U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) news and information

Healthcare fraud may be growing, but the number of fraud cops who work to stop it is shrinking.
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The success of the president's healthcare overhaul may depend on an unlikely feat: With little time, and limited resources, the Obama administration and its allies must find and entice millions of Americans who are eligible for new healthcare coverage and might not want to pay for it.
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Outliers was intrigued to learn HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is turning to professional sports leagues to get the word out on open enrollment for the insurance exchanges that starts in a few months.
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Nearly a year to the day after the Supreme Court ruled the reform law constitutional, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius launched her department's public awareness and outreach campaign.
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Federal plans to regulate the safety of health information technology remain a work in progress, but tools are available now to engage patients in using health IT for their own benefit, two federal health IT leaders told a gathering of physician informaticists Wednesday.
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The nation's health information technology system passed a major milestone last month when the government announced that more than half of all U.S. physicians now use electronic health records.
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Organizers last week kicked off a privately run campaign to promote the rollout of insurance and Medicaid expansion under the healthcare reform law—a must since a divided Congress has refused to appropriate funds to conduct a broad education and outreach effort.
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U.S. Reps. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) and Bruce Braley (D-Iowa), who previously called on CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to delay the second round of Medicare's Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) competitive-bidding program, have now appealed to HHS Inspector...
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The media-fueled saga of 10-year-old cystic fibrosis patient Sarah Murnaghan ended happily last week for her and her family. But the successful legal and publicity campaign that allowed her to leap to the front of the waiting list for a life-saving lung transplant highlights an underlying dilemma.
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Reacting to a settlement in March over the rejection of two medical school students who have hepatitis B, HHS and the Justice and Education departments have sent letters to medical, dental and nursing schools to emphasize updated nondiscrimination policies released by the Centers for Disease...
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