The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced $319 million in scholarship and loan repayment awards for clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). With these providers entering NHSC service, there are now more than 13,000 medical, dental and behavioral health care ...
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has imposed a civil money penalty of $2,154,000 against Jackson Health System (JHS) for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security and Breach Notification Rules between 2013 and 2016. JHS is a nonprofit academic ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), today announced a $16 million initiative to help primary care practices increase efforts to address patients’ unhealthy alcohol use. Excessive alcohol use, which affects almost a third of adults, is the nation’s third leading cause of preventable death. ...
On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that, in Fiscal Year 2019, the agency approved a total of 1,171 generic drugs, an all-time record, following a record 971 approvals in Fiscal Year 2018 and a record 937 approvals in Fiscal Year 2017. HHS Secretary Alex Azar issued the following statement: “President Trump’s leadership continues ...
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a new Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics. Individual patients, as well as the health of the public, benefit when opioids are prescribed only when the benefit of using opioids outweighs the risks. But once a patient ...
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced proposed changes to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Physician Self-Referral Law (the “Stark Law”) and the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute. The proposed rules provide greater certainty for healthcare providers participating in value-based arrangements and providing coordinated care for patients. The proposals would ease ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will support tests of organ-on-a-chip technology to determine how it can be used to understand injuries caused by inhaled chlorine gas, a potential national security threat, and to develop treatments for those injuries. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the HHS Office ...
The United States has maintained its measles elimination status of nearly 20 years. The New York State Department of Health yesterday declared the end of the state’s nearly year-long outbreak that had put the U.S. at risk of losing its measles elimination status. “We are very pleased that the measles outbreak has ended in New ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar issued the following statement regarding the Executive Order signed by President Trump today directing HHS to take a number of actions to improve the Medicare program: “President Trump’s Executive Order delivers on the clear promise he’s made to Americans about their healthcare: protect what works in our system ...
Elite Dental Associates, Dallas (“Elite”) has agreed to pay $10,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Elite is a privately-owned dental practice located ...
