HHS Finalizes Rule Expanding Access to Care and Increasing Protections for Medicare Part D Plans
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is finalizing policies to ensure Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans best meet the needs of people with Medicare.
New Rule Expands Access to Health Information and Improves Prior Authorization Process
CMS finalized the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule to improve the electronic exchange of health information and prior authorization processes for medical items and services.
CMS Finalizes Rule to Advance Health Equity
CMS finalized policies to support primary care, advance health equity, assist family caregivers and expand access to behavioral and certain oral healthcare.
$13M NIH Grant Funds Research to Rejuvenate Immune System in Older Adults
University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers have received a $13.1 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to continue studies aimed at rejuvenating the immune system of older people to improve health throughout the lifespan.
New Guidance Recommends All Federal Facilities Have Access to Naloxone
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the General Services Administration have announced new guidance recommending that all federal facilities across the nation include overdose reversal medications in their safety stations on site.
HHS Awards $45 Million in Grants to Expand Access to Care for People with Long COVID
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced nine grant awards $1 million each for up to five years to support existing multidisciplinary Long COVID clinics across the country.
Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Receive HHS Awards
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced approximately $23 million in funding to foster innovation, provide new research and expand the evidence to support and advance equity in the Teen Pregnancy Prevention program.
First Drugs Selected for Medicare Drug Price Negotiation
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the first 10 drugs covered under Medicare Part D selected for negotiation as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
OCR Issues Resources to Educate Patients about Telehealth and the Privacy and Security of Protected Health Information
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued two resource documents to help explain to patients the privacy and security risks to their protected health information when using telehealth services and ways to reduce these risks.
HHS Forms the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice and Launch of Long COVID Clinical Trials
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has founded the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice to lead the Long COVID response and coordination across the federal government. In addition, the National Institutes of Health launched Long COVID clinical trials through the RECOVER Initiative.