HHS Blog Posts

Establishing a New Merit-Based Process for Appointing Administrative Law Judges at HHS

January 8, 2019

By: Nancy J. Griswold, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals and Constance B. Tobias, Chair, Departmental Appeals Board

Posted In:

HHS Administrative

Tagged:

Administrative Law Judges

New HRSA Program Will Help Clinicians and Patients in the Fight Against Opioid Addiction

New National Health Service Corps (NHSC) loan repayment program provides substance use disorder treatment in underserved areas of the country.

January 3, 2019

By: George Sigounas MS, Ph.D., Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration

Posted In:

Opioids | Public Health and Safety

Tagged:

clinicians | loan repayment

HC3 Collaborates with Industry to Enhance Cybersecurity Awareness and Defenses

December 21, 2018

By: Janet Vogel, Chief Information Security Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer

Posted In:

Health IT | HHS Administrative

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cybersecurity

HHS and NASA Team Up to Explore Health on Earth and in Outer Space

2009 photo of International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery

December 6, 2018

By: Eric D. Hargan, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services

Posted In:

HHS Administrative

Tagged:

research

How the IPI Model Would Introduce New Market Competition to Medicare Drug Spending

December 6, 2018

By: John O’Brien, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Drug Pricing Reform

Posted In:

Drug Pricing

Tagged:

Medicare | Part B | prescription drugs

Proposed Changes to Lower Drug Prices in Medicare Advantage and Part D

November 26, 2018

By: Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Posted In:

Drug Pricing

Tagged:

Medicare | prescription drugs | Part D | beneficiaries

Celebrating National Rural Health Day: Highlighting Policy and Research