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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: $10 million in grants targets community-based efforts to combat chronic diseases in the Delta Region

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/11/grants-targets-community-based-efforts-combat-chronic-diseases-delta-region.html

Description: Eight states in the Delta region are receiving a total of $10 million in grant funding in FY 2016 to reduce chronic diseases that disproportionately affect the region. The funds will support collaborative efforts among health care providers to use an evidence-based model to address diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, stroke and behavioral health.

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Title: $16 million in funding to improve health care in rural America

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/11/16-million-funding-improve-health-care-rural-america.html

Description: More than $16 million has been awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to improve access to quality health care in rural communities, including funds that will expand use of telehealth technology for veterans and other patients, assist providers with quality improvement activities, and support policy-oriented research to better understand the challenges faced by rural communities.

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Title: $2.14 million HIPAA settlement underscores importance of managing security risk

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/18/214-million-hipaa-settlement-underscores-importance-managing-security-risk.html

Description: St. Joseph Health (SJH) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules following the report that files containing electronic protected health information (ePHI) were publicly accessible through internet search engines from 2011 until 2012.

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Title: $294 Million in Primary Care Workforce Awards Help Expand Access to Primary Care

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/18/primary-care-workforce-awards-help-expand-primary-care.html

Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced more than $294 million in awards to primary care clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and NURSE Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs. This funding helps to increase access to primary health care services in the communities that need it most.

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Title: 11.3 million individuals nationwide are signed up through the Health Insurance Marketplaces

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/07/11-million-individuals-nationwide-are-signed-up-through-the-health-insurance-marketplaces.html

Description: According to a new report released today, more than 11.3 million people are signed up for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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Title: 13.8 million Americans expected to select Marketplace plans during the upcoming Open Enrollment

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/19/13-8-million-americans-expected-to-select-marketplace-plans-during-the-upcoming-open-enrollment.html

Description: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced that she expects 13.8 million individuals to sign up for coverage through the Marketplaces during the upcoming Open Enrollment, showing continued robust growth. The projection was announced as part of her remarks highlighting the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) success in dramatically expanding access to coverage, and describing the Marketplace's role in the Administration's work to create a smarter health care system that puts Americans at the center of their care.

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Title: 20 million people have gained health insurance coverage because of the Affordable Care Act, new estimates show

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/03/20-million-people-have-gained-health-insurance-coverage-because-affordable-care-act-new-estimates

Description: A new report released today finds that the provisions of the Affordable Care Act have resulted in  an estimated 20.0 million people gaining health insurance coverage between the passage of the law in 2010 and early 2016—an historic reduction in the uninsured.

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Title: 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory Released

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/20/2017-interoperability-standards-advisory-released.html

Description: The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released the 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA). The ISA catalogues key information about standards and implementation specifications – such as whether they are required by any federal programs or how widely used they are – to help enhance information sharing for key clinical data, including medication lists, immunization records, and test results

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Title: Administration takes first step to implement legislation modernizing how Medicare pays physicians for quality

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/27/administration-takes-first-step-implement-legislation-modernizing-how-medicare-pays-physicians.html

Description: The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a proposal to align and modernize how Medicare payments are tied to the cost and quality of patient care for hundreds of thousands of doctors and other clinicians.

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Title: Administrative Law Judge rules in favor of OCR enforcement, requiring Lincare, Inc. to pay $239,800

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/03/administrative-law-judge-rules-favor-ocr-enforcement-requiring-lincare-inc-pay-penalties.html

Description: A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) has ruled that Lincare, Inc. (Lincare) violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule and granted summary judgment to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on all issues, requiring Lincare to pay $239,800 in civil money penalties (CMPs) imposed by OCR.

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Title: Advocate Health Care Settles Potential HIPAA Penalties for $5.55 Million

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/04/advocate-health-care-settles-potential-hipaa-penalties-555-million.html

Description: Advocate Health Care Network (Advocate) has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), for multiple potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) involving electronic protected health information (ePHI).

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Title: Affordable Care Act dramatically improved health insurance coverage for people living in rural areas

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/10/affordable-care-act-dramatically-improved-health-insurance-coverage-people-living-rural-areas.html

Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released an analysis of how the Affordable Care Act has benefited rural America.

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Title: BARDA awards funding to speed development of Zika vaccine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/26/barda-awards-funding-speed-development-zika-vaccine.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced a contract to develop an inactivated vaccine candidate to prevent the Zika virus infection and thereby the associated devastating birth defects.

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Title: CMS Announces $32 Million to Increase Number of Children with Quality, Affordable Health Coverage

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/13/cms-announces-32-million-increase-number-children-with-quality-affordable-health-coverage.html

Description: Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will provide $32 million in awards to help 38 community organizations in 27 states enroll eligible children in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as part of the Connecting Kids to Coverage campaign.

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Title: CMS approves Michigan plan to abate lead hazards from Flint and other impacted areas in the state with federal support

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/14/cms-approves-michigan-plan-to-abate-lead-hazards-from-flint-and-other-impacted-areas.html

Description: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a Michigan State Plan Amendment (SPA) today that uses federal and state funding to expand lead abatement activities in the impacted areas of Flint and other areas in Michigan.

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Title: EHR contract guide and Health IT Playbook help clinicians and hospitals get the most out of health information technology

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/26/ehr-contract-guide-and-health-it-playbook-help-clinicians-and-hospitals-get-most-out-health.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released two practical, easy-to-understand tools to help health care providers get the most out of their health information technology (health IT), such as electronic health records (EHRs): an EHR contract guide and a newly expanded Health IT Playbook.

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Title: Eight in 10 Marketplace customers in HealthCare.gov states qualify for a tax credit with an average value of nearly $300 per month

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/21/eight-in-10-marketplace-customers-in-healthcaregov-states-qualify-for-tax-credit.html

Description: According to a new report released today, more than 8 in 10 people (83 percent) who selected or were automatically enrolled in a 2016 plan through the Marketplace qualify for a tax credit with an average value of $294 per month, or about 72 percent of the pre-tax credit premium.

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Title: El HHS inicia la Inscripción Abierta de 2017, alienta a los estadounidenses a comprar una cobertura a su alcance en CuidadodeSalud.gov o HealthCare.gov

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/01/el-hhs-inicia-la-inscripcion-abierta-de-2017-alienta-los-estadounidenses.html

Description: Hoy, el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS por sus siglas en inglés) anunció que los Mercados de Seguros Médicos ya están abiertos para el público, y los estadounidenses pueden volver a buscar y comparar cobertura de salud a su alance económico y de alta calidad en un mercado abierto y transparente. Este año, gracias a la asistencia financiera, la mayoría de los consumidores del Mercado de seguros volverán a tener opciones de seguros por menos de $75 por mes.

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Title: Every Income Group Experienced Significant and Similar Drops in Uninsured Rates Under the Affordable Care Act

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/29/every-income-group-experienced-significant-and-similar-drops-uninsured-rates-under-aca.html

Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released new research analyzing gains in health insurance coverage from 2010-2015 across key demographic categories of Americans: income, age, geography, race and ethnicity. The report finds that ACA coverage gains have been widely shared across groups. For example, the uninsured rate fell  by around 40 percent for Americans in all income groups for 2010 through 2015, including individuals with incomes above 400 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL).

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Title: FACT SHEET: About 12.7 million people nationwide are signed up for coverage during Open Enrollment

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/04/fact-sheet-about-127-million-people-nationwide-are-signed-coverage-during-open-enrollment.html

Description: On January 31, Open Enrollment for 2016 coverage ended, with about 12.7 million consumers selecting plans or being automatically re-enrolled across all states, either through the HealthCare.gov platform or a State-based Marketplace, HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today.

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Title: Fact Sheet from the Departments of the Treasury and Health and Human Services on Preparing for Tax Season

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/20/fact-sheet-from-the-departments-of-the-treasury-and-health-and-human-services.html

Description: As tax filing season begins, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Treasury Department are once again putting in place resources to help tax filers understand how health care intersects with their taxes.

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Title: Fact Sheet: Commitments from health care industry to make electronic health records work better for patients and providers

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/29/fact-sheet-health-care-industry-make-electronic-health-records-work-better-patients-and-providers.html

Description: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today that companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by hospitals nationwide as well as the top five largest private healthcare systems in the country have agreed to implement three core commitments:

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Title: Final rule extends new religious liberty protections to beneficiaries of federally-funded social service programs

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/31/final-rule-extends-new-religious-liberty-protections-beneficiaries-federally-funded-social-service.html

Description: Today, HHS, along with other federal agencies, published a final rule that will provide new religious liberty protections for beneficiaries of federally funded social service programs, while also adding new protections for the ability of religious providers to compete for government funds on the same basis as any other private organization.

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Title: First-ever CMS Innovation Center pilot project to test improving patients' health by addressing their social needs

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/05/first-ever-cms-innovation-center-pilot-project-test-improving-patients-health.html

Description: The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a new funding opportunity of up to $157 million to test whether screening beneficiaries for health-related social needs and associated referrals to and navigation of community-based services will improve quality and affordability in Medicare and Medicaid.

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Title: For bioterrorism preparedness, HHS sponsors inhaled chlorine antidote

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/29/bioterrorism-preparedness-hhs-sponsors-inhaled-chlorine-antidote.html

Description: The first potential antidote to treat the life-threatening effects of chlorine inhalation, a potential terrorism threat, will advance in development under a contract between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and Radikal Therapeutics, Inc. of Beverly, Massachusetts.

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Title: HHS Announces $1.5 Million in Funding Opportunities to Advance Common Health Data Standards

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/09/hhs-announces-millions-in-funding-opportunities-to-advance-common-health-data-standards.html

Description: HHS today released two funding opportunities, offered by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), worth $1.5 million designed to build on the efforts of the federal government and private industry around the use of common standards that support the sharing of health information to improve the delivery of care.

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Title: HHS Announces Major Initiative to Help Small Practices Prepare for the Quality Payment Program

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/20/hhs-announces-major-initiative-help-small-practices-prepare-quality-payment-program.html

Description: Over the last few weeks, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made several important announcements related to the Quality Payment Program, which has been proposed to implement the new, bipartisan law changing how Medicare pays clinicians, known as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, or MACRA.

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Title: HHS Announces Physician Groups Selected for an Initiative Promoting Better Cancer Care

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/29/hhs-announces-physician-groups-selected-initiative-promoting-better-cancer-care.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it has selected nearly 200 physician group practices and 17 health insurance companies to participate in a care delivery model that supports and encourages higher quality and more coordinated cancer care.

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Title: HHS Announces Proposed Rule to Support the Reliability, Transparency, Accountability, and Safety of Certified Health IT

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/01/hhs-announces-proposed-rule-support-reliability-transparency-accountability-and-safety-certified

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today proposed a new rule that would further enhance the safety, reliability, transparency, and accountability of certified health IT for users.

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Title: HHS Approves Major Medicaid Expansion for Flint

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/02/hhs-approves-major-medicaid-expansion-flint.html

Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the State of Michigan's 1115 demonstration to extend Medicaid coverage and services to Flint residents impacted by the lead exposure.

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Title: HHS Awards $1.5 million to Improve Information Flow for Patients and Providers

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/28/hhs-awards-1-5-million-improve-information-flow-patients-and-providers.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced seven recipients of two Cooperative Agreement programs to improve the flow of health information.

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Title: HHS Awards more than $742,000 to Health Centers in American Samoa and the Virgin Islands to Fight Zika

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/23/hhs-awards-more-742000-health-centers-american-samoa-and-virgin-islands-fight-zika.html

Description: Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced more than $742,000 in funding to three health centers in American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands to help combat the Zika virus.

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Title: HHS Awards over $260 Million to Health Centers Nationwide to Build and Renovate Facilities to Serve More Patients

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/04/hhs-awards-over-260-million-health-centers-nationwide-build-and-renovate-facilities-serve-more.html

Description: Today, HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced over $260 million in funding to 290 health centers in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for facility renovation, expansion, or construction.

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Title: HHS Engages in Historic Health Collaboration with Cuba

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/13/hhs-engages-historic-health-collaboration-cuba.html

Description: Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cuba's Ministry of Public Health, an important milestone between the two countries since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations in 2015.

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Title: HHS FACT Sheet: Delivery System Reform: Progress and the Future

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/25/hhs-fact-sheet-delivery-system-reform-progress-and-future.html

Description: As the largest health care purchaser in this country, the Department of Health and Human Services is directly responsible for ensuring access to high quality health care services for more than 100 million Americans.  This Administration is dedicated to using that role to ensure that all Americans receive better care; that we spend our health care dollars more wisely; and that we have healthier communities, a healthier economy, and ultimately, a healthier country.  To accomplish these goals, we are working with State and private partners to drive change throughout the system by find better ways of paying providers, delivering care, and sharing information.   We call these efforts delivery system reform, and we are making tremendous strides in advancing high-quality patient care.

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Title: HHS Fact Sheet: Working to Solve the Health Care Challenges in Puerto Rico

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/17/hhs-fact-sheet-working-solve-health-care-challenges-puerto-rico.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken a number of steps to help ensure that residents of Puerto Rico continue to have access to quality and affordable health care. While the bipartisan passage of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA, P.L. 114-187) was another important step forward, there is still critical work needed to be done to solve Puerto Rico's health challenges.

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Title: HHS Finalizes New Medicare Alternative Payment Models to Reward Better Care at Lower Cost

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/20/hhs-finalizes-new-medicare-alternative-payment-models-to-reward-better-care-at-lower-cost.html

Description: Today, the Department of Health & Human Services finalized new Medicare alternative payment models that continue the Administration's progress in reforming how the health care system pays for care. These new approaches will shift Medicare payments from rewarding quantity to rewarding quality by creating incentives for hospitals and clinicians to work together to avoid complications, avoid preventable hospital readmissions, and speed patient recovery.

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Title: HHS accelerates development of mRNA-based Zika vaccine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/07/hhs-accelerates-development-mrna-based-zika-vaccine.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced an $8.2 million contract award to Moderna Therapeutics of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to help speed the development of a novel vaccine to prevent the spread of the Zika virus.

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Title: HHS activates aid for uninsured Louisiana residents needing medicine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/20/hhs-aid-uninsured-louisiana-residents.html

Description: Providing critical access for Louisiana residents to medicines they need following the disastrous flooding, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) activated its Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP) for the affected area.

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Title: HHS advances pathogen reduction technologies for blood products

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/20/hhs-advances-pathogen-reduction-technologies-blood-products.html

Description: Two pathogen reduction device technologies that may help reduce the risk of transmitting disease through blood product transfusions, including those diseases related to Zika virus, will advance in development with the support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

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Title: HHS and DOJ issue joint guidance for child welfare systems

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/19/hhs-and-doj-issue-joint-guidance-child-welfare-systems.html

Description: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a joint guidance letter today to state and local child welfare systems on the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its implementing regulations.Â

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Title: HHS and USDA Release New Dietary Guidelines to Encourage Healthy Eating Patterns to Prevent Chronic Diseases

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/07/hhs-and-usda-release-new-dietary-guidelines-encourage-healthy-eating-patterns-prevent-chronic.html

Description: Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today released updated nutritional guidelines that encourage Americans to adopt a series of science-based recommendations to improve how they eat to reduce obesity and prevent chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.

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Title: HHS announces Phase 1 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/02/hhs-announces-phase-1-winners-move-health-data-forward-challenge.html

Description: The Department of Health and Humans Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced the Phase 1 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge. Winners were selected based on their proposals for using application programming interfaces (API) to enable consumers to share their personal health information safely and securely with their health care providers, family members or other caregivers.Â

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Title: HHS announces challenge to redesign the medical bill for patients

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/09/hhs-announces-challenge-redesign-medical-bill-patients.html

Description: Speaking at the annual Health Datapalooza conference today, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a challenge to encourage health care organizations, designers, developers, digital tech companies and other innovators to design a medical bill that's simpler, cleaner, and easier for patients to understand, and to improve patients' experience of the overall medical billing process.

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Title: HHS announces major commitments from healthcare industry to make electronic health records work better for patients and providers

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/29/hhs-announces-major-commitments-healthcare-industry-make-electronic-health-records-work-better.html

Description: Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced that companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by U.S. hospitals, the nation's five largest private healthcare systems, and more than a dozen leading professional associations and stakeholder groups have pledged to implement three core commitments that will improve the flow of health information to consumers and healthcare providers.

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Title: HHS announces new actions to combat opioid epidemic

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/06/hhs-announces-new-actions-combat-opioid-epidemic.html

Description: U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced several new actions the department is taking to combat the nation's opioid epidemic.

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Title: HHS announces new standards to further strengthen the quality of Head Start programs

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/01/hhs-announces-new-standards-further-strengthen-quality-head-start-programs.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new standards today to further improve and strengthen the Head Start program.

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Title: HHS announces partnership with Lyft ahead of final Open Enrollment deadline

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/28/hhs-announces-partnership-lyft-ahead-final-open-enrollment-deadline.html

Description: With the final deadline to sign up for health insurance less than a week away, Sylvia M. Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Logan Green, CEO of Lyft, announced a partnership to promote Open Enrollment.

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Title: HHS awards $ 19.8 million to Japanese company to accelerate development of a Zika vaccine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/01/hhs-awards-19-8-million-japanese-company-accelerate-development-zika-vaccine.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will provide an initial $19.8 million over the next 18 months to Takeda Vaccines, Inc. of Deerfield, Illinois, a subsidiary of the Takeda Group headquartered in Japan, to develop a Zika vaccine for use in the United States.

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Title: HHS awards $156 million to health centers to expand oral health services

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/16/hhs-awards-156-million-to-health-centers.html

Description: Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced nearly $156 million in funding to support 420 health centers in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to increase access to integrated oral health care services and improve oral health outcomes for Health Center Program patients.

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Title: HHS awards $2.3 billion in grants to help Americans access HIV/AIDS care and medications

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/20/hhs-awards-billions-in-grants-help-americans-access-hivaids-care-and-medications.html

Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced nearly $2.3 billion in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grants awarded to cities, states, and local community-based organizations in fiscal year (FY) 2016. This funding supports a coordinated and comprehensive system of care that provides lifesaving HIV health care, support services, and essential medications to over half a million people living with HIV in the United States.

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Title: HHS awards $2.6 million to DiaSorin Group to develop rapid, high-capacity Zika diagnostic laboratory test

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/22/hhs-awards-2.6-million-to-diasorin-group-to-develop-rapid-high-capacity-zika-diagnostic-laboratory-test.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today announced a $2.6 million agreement with DiaSorin Group, an Italy-based company with U.S. offices in Stillwater, Minnesota, to further develop a Zika virus test that may help physicians determine more quickly whether a patient was infected recently with Zika virus.

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Title: HHS awards $350,000 to American Academy of Pediatrics to help children affected by the Zika Virus

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/08/hhs-awards-350000-to-american-academy-of-pediatrics.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a $350,000 supplement to a one year cooperative agreement with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to help expand capacity for caring for children who are or may be impacted by the Zika virus.

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Title: HHS awards $4.1 million to Hologic, Inc. to develop better Zika blood screening test

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/09/hhs-awards-4-million-hologic-inc-develop-better-zika-blood-screening-test.html

Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response announced a $4.1 million agreement with Hologic, Inc. of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to advance the development of a blood screening test that will help detect the presence of Zika in the blood supply.

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Title: HHS awards $5 million to Puerto Rico health centers to fight the spread of Zika virus

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/26/hhs-awards-5-million-to-puerto-rico-health-centers.html

Description: Today, HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced $5 million in funding to 20 health centers in Puerto Rico to further combat the Zika virus disease.

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Title: HHS awards $5.1 million to InBios to advance Zika diagnostic

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/01/hhs-awards-5_1-million-inbios-advance-zika-diagnostic.html

Description: A blood test that may reduce from days to hours the time needed to diagnose patients with recent Zika virus infections will receive advanced development support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

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Title: HHS awards $500,000 in funding to Flint health centers

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/18/hhs-awards-500000-funding-flint-health-centers.html

Description: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced $500,000 in funding to help two area health centers increase and expand activities in response to the lead contamination of Flint's water.

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Title: HHS awards $53 million to help address opioid epidemic

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/31/hhs-awards-53-million-to-help-address-opioid-epidemic.html

Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $53 million in funding to 44 States, four tribes and the District of Columbia to improve access to treatment for opioid use disorders, reduce opioid related deaths, and strengthen drug misuse prevention efforts.

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Title: HHS awards $7 million to OraSure to speed development of Zika diagnostic test

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/23/hhs-awards-7-million-orasure-speed-development-zika-diagnostic-test.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced a $7 million contract with Orasure Technologies, Inc. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to further the development of a Zika virus test that potentially can provide results in about 30 minutes at a doctor's office.

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Title: HHS awards $94 million to health centers to help treat the prescription opioid abuse and heroin epidemic in America

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/11/hhs-awards-94-million-to-health-centers.html

Description: Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced $94 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 271 health centers in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to improve and expand the delivery of substance abuse services in health centers, with a specific focus on treatment of opioid use disorders in underserved populations.

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Title: HHS awards funding to help protect health sector against cyber threats

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/04/hhs-awards-funding-help-protect-health-sector-against-cyber-threats.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded cooperative agreements totaling $350,000 to strengthen the ability of health care and public health sector partners to respond to cybersecurity threats.

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Title: HHS awards more than $36 million for health center adoption of health information technology

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/21/hhs-awards-more-than-36-million-for-health-center-adoption-of-health-information-technology.html

Description: Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced more than $36 million in funding for 50 Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs) in 41 states and Puerto Rico. This increase in health information technology support will impact over 1,020 participating health center organizations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

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Title: HHS awards more than $8.6 million for Health Centers to Improve Care Coordination and Become Patient-Centered Medical Homes

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/04/hhs-awards-more-than-8.6-million-for-health-centers-to-improve-care-coordination-and-become-patient-centered-medical-homes.html

Description: HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced more than $8.6 million in funding for 246 health centers in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Federation of Micronesia and the Northern Mariana Islands.

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Title: HHS awards over $87 million for health centers' IT enhancements

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/15/hhs-awards-over-87-million-health-centers-it-enhancements.html

Description: Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced more than $36 million in funding for 50 Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs) in 41 states and Puerto Rico. This increase in health information technology support will impact over 1,020 participating health center organizations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

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Title: HHS begins listing new transparency information for certified health information technology

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/01/hhs-begins-listing-new-transparency-information-certified-health-information-technology.html

Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) began listing more detailed and easier-to-understand information about certified health information technology (health IT).

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Title: HHS calls on center for innovation to accelerate Zika vaccine development

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/27/hhs-calls-center-innovation-accelerate-zika-vaccine-development.html

Description: To accelerate development of a Zika vaccine, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will begin developing a vaccine using its Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Title: HHS collaborates with innovative companies to encourage Marketplace enrollment

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/25/hhs-collaborates-with-innovative-companies-to-encourage-marketplace-enrollment.html

Description: WASHINGTON - Ahead of the fourth Open Enrollment period, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced a commitment from seventeen companies to support enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace. These companies will connect freelance professionals, entrepreneurs, and customers with information and resources to encourage enrollment in affordable coverage throughout the Open Enrollment period beginning November 1 and ending on January 31.

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Title: HHS declares a public health emergency in Puerto Rico in response to Zika outbreak

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/12/hhs-declares-public-health-emergency-in-puerto-rico-in-response-to-zika-outbreak.html

Description: At the request of Governor Alejandro García Padilla, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today declared a public health emergency for Puerto Rico, signaling that the current spread of Zika virus poses a significant threat to public health in the Commonwealth relating to pregnant women and children born to pregnant women with Zika.

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Title: HHS deploys Assistant Surgeon General to serve as temporary Senior Advisor to Flint Mayor

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/11/hhs-deploys-assistant-surgeon-general-serve-temporary-senior-advisor-flint-mayor.html

Description: During a news conference at city hall today, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Nicole Lurie and Mayor Karen Weaver announced that Rear Admiral (RADM) Michelle E. Dunwoody, an assistant U.S. surgeon general, will serve as a temporary senior advisor to Mayor Weaver.

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Title: HHS enhances nation's health preparedness for radiological threats

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/06/hhs-enhances-nation-s-health-preparedness-radiological-threats.html

Description: As a part of its mission to help protect Americans' health following even the most unthinkable of disasters, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is purchasing two medical products to treat injuries to bone marrow in victims of radiological or nuclear incidents. Bone marrow is essential to producing blood.

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Title: HHS enviará hemoderivados a Puerto Rico debido al brote de zika

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/07/hhs-enviar-hemoderivados-puerto-rico-debido-al-brote-de-zika.html

Description: El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos anunció hoy que está preparando y encargándose de subvencionar envíos de hemoderivado, los cuales saldrán del territorio continental de Estados Unidos con destino a Puerto Rico con el objetivo de proporcionar un suministro de sangre no contaminada a los residentes de la isla, puesto que en la Mancomunidad de Puerto Rico se está produciendo una transmisión activa del virus a través de los mosquitos. El primer envío de hemoderivados llegó a Puerto Rico el sábado 5 de marzo.

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Title: HHS expands Head Start in Flint

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/02/hhs-expands-head-start-in-flint.html

Description: HHS announced one-time emergency funds of $3.6 million to expand Head Start and Early Head Start services immediately in Flint, Michigan to help children and families exposed to lead in the city's water supply.

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Title: HHS finalizes rule to improve health equity under the Affordable Care Act

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/13/hhs-finalizes-rule-to-improve-health-equity-under-affordable-care-act.html

Description: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued a final rule to advance health equity and reduce health care disparities.

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Title: HHS finalizes streamlined Medicare payment system that rewards clinicians for quality patient care

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/14/hhs-finalizes-streamlined-medicare-payment-system-rewards-clinicians-quality-patient-care.html

Description: Today, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) finalized a landmark new payment system for Medicare clinicians that will continue the Administration's progress in reforming how the health care system pays for care.

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Title: HHS forges strategic partnerships with two global companies to develop new antibiotics

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/21/hhs-forges-strategic-partnerships-companies-develop-antibiotics.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced two strategic partnerships with The Medicines Company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, and Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. (Roche), part of the Roche Group headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, to develop innovative products to combat the growing threat of multi-drug resistant bacterial infections.

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Title: HHS forges unprecedented partnership to combat antimicrobial resistance

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/28/hhs-forges-unprecedented-partnership-combat-antimicrobial-resistance.html

Description: To address one of the greatest modern threats to public health — antibiotic resistance — the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Wellcome Trust of London, the AMR Centre of Alderley Park (Cheshire, United Kingdom), and Boston University School of Law will create one of the world's largest public-private partnerships focused on preclinical discovery and development of new antimicrobial products.

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Title: HHS funds development of Zika diagnostic test for use in doctors' offices

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/25/hhs-funds-development-zika-diagnostic-test-use-doctors-offices.html

Description: A test that could provide a Zika diagnosis for patients less than 30 minutes in doctors' and other healthcare providers' offices is moving forward with funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

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Title: HHS helping lift key hurdle in the efforts to develop better Zika diagnostics

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/27/hhs-helping-lift-key-hurdle-efforts-develop-better-zika-diagnostics.html

Description: To speed the development of diagnostic tests for Zika virus infection, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will support the collection of blood samples from people in the continental United States and Puerto Rico who have been infected with Zika virus.

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Title: HHS issues final rule to enhance the reliability, transparency, accountability, and safety of certified health information technology

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/14/hhs-issues-final-rule-enhance-reliability-transparency-accountability-and-safety-certified-health.html

Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued a final rule that emphasizes the importance of protecting public health and safety while also strengthening transparency and accountability in the ONC Health IT Certification Program ("Program").

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Title: HHS issues funding opportunities for Information Sharing and Analysis Organization for health and public health sector

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/25/hhs-issues-funding-opportunities-information-sharing-and-analysis-organization-health-and-public

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced two cooperative agreement funding opportunities for an Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) for the Healthcare and Public Health sector.Â

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Title: HHS issues major rule modernizing Medicaid managed care

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/25/hhs-issues-major-rule-modernizing-medicaid-managed-care.html

Description: Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule on managed care in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

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Title: HHS launches 2017 Open Enrollment, encourages Americans to shop for affordable coverage on HealthCare.gov

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/01/hhs-launches-2017-open-enrollment-encourages-americans-shop-affordable-coverage-healthcare-gov.html

Description: Today, HHS announced that the Health Insurance Marketplaces are open for business, and Americans can again shop for high-quality, affordable coverage on an open, transparent market. This year, most Marketplace consumers will again have plan options for less than $75 per month, thanks to financial assistance.

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Title: HHS moves to boost Zika vaccine capacity in Brazil

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/24/hhs-moves-boost-zika-vaccine-capacity-brazil.html

Description: To aid Brazil in developing a vaccine to protect people from Zika virus infection, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will join the World Health Organization (WHO) and international public health groups in providing funding and technical assistance to Brazil's Butantan Institute, a biomedical research center and Brazilian government partner.

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Title: HHS proposes changes to the rules governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder records

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/05/hhs-proposes-changes-to-rules-governing-confidentiality-substance-use-disorder-records.html

Description: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced proposed revisions to the Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records regulations, 42 CFR Part 2.

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Title: HHS pursues development of single dose nasal spray anthrax vaccine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/10/hhs-pursues-development-of-single-dose-nasal-spray-anthrax-vaccine.html

Description: For the first time, one of the nation's Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) will support development of a second-generation anthrax vaccine under a task order issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

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Title: HHS pursues tests for radiation absorbed in nuclear emergency

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/05/hhs-pursues-tests-radiation-absorbed-nuclear-emergency.html

Description: In a large-scale nuclear or radiological emergency, such as a nuclear detonation, hundreds of thousands of people may need medical care for injuries or illness caused by high doses of radiation.

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Title: HHS reaches goal of tying 30 percent of Medicare payments to quality ahead of schedule

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/03/hhs-reaches-goal-tying-30-percent-medicare-payments-quality-ahead-schedule.html

Description: Thanks to tools provided by the Affordable Care Act, an estimated 30 percent of Medicare payments are now tied to alternative payment models that reward the quality of care over quantity of services provided to beneficiaries, HHS announced today.

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Title: HHS releases report showing poverty reduction impact of safety net has increased tenfold since war on poverty began in 1964

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/14/hhs-releases-report-showing-poverty-reduction-impact-safety-net-has-increased-tenfold-war-poverty

Description: Just over 50 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an "unconditional war on poverty."

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Title: HHS selects eight states for new demonstration program to improve access to high quality behavioral health services

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/21/hhs-selects-eight-states-new-demonstration-program-improve-access-high-quality-behavioral-health

Description: HHS today announced the selection of eight states for participation in a two-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic demonstration program designed to improve behavioral health services in their communities.

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Title: HHS selects regional Ebola treatment center for southwestern U.S.

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/14/hhs-selects-regional-ebola-treatment-center-southwestern-us.html

Description: Putting in place the final piece of a regional network to treat patients infected with severe, highly infectious diseases, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has selected a health department and associated partner hospital to serve the region covering Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and the Pacific island territories and freely associated states.

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Title: HHS ships blood products to Puerto Rico in response to Zika outbreak

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/07/hhs-ships-blood-products-puerto-rico-response-zika-outbreak.html

Description: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced that it is arranging and funding shipments of blood products from the continental United States to Puerto Rico to ensure an adequate supply of safe blood for island residents as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico experiences active mosquito-borne Zika transmission.

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Title: HHS showcases industry progress in bringing interoperable medication lists to consumers

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/13/hhs-showcases-industry-progress-bringing-interoperable-medication-lists-consumers.html

Description: The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today, in partnership with leaders in the private sector, as well as patient and consumer advocates, coordinated a live demonstration of consumer-friendly applications (apps) that import data from some of the largest health information technology (IT) vendors in the country to allow individuals to access a consolidated list of their medications from a variety of sources in one place.Â

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Title: HHS sponsors commercial manufacturing tests for Ebola vaccine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/04/hhs-sponsors-commercial-manufacturing-tests-for-ebola-vaccine.html

Description: An Ebola vaccine will take the next critical steps in development under a $24.75 million contract through May 2020 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and BioProtection Systems Corp. (BPS) of Ames, Iowa.

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Title: HHS sponsors new broad spectrum antibiotic development

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/20/hhs-sponsors-new-broad-spectrum-antibiotic-development.html

Description: A broad spectrum antibiotic that could become the first of its kind to treat specific Gram negative and Gram positive infections as well as tularemia, a bioterrorism threat, will undergo the last steps in development with 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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Title: HHS sponsors next-generation genetic sequencing platform

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/30/hhs-sponsors-next-generation-genetic-sequencing-platform.html

Description: To help curb the spread of pandemic influenza and antibiotic-resistant infections, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced today it is advancing the development of a next-generation genetic sequencing platform.

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Title: HHS sponsors point-of-care anthrax diagnostic test

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/09/hhs-sponsors-point-care-anthrax-diagnostic-test.html

Description: The first blood test for anthrax that could show results within minutes at a doctor's office or emergency room will take the final steps in development with 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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Title: HHS supporting study of Zika virus blood screening test

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/22/hhs-supporting-study-zika-virus-blood-screening-test.html

Description: The development of a test to identify whether donated blood is infected with the Zika virus is moving forward with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH).

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Title: HHS supports next-generation anthrax vaccine into advanced development

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/30/hhs-supports-next-generation-anthrax-vaccine-advanced-development.html

Description: An anthrax vaccine that may be effective in as few as two doses is moving forward in development with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).

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Title: HHS takes additional steps to expand access to opioid treatment

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/16/additional-steps-expand-opioid-treatment.html

Description: HHS is taking additional steps to address the U.S. opioid epidemic by further expanding access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders.

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Title: HHS takes steps to increase access to the opioid use disorder treatment medication buprenorphine

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/29/hhs-takes-steps-increase-access-opioid-use-disorder-treatment-medication-buprenorphine.html

Description: In conjunction with the President's visit to the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, HHS today announced a proposal to allow qualified physicians to prescribe the opioid use disorder treatment medication buprenorphine to an increased number of patients.

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