HHS Announces Availability of $51 Million in Resources for States to Build New Competitive Health Insurance Marketplace
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:01:00 -0400
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced two key steps in the process of partnering with states and other stakeholders to begin establishing health insurance Exchanges.
Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:01:00 -0400
Rite Aid Corporation and its 40 affiliated entities (RAC) have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today.
CMS Announces $2.25 Billion in Grants to Extend Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:01:00 -0400
Americans with disabilities will have more help to live independently and remain in their homes and communities instead of in institutional long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes, through the availability of $2.25 billion in grants to states.
HHS Awards $9 Million to Train Preventive Medicine Physicians
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:01:00 -0400
New Health Care Access Guidance Promotes Preventive Medical Care Services for People with Mobility Disabilities
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:01:00 -0400
WASHINGTON –The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights today issued new technical assistance guidance for medical providers which will help people with mobility disabilities obtain accessible medical care. Access to Medical Care for Persons with Mobility Disabilities will assist medical care providers in understanding how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 apply to them. This 19-page document includes an overview of general ADA requirements, commonly asked questions, and illustrated examples of accessible facilities, examination rooms, and medical equipment.
Administration Announces New Affordable Care Act Measures to Protect Consumers and Put Patients Back in Charge of Their Care
WASHINGTON – Today, the Obama Administration is announcing both new regulations to empower consumers to appeal decisions made by their health plans or insurance companies and the availability of resources that will be used to help give consumers more control of their health care decisions. These provisions of the Affordable Care Act will help support and protect consumers and help end some of the worst insurance company abuses.
HHS Allocated $88 Million for Home Visiting Program to Improve the Wellbeing of Children and Families
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:01:00 -0400
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the award of $88 million in grants, provided under the Affordable Care Act, to support evidence-based home visiting programs focused on improving the wellbeing of families with young children.
HHS Secretary Sebelius, U.S. Attorney General Holder Kick-Off First Regional Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit in Miami, Florida
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:01:00 -0400
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today kicked-off the first in a series of Regional Health Care Fraud Prevention Summits in Miami, Florida.
HHS Announces New Tool to Help Fight Health Care Fraud in Florida
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:01:00 -0400
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that health care fraud fighters in the state of Florida will now have additional funding to help find potential fraud and abuse in the state’s Medicaid program through the use of Medicaid claims data.
First Smallpox Vaccine for Special Populations Delivered Under Project BioShield
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:00:00 -0400
Delivery to the Strategic National Stockpile of the first 1 million doses of the nation’s first smallpox vaccine for certain immune-compromised populations is now complete, the result of a Project BioShield contract.