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COVID-19
600 million facemask order won’t help fight coronavirus epidemic at its peak
April 7, 2020 / By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Washington (CNN) – A massive plan by the federal government to buy 600…
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Public health agencies get $186 million to test, track COVID-19
April 6, 2020 / MICHAEL BRADY The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will provide state and local public health…
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HHS eases HIPAA enforcement on data releases during COVID-19
April 2, 2020 / HARRIS MEYER HHS won’t enforce penalties for violations of certain provisions of the HIPAA privacy rule…
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Feds distribute thousands of masks, other supplies seized from hoarders during coronavirus pandemic
April 2, 2020 / By Brooke Singman | Fox News The Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services are distributing…
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Pentagon says it still hasn’t sent ventilators because it hasn’t been told where to send them
March 31, 2020 / By Barbara Starr and Zachary Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) – Despite having committed to transferring 2,000 ventilators in military…
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Surgeon general: Data doesn’t back up wearing masks in public amid coronavirus pandemic
March 31, 2020 / By Talia Kaplan | Fox News U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday that “the data doesn’t…
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HHS wants daily COVID-19 results from hospital with in-house labs
March 29, 2020 / Modern Healthcare The Trump administration on Sunday sent a letter to hospitals Sunday “requesting” that they report their…
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The coronavirus test that wasn’t: How federal health officials misled state scientists and derailed the best chance at containment
March 27, 2020 / Brett Murphy and Letitia Stein, USA TODAY The coronavirus epidemic this week reached Beadle County, South…
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HHS implements anti-price gouging order amid coronavirus outbreak
March 26, 2020 / By Brooke Singman | Fox News The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday implemented President Trump’s…
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Hospitals
Hospitals sue HHS over negotiated price disclosure rule
December 04, 2019 / MICHAEL BRADY Hospitals sued HHS on Wednesday over a new rule that would force them to disclose…
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Regulatory
Presidential order could revive turf war over Medicare requirement for physician supervision
by Joanne Finnegan | Oct 31, 2019 An executive order signed earlier this month by President Donald Trump calls for changes in Medicare…
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Financial
Trump transparency order puts ‘shoppable’ healthcare in HHS hands
June 25, 2019 / Susannah Luthi and Tara Bannow Hospital and insurer trade groups have allied to bash President Donald…
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Hospitals
National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges Against 601 Individuals Responsible for Over $2 Billion in Fraud Losses
June 28, 2018 Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex M. Azar III,…
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Hospitals
Dr. Price Brakes Bundled Payments Expansion
Walter Eisner • Tue, March 21st, 2017 Our orthopedic surgeon and Health and Human Services Secretary, Tom Price, M.D., has…
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Senate Finance Committee OKs Tom Price, MD, for HHS Chief
February 01, 2017 – Medscape Medical News – Robert Lowes The Senate Finance Committee today approved the nomination of Rep. Tom Price,…
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