2013 News Releases

January | February | March | April | May

May

• Thousands of votes cast in online dialogue on school-to-work transitions
• Doctors and hospitals’ use of health IT more than doubles since 2012

• VA, DoD and HHS Partner to Expand Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members and Families

• Honoring EMS Responders during National EMS Week

• HHS announces actions to improve safety and quality of child care

• HHS announces the winners of the reducing cancer among women of color challenge
• Administration announces $1 billion initiative to launch Health Care Innovation Awards to provide better health care and lower costs
• HHS Secretary Sebelius announces Senate confirmation of Marilyn Tavenner

• Medicare Fraud strike force charges 89 individuals for approximately $223 million in false billing

• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on National Women’s Health Week

• Health centers to help uninsured individuals gain affordable health insurance coverage

• Administration offers consumers an unprecedented look at hospital charges

• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on National Asthma Awareness Month

• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on National Foster Care Month
• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on National Nurses Week

• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Older Americans Month

• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Mental Health Month

• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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April

• Lyfechannel wins the healthfinder.gov Mobile App Challenge

• Translating veterans’ medical skills into nursing careers

• HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation of William B. Schultz, Nominee for General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services

• Certification for electronic health record product revoked

• HHS would increase rewards for reporting fraud to nearly $10 million
• HHS releases blueprint to advance culturally and linguistically appropriate services in health and health care

• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the 43rd Anniversary of Earth Day

• Obama administration moves to remove barriers to firearm background check reporting

• Health IT workgroup to discuss patient safety, innovation, and regulatory efficiency

• HHS offers moms knowledge, help, and support through a new breastfeeding initiative, It’s Only Natural

• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs Nils Daulaire on World Health Day 2013

• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Statement on National Minority Health Month | En Español
• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Statement on National Autism Awareness Month

• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Statement on National Public Health Week

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March

• HHS finalizes rule guaranteeing 100 percent funding for new Medicaid beneficiaries

• Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on LGBT Health Awareness Week

• FDA approval of Botulism Antitoxin Heptavalent, statement from HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Nicole Lurie

• Seniors saved over $6 billion on prescription drugs as a result of the health care law

• Affordable Care Act extended free preventive care to 71 million Americans with private health insurance

• Assistant Secretary Nicole Lurie statement on the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act

• HHS and states move forward to offer quality, affordable health coverage

• HHS announces 2013 agenda to bring down costs and improve quality of care through implementation of health information technology

• HHS reaches civil rights settlement with national senior care provider

• Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Women’s History Month
• Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on National Consumer Protection Week

• New Health Information Technology advisory committee members to advise National Coordinator

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February

• Public voting opens to determine HHSinnovates People’s Choice Award winner

• Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the passing of former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop

• Health care law protects consumers against worst insurance practices

• HHS providing states with additional flexibility, resources to enhance care

• Health care law allows consumers to easily find and compare options starting in 2014

• Secretary Sebelius announces new HHS regional director
• HHS announces 27 Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns awards

• Winner of Million Hearts Risk Check Challenge competition announced

• HHS partners with Illinois on health insurance marketplace

• HUD AND HHS PARTNER TO PROVIDE PERMANENT HOUSING AND SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

• Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services announce record-breaking recoveries resulting from joint efforts to combat health care fraud

• HHS enforces equal access for deaf and hard of hearing individuals in New York and DC

• National Health Service Corps expands the primary care workforce

• At-risk Latinas targeted in heart attack awareness campaign
• Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on African-American History Month
• Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on American Heart Month
• Reforms of regulatory requirements to save health care providers $676 million annually

• Administration issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on recommended preventive services policy | En Español

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January

• Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Statement from Assistant Secretary Nicole Lurie on FDA approval of new influenza vaccine manufactured with novel technology

• New rule protects patient privacy, secures health information
• HHS awards $1.5 billion to support states building Health Insurance Marketplaces

• Statement from HHS Secretary Sebelius on President’s Sandy Hook Response Plan

• New designs to make health records easier for patients to use

• Millions of Americans newly eligible for quality, affordable health coverage in 2014 | En Español

• More Doctors, Hospitals Partner to Coordinate Care for People with Medicare | En Español

• Additional states conditionally approved to build health insurance marketplaces

• HHS announces first HIPAA breach settlement involving less than 500 patients

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