HHS Secretary Releases Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008

The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Michael Leavitt, recently released a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 to address the Medicare funding warning issued by the Medicare Board of Trustees.

HHS Releases Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report for 2006

On February 12, 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Justice released the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program Annual Report for FY 2006.

Pandemic Influenza and Other Public Health Emergencies

" Preparing the Justice System for a Pandemic Influenza and Other Public Health Emergencies   The President, in the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, communicated that "A new strain of influenza virus has been found in birds in Asia, and has shown that it can...

HHS Publishes Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda

On December 10, 2007, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda presenting a forecast of the rulemaking activities that HHS expects to undertake in the foreseeable future (i.e., the next 12 months).

Contraception Contradiction

"Birth Control Opponent Appointed to Chief of Federal Family Planning Department"

CWLA Calls on HHS to Reconsider Move to Require Proof of Citizenship Before R...

The Child Welfare League of America has joined with U.S. Senators and Representatives and several national organizations in calling on Congress to order HHS to reconsider its decision to implement new restrictions on Medicaid that could delay or prevent access to health and...