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2009 News Releases

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July

July 3, 2009

MEDIA ADVISORY: The White House Announces H1N1 Flu Preparedness Summit

July 2, 2009

U.S. to Provide Antiviral Medication to Latin America and the Caribbean for Novel H1N1 Influenza

June

June 29, 2009

June 26, 2009

June 24, 2009

Medicare Fraud Strike Force Operations Lead to Charges Against 53 Doctors, Health Care Executives and Beneficiaries for More Than $50 Million in Alleged False Billing in Detroit

June 23, 2009

June 22, 2009

June 19, 2009

June 17, 2009

EPA Announces Public Health Emergency in Libby, Montana

June 16, 2009

Process Begins to Define “Meaningful Use” of Electronic Health Records

June 15, 2009

National Pharmacy Benefit Manager to Strengthen How it Provides Language Assistance Services

June 12, 2009

Statements By Kathleen G. Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services and Margaret A. Hamburg, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Regarding Passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

June 11, 2009

June 9, 2009

June 5, 2009

Secretary Sebelius Makes Recovery Act Funding Available to Bolster Health Care in Needy Communities, Relieve Providers’ Student Debt

June 4, 2009

HHS and VA to Develop a Nationwide Program to Help Older Americans and Veterans with Disabilities Remain Independent in the Community

June 1, 2009

HHS Releases $30 Million to Help Medicare Beneficiaries Access Their Benefits

May

May 29, 2009

Secretary Sebelius Announces Appointment of Cindy Mann as Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations

May 28, 2009

Secretary Sebelius Marks 100 Day Anniversary of Recovery Act, Highlights Community Health Centers’ Work to Aid Rising Number of Uninsured Americans

May 22, 2009

May 21, 2009

Obama Administration Launches Food Safety Working

May 20, 2009

Attorney General Holder and HHS Secretary Sebelius Announce New Interagency Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team

May 18, 2009

May 14, 2009

HHS to Award $1.79 Billion to Help People Living with HIV/AIDS

May 13, 2009

May 12, 2009

Sebelius Statement on New Medicare Trustees’ Report

May 11, 2009

May 8, 2009

HHS Announces Members of Committees That Will Advise on Implementation of Health IT

May 7, 2009

May 6, 2009

Secretary Sebelius Highlights Two New Reports on Health Care Quality, Says Improving Quality is Key Component of Health Reform

May 5, 2009

Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and by Acting CDC Director Dr. Richard Besser Regarding the Change in CDC’s School and Child Care Closure Guidance

May 4, 2009

HHS Releases New Report: Hard Times in the Heartland: Health Care in Rural America

April

April 30, 2009

Secretary Sebelius Takes Two Key Actions On Strategic National Stockpile

April 26, 2009

HHS Declares Public Health Emergency for Swine Flu

April 23, 2009

April 17, 2009

HHS Releases Guidance for Securing Health Information and Preventing Harm from Breaches

April 15, 2009

HHS Names Henry Claypool as Director of Office on Disability

April 13, 2009

Reminder: Federal Coordinating Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research to Hold Public Listening Session on Tuesday

April 10, 2009

Community Groups to Receive $1 Billion Boost From Recovery Act

April 9, 2009

Biden Announces $2.3 Billion in Recovery Act Funds to Help Care for Children, Prevent Disease

April 6, 2009

Federal Health Architecture Delivers Free, Scalable Solution Helping Organizations Tie Health IT Systems into the NHIN

April 3, 2009

Recovery Act Provides $5 Billion to Assist Needy Families

April 2, 2009

Head Start, Early Head Start Programs to Receive Over $2 Billion in Recovery Act Funding

March

March 27, 2009

March 26, 2009

HHS Makes Estimated $1 Billion in Recovery Act Funds Available to Improve Child Support Enforcement

March 25, 2009

HHS Acting Secretary Declares Public Health Emergency for North Dakota Storms

March 20, 2009

March 19, 2009

March 18, 2009

Vice President Biden Announces Release of Nearly $100 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Support Senior Nutrition Programs

March 11, 2009

HHS Launches New Office of Recovery Act Coordination

March 5, 2009

HHS Issues Special Report on Health Reform and Launches New healthreform.gov Web Site

February

February 20, 2009

President Selects Top Rural Health Care Advocate to Oversee Key HHS Agency

February 18, 2009

CVS Pays $2.25 Million and Toughens Practices to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case

February 12, 2009

Statement from the Department of Health and Human Services Regarding the Decisions of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding

February 2, 2009

Social Media Resources Tapped to Deliver Consumers Information on Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak

January

January 26, 2009

SCHIP Provides Health Coverage to 7.4 Million Children in 2008

January 16, 2009

HHS Secretary Declares Public Health Emergency for the District of Columbia for the 56th Presidential Inaugural

January 15, 2009

January 13, 2009

Surgeon General’s New Family Health History Tool Is Released, Ready for “21st Century Medicine”

January 12, 2009

HHS Advises Inauguration Attendees to Prepare to Avoid Cold-Weather Related Health Problems

January 7, 2009

HHS Officials Mark Opening of First U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office in Latin America

January 6, 2009