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NewsHHS reg changes to lab services, privileges aim to save billions
The federal government is making "significant progress" toward new rules that would save the healthcare industry billions of dollars, increase efficiency and alleviate administrative burdens on Read more...
HHS issues 26 Medicaid quality measures
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has issued 26 Medicaid quality measures, which appeared in the Federal Register today. The department started with almost 1,000 measures and Read more...
Feds' $5.6B fraud collection hits record high
The Obama Administration's fight against fraud reached a milestone this year, as it recovered a record-breaking $5.6 billion in government-wide fraud, the Department of Health & Human Services Read more...
Medicare patients sue HHS over outpatient status
On behalf of seven elderly Medicare beneficiaries, the Center for Medicare Advocacy last week filed a lawsuit against U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Read more...
HHS rule to ease hospital system management
As part of new proposed regulations introduced on Tuesday by Health & Human Services (HHS), multi-hospital systems would no longer need multiple governing bodies--a departure from each individual Read more...
HHS awards $71.3M for nursing education
With a looming a healthcare workforce shortage, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has awarded $71.3 million in grants for nursing education and workforce development programs. The Read more...
More hospitals protect gay patients--but not staff--from discrimination
On the heels of New York's recent legalization of same-sex marriage comes a report that a growing number of U.S. hospitals are protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients Read more...
CHS rebuts Tenet at earnings meeting
The ongoing tug-of-war regarding Community Health Systems' (NYSE: CYH) hostile takeover attempt of Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) dominated a CHS meeting earnings call last week, with the company Read more...
Medicaid program dispatches special teams to 21 states
Seeking flexibility in the federal rules that govern their Medicaid programs, 21 states received assistance from special teams of experts dispatched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Read more...
Former HHS exec rips ACOs
Tevi Troy, former deputy secretary of HHS, took aim at the accountable care organization (ACO) rule in a commentary in yesterday's Weekly Standard and on National Public Radio. Troy slams the Read more...
| Press ReleasesHHS awards more than $14 million to support patient-centered outcomes researchFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, September 15, 2010
Contact: National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities(301) 402-1366
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