The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the appointment of national experts to guide a new initiative to better serve Americans with serious mental illness. The Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee (ISMICC) was established by the 21st Century Cures Act to improve federal coordination of efforts that address the pressing ...
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that nearly $105 million has been awarded to 1,333 health centers in all U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia as an investment in quality improvement, building upon their 2016 achievements. Health centers will use these funds to further improve the quality, efficiency, and ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D. issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s instruction to his Administration to use all appropriate authority to respond to the nation’s opioid emergency: “President Trump is taking strong, decisive action in directing the Administration to use all appropriate emergency and other authorities to respond to the ...
The Office of the Chief Technology Officer’s HHS IDEA Lab has announced the seventh cohort of teams selected for the HHS Ignite Accelerator. The HHS Ignite Accelerator is a program that spurs innovative problem-solving across the Department by encouraging and enabling HHS staff (at all levels) to experiment with novel means for addressing key Departmental ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D. issued the following statement on the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017: “Congress is to be commended for passing the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017. This bill is a vital first step to accomplishing our goal of expanding access to affordable, life-saving drugs and medical devices in a thoughtful manner that ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., released the following statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that Medicare Part D premiums are projected to decline for our nation’s seniors in 2018: “For the first time in five years, the average premium for a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan is ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today that Michigan State University (MSU) will receive approximately $3.2 million to establish a registry of Flint residents who were exposed to lead-contaminated water from the Flint Water System during 2014-2015. The funds are the first installment of a 4-year, $14.4 million grant. MSU will use ...
The statement below is from Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D. in response to today’s Senate vote: “It is the mission of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to enhance the health and protect the well-being of all Americans, and our Department is wholly committed to this mission. Since day one ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D. issued the following statement after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) announcement of a comprehensive regulatory plan to address tobacco and nicotine use: “FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and his team have announced a common sense, balanced approach to tobacco and nicotine regulation. Protecting and improving public ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today launched a revised web tool that puts important information into the hands of individuals, empowering them to better identify recent breaches of health information and to learn how all breaches of health information are investigated and successfully resolved. The HIPAA ...
