Washington Report Articles
The Department of Health andHuman Services (HHS) will allow certain hospitals to receive discounts on orphan drugs when they are used for non-orphan conditions, despite a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that HHS did not have the authority to do so.
A substantial decrease in Medicare spending as a result of improvements made by the Affordable Care Act (ACA)will result in the Medicare Trust Fund lasting until 2030.
A federal appeals court has struck down subsidies provided under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for federally run insurance exchanges.
Under a proposed rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(CMS), healthcare providers will have an extra year to use 2011 edition software in their electronic health record systems under the federal incentive program for health IT.
Thirty-nine recipients from 27 states and the District of Columbia have been chosen by the Department of Health andHuman Services to receive Health CareInnovation Awards that total as much as$360 million to test care models designed to deliver better healthcare and lower costs.
A new piece of legislation aims to stop prescription drug abuse by mandating that drugmakers registered under the Controlled Substances Act conduct background checks and perform employee drug testing for those with access to controlled substances.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) released a web-based training video known as “The Research Clinic” to help teach clinical and social researchers how to better protect research subjects and avoid research misconduct.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a new security risk assessment (SRA) tool to assist healthcare providers in small- to medium-sized offices oversee risk assessments of their facilities.
The U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services establisheda network of five clinical research organizations aimed to design and conduct clinical studies required to develop medical countermeasures, including vaccines, drugs and diagnostic tests, that can help protect Americans against bioterrorism, pandemic influenza and other widespread health emergencies.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed the new “two midnight” rule for Medicare hospital admissions until after Sept. 30, 2014.
U.S. Health and Human Services announced $150 million in awards will be issued under the Affordable Care Act to support new full-time healthcenter delivery sites across the nation.
The U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services announced $55.5 million in grants to support training for health professionals and bolster the size of the nation’s healthcare workforce.