Title: Medicare spent $473 billion less from 2009 through 2014 compared to previous spending trends

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/22/medicare-spent-473-billion-less-2009-through-2014-compared-previous-spending-trends.html

Description: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that Medicare spent $473.1 billion less on personal health care expenditures between 2009 and 2014 than would have been spent if the 2000-2008 average growth rate had continued through 2014.

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

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/23/statement-from-assistant-secretary-for-aging-kathy-greenlee.html

Description: We are excited to see the Older Americans Act on the verge of reauthorization, and we applaud the House for this important step.

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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/29/fact-sheet-mat-opioid-use-disorders-increasing-buprenorphine-patient-limit.html

Description: HHS published a proposed rule to expand access to buprenorphine, one of three medications currently approved by the FDA for treatment of opioid dependence through medication-assisted treatment.

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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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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: 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: New Medicaid guidance improves access to health care for justice-involved Americans reentering their communities

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/28/new-medicaid-guidance-improves-access-health-care-justice-involved-americans-reentering-their.html

Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) strengthened access to health care for individuals transitioning from incarceration back to their communities.

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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: 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: 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: 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: Using evidence and evaluation to improve Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/15/using-evidence-and-evaluation-to-improve-teen-pregnancy-prevention-programs.html

Description: The HHS Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program today released findings from implementing and evaluating teen pregnancy prevention programs.

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Title: Important Next Step towards a Better, Smarter, Healthier Medicare: New Payment Models and Rewards for Better Care at Lower Cost

URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/25/important-next-step-towards-better-smarter-healthier-medicare-new-payment-models-and-rewards-better

Description: Today, the Department of Health & Human Services proposed new models that continue the Administration's progress to shift Medicare payments from quantity to quality by creating strong incentives for hospitals to deliver better care to patients at a lower cost. These models would reward hospitals that work together with physicians and other providers to avoid complications, prevent hospital readmissions, and speed recovery.

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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 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 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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URL: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/28/hhs-announces-winners-challenge-improve-medical-bill-patients.html

Description: Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the winners of the HHS "A Bill You Can Understand" challenge, a design and innovation challenge to solicit new approaches and draw national attention to a common complaint with the health care system: that medical billing is a source of confusion for patients and families. HHS received submissions from health care organizations, technology companies, and design agencies, and today we are unveiling the two winning designs, which will be further evaluated for testing or implementation in six health care organizations across the country that are working to improve the patient billing experience.

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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 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: $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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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