HHS Secretary Azar Statement on Steps to Fulfill President Trump’s Medicare Executive Order

02. November 2019 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, as part of delivering on President Trump’s Executive Order on Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation’s Seniors, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finalized policy changes under the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System. HHS Secretary Alex Azar issued the following statement: “The payment changes CMS ...

Secretary Azar Statement on FDA Leadership

02. November 2019 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services is announcing that Dr. Ned Sharpless, who has been serving as Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, will be returning to his role as Director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The Federal Vacancies Reform Act requires that a person may not serve in an “Acting” capacity ...

HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Align Grants Regulation with New Legislation, Nondiscrimination Laws, and Supreme Court Decisions

02. November 2019 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Nonenforcement to inform the public that certain regulatory provisions in The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for HHS Awards”HHS grants regulation”) will not be enforced because of serious concerns regarding the prior administration’s implementation of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, ...