Acting Secretary Hargan declares public health emergency in California due to wildfires

16. October 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Following President Trump’s major disaster declaration for California, Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Eric D. Hargan today declared a public health emergency in California due to the wildfires devastating the state. The declaration allowed the secretary to issue a waiver under section 1135 of the Social Security Act for the state to enable the ...

Trump Administration Takes Action to Abide by the Law and Constitution, Discontinue CSR Payments

13. October 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
U.S. Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Eric Hargan and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma released the following statement announcing that cost-sharing reductions payments will be discontinued immediately based on a legal opinion from the Attorney General: “It has been clear for many years that Obamacare is bad policy.  It is ...