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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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: "We are in the final weeks of Open Enrollment for 2016 under the Affordable Care Act and saw unprecedented demand for January 2016 coverage. Yet at the same time, we continue to see efforts to repeal the ACA and turn back the clock."
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Prevention and Wellness
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced 121 new participants – representing 49 states and the District of Columbia – in Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiatives designed to improve the care patients receive in the health care system and lower costs.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: In a new letter sent today to governors, chief state school officers, state health officials and state Medicaid directors, the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) recognize the critical role that healthcare coverage and health services play in ensuring all students are ready and able to learn, and recommend action steps to better coordinate health and education services for all students and their families.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Programs for Families and Children
HHS Official: Mary K. Wakefield
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Data
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Mental Health and Substance Abuse
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Prevention and Wellness
Description: Secretary Burwell and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are a core part of the Administration's team working closely with Puerto Rico and other key stakeholders to address the fiscal crisis in the Commonwealth.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today congratulated new U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf after his nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HHS Administrative
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced today a three-part strategy to spur the development of market-ready, user-friendly software applications (apps) for consumers and health care providers.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Programs for Families and Children
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos anunció hoy que está preparando y encargándose de subvencionar envÃos 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 envÃo de hemoderivados llegó a Puerto Rico el sábado 5 de marzo.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Description: The Acting Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Mary Wakefield today announced the selection of five entrepreneurial projects for investment by the Secretary's Ventures program (HHS Ventures).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Fraud
HHS Official: Andrea Palm, Mary K. Wakefield, Susannah Fox
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Mental Health and Substance Abuse
HHS Official: Jim Macrae, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HHS Administrative
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, Nicole Lurie
Description: According to a final enrollment report released today, Health Insurance Marketplaces nationwide signed up 4.9 million new customers for 2016 coverage during the third Open Enrollment period.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Just over 50 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an "unconditional war on poverty."
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Programs for Families and Children
HHS Official: Andrea Palm, Richard G. Frank
Description: North Memorial Health Care of Minnesota has agreed to pay $1,550,000 to settle charges that it potentially violated HIPAA.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Data
HHS Official: Jocelyn Samuels
Description: Feinstein Institute for Medical Research agreed to pay $3.9 million to settle potential HIPAA violations and will undertake a substantial corrective action plan.Â
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Data
HHS Official: Jocelyn Samuels
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: HHS announced that the independent Office of the Actuary in CMS certified that expansion of the Diabetes Prevention Program, a model funded by the ACA, would reduce net Medicare spending.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Kathy Greenlee
Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report showing that states can greatly improve access to behavioral health services for residents by expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Kana Enomoto, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Grants and Contracts
Description: President Obama signed the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016 into law today, reaffirming our nation's commitment to the health and well-being of older adults.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Prevention and Wellness
HHS Official: Kathy Greenlee
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights announced that it has reached a $2.2 million settlement with New York Presbyterian Hospital for the egregious disclosure of two patients' protected health information to film crews and staff during the filming of "NY Med," an ABC television series, without first obtaining authorization from the patients.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HIPAA
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Andy Slavitt, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Jim Macrae
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Data
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
Description: Ninety-nine percent of chemical contamination can be removed by carefully removing clothes and wiping skin with a paper towel or dry wipe, according to new scientific studies of decontamination methods sponsored by 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: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Today's report is further proof that our country has made undeniable and historic strides thanks to the Affordable Care Act.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: This week the World Health Organization introduced Guidance on Ending the Inappropriate Promotion of Foods for Infants and Young Children.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Description: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell applauded tomorrow's launch of Louisiana's Medicaid expansion program under the Affordable Care Act.).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Fraud
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: According to data from a new survey released today at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONC) 2016 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., nearly all of the nation's hospitals have adopted certified electronic health records (EHRs).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Fraud
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
Description: As part of the final day of the 2016 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Annual Meeting taking place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., ONC today unveiled a series of consumer-oriented videos about the rights patients have to access their health information, as well as a Patient Engagement Playbook for Providers designed to help clinicians and office staff better engage patients through the use of health IT.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Public Health and Safety
HHS Official: Nicole Lurie
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Jim Macrae, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: According to a new report summarizing research to date, 78 percent of new Medicaid enrollees indicated that absent Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), they wouldn't otherwise have the resources necessary to access regular care. Additionally, the overwhelming majority of new Medicaid enrollees report being satisfied with their health plans (93 percent) and their doctors (92 percent).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Grants and Contracts
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell named eight new members of the Health Information Technology Standards Committee (HITSC) and one new member to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC). The HITSC is charged with recommending standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use of health information.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health IT
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Mental Health and Substance Abuse
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
Description: Today the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the Phase 1 winners of two application (app) challenges to make electronic health information easier to access and use for both consumers and providers. Applicants were challenged to use the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) standard and open application programming interfaces (APIs), which are modern resources that make it easier to retrieve and share information superseding what currently exist in most EHRs.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Data
Description: Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that found widespread and diverse problems at OHSU, which will be addressed through a comprehensive three-year corrective action plan.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HIPAA
Description: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced more than $149 million in new awards through 12 workforce programs to prepare the next generation of skilled, diverse primary care providers to serve communities in need across the country.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Grants and Contracts
HHS Official: Jim Macrae
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Grants and Contracts
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) has agreed to settle multiple alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HIPAA
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Grants and Contracts
HHS Official: Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, Nicole Lurie
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: JACKSONVILLE—Today, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell hosted an event in Florida to discuss the Obama Administration's ongoing work to improve the health care system to deliver better care at a lower cost.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: HIPAA
HHS Official: Jocelyn Samuels
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Jim Macrae, Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Grants and Contracts
HHS Official: Jim Macrae
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Grants and Contracts
HHS Official: Jim Macrae
Description: Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the first data on how the Affordable Care Act's individual market risk pool evolved between 2014 and 2015.The report shows that per-enrollee medical costs in the ACA individual market were essentially unchanged in 2015, even as costs in the broader insurance market continued to rise. Moreover, the states with the highest enrollment growth saw significant reductions in per-enrollee medical costs. These findings suggest a year-over-year improvement in the ACA individual risk pool, with the Marketplace gaining healthier, lower-cost consumers as it grew
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: At the request of Governor Alejandro GarcÃa 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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
HHS Official: Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Description: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced more than $100 million to 1,304 health centers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the 5 U.S. territories and the 3 Freely Associated States to invest in health center quality improvement, building upon their achievements in providing high quality comprehensive care.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Grants and Contracts
HHS Official: Jim Macrae, Mary K. Wakefield
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Emergency Preparedness and Response
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Global Health
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Prevention and Wellness
Description: The federal government and the State of Michigan today released the results of a months-long investigation launched to better understand the rashes and hair loss experienced by Flint residents.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Prevention and Wellness
Description: Since the Affordable Care Act became law, health care prices have risen at the lowest rate in 50 years, and premiums for the 150 million Americans with employer-sponsored insurance have grown at some of the slowest rates on record.
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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Affordable Care Act
HHS Official: Kathryn E. Martin
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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Creator: HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)
Date: 2016
Group: HHS News Releases
Categories: Health Care
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