from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today awards of $112 million to regional cooperatives to work with about 5,000 primary care professionals in 12 states to improve the heart health of their nearly 8 million patients.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
Description: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released a data snapshot providing a detailed look at how many consumers paid their premiums in 2015 and had "effectuated" coverage in March 2015. During Open Enrollment for 2015 Marketplace coverage, through February 22, about 11.7 million Americans selected plans through the Marketplaces.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Families and physicians have a new tool in the fight against falls- a comprehensive prevention program developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that reduces both falls and resulting use of long-term care such as nursing homes.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Prevention and Wellness
Description: A new study published today in the American Journal of Public Health indicates that increased access to methadone or buprenorphine-based medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is critical to fully address the epidemic of opioid abuse and dependence in the United States.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Mental Health and Substance Abuse
HHS Official: Richard G. Frank
Description: To assist doctors in diagnosing Ebola virus disease quickly, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will pursue development of an Ebola virus diagnostic test for use in a doctor's office, hospital, clinic, or field setting that will provide results within 20 minutes.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: To further strengthen the nation's infectious disease response capability, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has selected nine health departments and associated partner hospitals to become special regional treatment centers for patients with Ebola or other severe, highly infectious diseases.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
HHS Official: Nicole Lurie
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today important steps to improve the quality of services at Head Start programs across the country.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
Description: WASHINGTON – Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell and Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today a nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts, resulting in charges against 243 individuals, including 46 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $712 million in false billings.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Fraud
Description: The HHS emPOWER Map, an interactive online tool, launched today to aid community health agencies and emergency management officials in disaster preparedness as they plan ahead to meet the emergency needs of community residents who rely on electrically powered medical and assistive equipment to live independently at home.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
HHS Official: Nicole Lurie
Description: Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced the seven winners of the 2015 HHS Innovates Awards.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HHS Administrative
Description: Today's Supreme Court decision confirms that the Affordable Care Act's tax credits are available to all eligible Americans no matter where they live.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: People with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who receive dialysis in advance of natural disasters, such as hurricanes, are significantly less likely to need an emergency department visit or hospitalization in the week following the disaster and less likely to die within 30 days after the disaster, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services study published Friday in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: New training material to help provide health care professionals with education necessary to care for people living with multiple chronic conditions was launched today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: To ensure that U.S. health care providers and facilities are prepared to safely identify, isolate, transport, and treat patients with Ebola and other emerging threats, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today launched a National Ebola Training and Education Center.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: Health departments across the country will receive more than $840 million in cooperative agreements from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to improve and sustain emergency preparedness of state and local public health and health care systems.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) Director Evelyn Kappeler announced today more than $86 million in teen pregnancy prevention grants to non-profit organizations, school districts, universities, and others.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Hip and knee replacements are some of the most common surgeries that Medicare beneficiaries receive.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Today, the Administration took important steps to make sure women have access to recommended preventive services, including contraceptive services, at no additional cost as required by the Affordable Care Act.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Today's White House Conference on Aging is focusing on the issues facing every American as they plan for retirement, care for older loved ones, and improving the quality of life for older Americans.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
Description: As part of the White House Conference on Aging, the Administration on Aging (AoA), a component of the Administration for Community Living, announced the award of $4 million in new grants to significantly expand falls prevention efforts.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Prevention and Wellness
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the release of the 2015 Update to the National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease, reflecting our 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: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today launched the first online collection of the federal resources and capabilities available to mitigate the health impacts of emergencies.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: We applaud the Senate for passing the Older Americans Act and advancing it one major step toward reauthorization.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
HHS Official: Kathy Greenlee
Description: Many seniors, disabled Americans, and family members of individuals who suffer from life limiting illnesses must choose between the support services provided through hospice care or curative treatment.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: One of the nation's centers dedicated to developing and manufacturing drugs and vaccines for emergencies will produce a novel therapeutic drug to treat Ebola virus disease under a task order issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
Description: As part of the Administration's efforts to create an interoperable learning health system that achieves better care, smarter spending and healthier people, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced today twenty awardees for three health information technology (health IT) grant programs totaling about $38 million.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Description: The Health Insurance Marketplace established by the Affordable Care Act allows consumers to compare health insurance plans based on key factors, such as covered services, providers, and importantly, price.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) today issued joint technical assistance to state and local child welfare agencies and courts on the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today $169 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 266 new health center sites in 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico for the delivery of comprehensive primary health care services in communities that need them most.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
HHS Official: Mary K. Wakefield
Description: A new anthrax vaccine that could be easier and faster to produce than the existing licensed product will undergo initial clinical studies through an agreement between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and Pfenex, Inc. of San Diego.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced up to $5.8 million to help tribal communities boost early learning and development services, enhance native language revitalization efforts, and assess and improve the handling of child welfare cases including abuse, neglect, guardianship and adoption.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, the legislation that created the most comprehensive Federal program that provides services exclusively to people living with HIV.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
Description: Cancer Care Group, P.C. agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HIPAA
Description: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced that two electronic health record (EHR) products, previously certified as products that may be used as part of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, had their certifications terminated.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced proposed revisions to the regulations that govern research on individuals who participate in research.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule to advance health equity and reduce disparities in health care.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: The United States Surgeon General today issued a call to action to address major public health challenges such as heart disease and diabetes.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
Description: Experimental Ebola vaccine regimen takes new steps under HHS program.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announce the appointment of nationally recognized experts to the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (the Advisory Council).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
Description: Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced nearly $500 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support health centers nationwide in providing primary care services to those who need them most.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: Multiple drugs to combat bioterrorism threats and other life-threatening bacterial infections will be developed under a public-private partnership agreement between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today $1.8 million to support rural communities in reducing morbidity and mortality related to opioid overdoses.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today kicked off a two-day intensive convening of representatives from all 50 states and Washington, DC focused on preventing opioid overdose and opioid use disorder.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Mental Health and Substance Abuse
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), in collaboration with over 35 federal partners, today released the updated Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015–2020 (Plan).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
Description: A novel Ebola virus disease treatment based on three monoclonal antibodies will advance in development through an agreement between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Tarrytown, New York.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: In a speech at the Howard University College of Medicine today, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell reflected on the progress of the first five years of the Affordable Care Act and provided a look at the upcoming Open Enrollment period.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Development of an experimental influenza antiviral drug that may be more potent and could have a longer treatment window than existing drugs will receive support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Research
Description: A monoclonal antibody therapeutic drug, a novel approach to treating patients with influenza, will advance in development with funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Research
Description: HHS announces $685 million to support clinicians delivering high quality, patient-centered care
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Grants and Contracts
Description: HHS enhances preparedness with new products to treat severe burns
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: HHS launches resources system to improve disaster preparedness
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Description: October marks National Domestic Violence Prevention Month and today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and Indian Health Service (IHS) are announcing the award of nearly $21 million to support tribal domestic violence victims and organizations in American Indian and Alaska Native communities across the nation.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Description: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers to make electronic health information available when and where it matters most and for health care providers and consumers to be able to readily, safely, and securely exchange that information.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Data
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released the final Connecting Health and Care for the Nation: A Shared Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Data
Description: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell today announced more than $240 million – including about $176 million in Affordable Care Act funding – to support the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and NURSE Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs to increase access to primary health care in the communities that need it most.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today that she expects 10 million individuals to be enrolled in coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces and paying their premiums – so-called effectuated coverage – at the close of 2016.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), today awarded a total of $22.9 million to support states throughout the nation in their efforts to improve behavioral health of their citizens by providing community-based mental and substance use disorder treatment.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Grants and Contracts
Description: HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced six new members to serve on the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today that more than $2.2 billion in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grants was awarded in fiscal year (FY) 2015 to cities, states and local community-based organizations.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today the findings of a new report that shows that consumers who reenrolled in the Health Insurance Marketplace last year and who switched to a plan with the same level of coverage saved nearly $33 per month after tax credits, or almost $400 annually, relative to what they would have paid had they remained in the same plan as in 2014.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Description: A new report detailing affordability and plan choice in the Health Insurance Marketplace finds that with applicable tax credits, more than 7 in 10 current Marketplace enrollees could find plans for $75 a month in premiums or less, and almost 8 in 10 could find plans for $100 a month in premiums or less.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a public forum to explore pharmaceutical innovation, access, affordability and better health.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: During yesterday's opening session of the National HIV Prevention Conference, Douglas M. Brooks, M.S.W., the director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, announced the launch of the Know The Facts First campaign
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Prevention and Wellness
Description: To better protect public health in an anthrax attack, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will add two types of anthrax antitoxin drugs for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) as options to treat inhalational anthrax.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Grants and Contracts
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2015
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
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