by admin | Aug 11, 2015 | HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed the first holistic revision and complete reorganization of the Head Start Program Performance Standards since they were originally published in 1975. A Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) has been...
by admin | Jul 11, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, DOL, DOT, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), along with the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of the Treasury (DOT), have issued interim final rules that establish an alternative way for eligible organizations that have a religious objection to...
by admin | Jul 9, 2015 | Health Care Reform, HHS
Health departments across the country will receive more than $840 million in cooperative agreements from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve and sustain emergency preparedness of state and local public health and health care systems. The...
by admin | Jun 22, 2015 | HHS, Medicare
A nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts has resulted in charges against 243 individuals, including 46 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving...
by admin | Jun 18, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday that it was “pleased” to up its reimbursements to insurance companies to 100 percent for individual health claim costs that fall between $45,000 and $250,000. The original contribution...
by admin | Jun 16, 2015 | Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, HHS, Obamacare
After some high-profile state defections, the ranks of states hosting their own Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance marketplaces will grow with the addition of Arkansas, Delaware and Pennsylvania, whose applications were recently approved by the Department of...