Washington Report Articles
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is launching two initiatives to help states save money and better coordinate care for the nine million Americans enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid.
The U.S. departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury together published new guidelines requiring health insurers and group health plans to provide consumers with plain language information about their health plans.
Nearly 4,500 organizations — including more than 2,000 hospitals — have pledged their support for Partnership for Patients.
On July 27, 2011, Royce Lamberth, chief judge of the District of Columbia District Court, ruled that the U.S. government can continue funding embryonic stem-cell research.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has published a new rule for electronic funds transfers in healthcare.
Responding to concerns about the initial Accountable Care Organization rules, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has made several concessions.
In September, the Justice Department said it would forgo an appeal to the full U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, which ruled 2-1 in August that the healthcare reform law’s requirement that people buy health insurance is unconstitutional.
In April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will launch the final deployment of a system to transform the way the agency distributes vaccines to more than 100,000 U.S.doctors and clinicians.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Gilenya, the first oral treatment for multiple sclerosis.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that Medicare Part B premiums in 2012 will be lower than previously projected.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a new initiative made possible by the Affordable Care Act to help primary care practices deliver higher-quality, more coordinated and patient-centered care.
In July, 12 new medical diagnoses were added to the Social Security Administration’s Compassionate Allowances program.