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| 17.05.2024 | Black Basta Ransomware Struck More Than 500 Organizations Worldwide | A joint cybersecurity advisory from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Health and Human services and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center was recently released... |
| 16.05.2024 | The Ultimate Guide to Benefits | Offering benefits to your employees isn’t just a nice-to-have perk: Certain benefits such as health insurance are legally required by federal and state governments in the United States. Even benefits that aren’t required, such as paid time ... |
| 16.05.2024 | Neota Releases Azure OpenAI Building Block - Empowering Businesses to Deliver Practical and Reliable GenAI Solutions for Process Automation | Neota Logic: One Platform. Endless Possibilities.
The Azure OpenAI Building Block enhances Neota's robust automation platform and adds new power and speed to Neota customer efforts toward digital transformation, efficiency, compliance and c... |
| 14.05.2024 | CipherHealth Achieves TX-RAMP Level 2 Certification | Designation underscores CipherHealth's commitment to data security
NEW YORK, May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CipherHealth, a leader in patient-centered communication solutions, today announced it has achieved TX-RAMP Level 2 Certification, dem... |
| 14.05.2024 | Largest Latino civil rights organization, UnidosUS Action Fund, to endorse Biden for reelection | The political arm of the largest Latino civil rights organization in the United States will officially endorse President Biden for re-election on Tuesday from the battleground state of Arizona, CBS News has learned.
UnidosUS Action Fund wil... |
| 14.05.2024 | Biden-Harris Administration Announces Maternal Mental Health Task Force’s National Strategy to Improve Maternal Mental Health Care Amid Urgent Public Health Crisis | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of a national strategy today, with recommendations developed by the Task Force on Maternal Mental Health, a subcommittee of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health S... |
| 14.05.2024 | Health | There’s a new highly transmissible COVID-19 variant. Could FLiRT lead to a summer uptick? | The new subvariants have been dubbed FLiRT for the mutations on the evolved COVID-19 virus. “So instead of an ‘L,’ there’s an ‘F.’ And instead of a ‘T,’ there’s an ‘R.’ And then they put an ‘i’ in to make it cute,” Chin-Hong said.
Despite t... |
| 13.05.2024 | SAMHSA Announces Winners of FentAlert Challenge During Launch of National Prevention Week | Today, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the winners of the FentAlert Challenge, which sought innovative ideas from U.S. youth, aged 14-18, to develop a community strategy to educate their peer... |
| 13.05.2024 | HHS Announces Funding Opportunity to Improve AI-Powered Healthcare & Behavioral Health IT | What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), is seeking innovative solutions to advance healthcare through artificial... |
| 13.05.2024 | U.S. Departments of Health & Human Services and Justice Issue Letter of Findings to State of Rhode Island Over Improper Over-Hospitalizations of Children with Disabilities | An investigation by the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island and has found that the State of Rhode Island violated f... |
| 10.05.2024 | Trump says he wouldn't sign a federal abortion ban. Could he limit abortion access in other ways if reelected? | Washington — When Donald Trump announced his position on abortion last month — pledging to leave the issue to the states — groups that oppose the procedure and had pushed him to back a federal ban were disappointed.
"At the end of the ... |
| 10.05.2024 | Biden admin will pay dairy farmers for help containing bird flu | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
As bird flu outbreaks in dairy cattle are raising concerns about potential human infections, the Biden administration announced Friday nearly $200 million in funding to help contain the spread.
Why it... |
| 10.05.2024 | Health | ‘Birthing friendly’ label requires little effort by hospitals | What’s more, many of the hospitals that have received the designation perform cesarean sections above the recommended levels, which could indicate overuse of the procedure. C-sections are considered riskier than vaginal birth, with a longer... |
| 08.05.2024 | Biden administration to invest $46.8 million in behavioral health | The Department of Health and Human Services will dole out the funding via four programs
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year, including 1 in 20 who experience se... |
| 02.05.2024 | UnitedHealth Cyberattack: A Tale of Compromised Credentials and Ransomware | UnitedHealth Group, the largest U.S. health insurer, fell victim to a cyberattack in February that exposed the vulnerabilities of its IT systems. Hackers exploited a security flaw in Citrix software to gain access to the insurer's Change He... |
| 02.05.2024 | Five New Mexico Connections Academy Students Qualify for HOSA-Future Health Professionals Internationals After Receiving Accolades at State Leadership Championship | New Mexico Connections Academy is a tuition-free online public school serving students in grades 4-12 across the state
New Mexico Connections Academy is the first online school to establish a HOSA Chapter in the state, demonstrating its com... |
| 01.05.2024 | Verywell Mind Announces Winners of Second Annual Verywell Mind 25 to Kickoff Mental Health Awareness Month | Taraji P. Henson, Kenneth Cole, and Lady Gaga amongst honorees recognized for their work and advocacy in mental health
NEW YORK, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Verywell Mind, one of the largest mental health sites, announced its second ... |
| 01.05.2024 | Hackers used compromised Citrix credentials to attack healthcare provider | US-based healthcare insurance company UnitedHealth Group disclosed that hackers broke into software supplier Change Healthcare IT systems in February using stolen credentials, which enabled them to log in to a Citrix remote access portal.
T... |
| 30.04.2024 | Justice Dept will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, sources say | The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug as soon as Tuesday, CBS News has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across... |
| 30.04.2024 | CDC director promotes mental health support in Nashville visit | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
CDC director Mandy Cohen visited Nashville Monday to see how Tennessee organizations work to bolster mental health and prevent suicides.
Why it matters: More than 1,200 people died by suicide in Tenne... |
| 29.04.2024 | Oregon Medicaid patients get air conditioning, mini fridges as climate change drives health concerns | Oregon is shipping air conditioners, air purifiers and power banks to some of its most vulnerable residents, a first-in-the-nation experiment to use Medicaid money to prevent the potentially deadly health effects of extreme heat, wildfire s... |
| 29.04.2024 | Health | Unsheltered people are losing Medicaid in redetermination mix-ups | Aaron Bolton, MTPR | KFF Health News (TNS)
KALISPELL, Mont. — On a cold February morning at the Flathead Warming Center, Tashya Evans waited for help with her Medicaid application as others at the shelter got ready for the day in this north... |
| 29.04.2024 | HHS shares its Plan for Promoting Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Automated and Algorithmic Systems by State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Governments in the Administration of Public B... | Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) publicly shared its plan for promoting responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in automated and algorithmic systems by state, local, tribal, and territorial governments i... |
| 26.04.2024 | Menthol cigarette ban delayed due to "immense" feedback, Biden administration says | The Biden administration said Friday it would again delay a decision on a regulation aiming to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes, citing the "historic attention" and "immense amount of feedback" on the controversial propos... |
| 26.04.2024 | HHS Issues New Rule to Strengthen Nondiscrimination Protections and Advance Civil Rights in Health Care | Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) advancing protect... |
| 26.04.2024 | HHS Issues New Rule to Strengthen Nondiscrimination Protections and Advance Civil Rights in Health Care | Download the News Release Download the News Release - Word
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule under Sect... |
| 26.04.2024 | Welcome, Francisco Ruiz, ONAP’s New Director - A Message from Kaye Hayes | Left: B. Kaye Hayes, MPA, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infectious Disease and Director, OIDP; Right: Francisco Ruiz, Director, Office of National AIDS Policy, The White House
We are already more than 100 days into 2024, and I’m reminded t... |
| 25.04.2024 |
HUD details funding, policy support for green homes and climate resilience | The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Thursday detailed a series of actions and initiatives it has undertaken to bolster climate resiliency while supporting green housing initiatives that stem from Inflation Reductio... |
| 25.04.2024 | Business | FTC chief says tech advancements risk health care price fixing | Julie Rovner, David Hilzenrath | (TNS) KFF Health News
New technologies are making it easier for companies to fix prices and discriminate against individual consumers, the Biden administration’s top consumer watchdog said Tuesday.
Algorithm... |
| 25.04.2024 | American College of Lifestyle Medicine and National Medical Association announce partnership to address chronic disease health disparities and diversify medical workforce | ACLM
The organizations will collaborate to advance strategic initiatives that diversify the medical workforce to improve health outcomes among communities of color.
ST. LOUIS, April 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The American College of Life... |
| 24.04.2024 | Editorials | Editorial: Potatoes are a vegetable, not a grain | Potatoes are a very versatile vegetable. You can eat them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. They can be cooked lots of ways on their own, mixed into soups, side dishes, and made into pasta and bread. You can even make vodka from pota... |
| 23.04.2024 | HHS Adopts Vital New Rule Protecting Patient Data about Lawful Reproductive Care | (WASHINGTON) — Today, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Civil Rights issued a new rule to support reproductive health privacy under HIPAA. The rule protects patient privacy by prohibiting, in certain situations, t... |
| 22.04.2024 | Hospital emissions reporting proposal is a "game changer" | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Hospitals for the first time could be asked to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the federal health department.
Why it matters: A new Medicare proposal to collect that data is a "game chan... |
| 22.04.2024 | Health | Why taking steps to combat loneliness can be good for your overall health | Last year, the United States Surgeon General published a report on the epidemic of loneliness and social isolation.
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| 19.04.2024 | Syphilis Is a Public Health Priority | Topics People with HIVPreventionSTDsSexually Transmitted Diseases
Cross-posted from: HHS Blog
Summary: Syphilis is surging in the U.S. During STI Awareness Week, help spread the word about the importance of syphilis prevention, testing, and... |
| 17.04.2024 | Health | Ten doctors on FDA panel reviewing Abbott heart device had financial ties with company | David Hilzenrath, Holly K. Hacker | KFF Health News (TNS)
When the FDA recently convened a committee of advisers to assess a cardiac device made by Abbott, the agency didn’t disclose that most of them had received payments from the company ... |
| 17.04.2024 | National Politics | Fact check: Biden is right about $35 insulin cap but exaggerates prior costs for Medicare enrollees | Samantha Putterman | (TNS) KFF Health News
Insulin for Medicare beneficiaries “was costing 400 bucks a month on average. It now costs $35 a month.”
President Joe Biden, in a March 22 speech
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The cost of insulin in the United States has ... |
| 17.04.2024 | Sexually Transmitted Infections—A Closer Look at NIAID Research | Content From: NIAID Newsroom•Published: April 17, 2024•4 min read
Topics NIAIDNational Institute of Allergy & Infectious DiseasesSTDsSexually Transmitted DiseasesSTI PlanFederal STI Action Plan
Electron micrograph imagery of bacteria th... |
| 15.04.2024 | Statement from HHS Assistant Secretary for Health ADM Rachel Levine for STI Awareness Week–April 14-20, 2024 | Content From: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Newsroom•Published: April 15, 2024•2 min read
Topics HHSDepartment of Health & Human ServicesSTDsSexually Transmitted Diseases
Cross-posted from: HHS Newsroom
This week marks Sexuall... |
| 15.04.2024 | Health | Nearly 1 in 4 adults dumped from Medicaid are now uninsured, survey finds | Phil Galewitz | KFF Health News (TNS)
Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain... |
| 15.04.2024 | Resources for STI Awareness Week: April 14-20, 2024 | Content From: HIV.gov•Published: April 15, 2024•4 min read
Topics STDsSexually Transmitted DiseasesSTI PlanFederal STI Action PlanSyndemicsyndemic of HIV, viral hepatitis, STIs
STI Awareness Week, observed April 14-20 this year, raises awar... |
| 15.04.2024 | Health | Rising complaints of unauthorized Obamacare plan-switching and sign-ups trigger concern | Julie Appleby, KFF Health News | KFF Health News (TNS)
Federal and state regulators aren’t doing enough to stop the growing problem of rogue health insurance brokers making unauthorized policy switches for Affordable Care Act policyholders,... |
| 12.04.2024 | The Adderall shortage highlights a key issue for voters in 2024. Here's what the Biden Administration is doing about it. | Economy The Adderall shortage highlights a key issue for voters in 2024. Here's what the Biden Administration is doing about it.
Allie Kelly
2024-04-12T15:01:49Z
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| 10.04.2024 | UK Government Weighs Smartphone Ban for Children Amid Rising Concerns | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 10 April 2024, 11:04 am
After recent surveys showed substantial support, the UK government is considering banning the sale of smartphones to individuals under 16. This proposal comes amid growing worries about the hea... |
| 10.04.2024 | Buffet’s new app tackles the loneliness epidemic by connecting people in the real world | If you’ve been feeling lonely over the past few years, you’re not alone. According to a 2023 report from the U.S. Surgeon General, about half of U.S. adults reported feeling lonely, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. The report warns that l... |
| 10.04.2024 | Private equity in health care becomes a bigger Washington target | Congress is ramping up oversight of private equity's influence in health care, though lawmakers don't appear ready to give government more power to halt deals.
Why it matters: Health care has been a magnet for private equity deals, even as ... |
| 10.04.2024 | SAC Health Hosts Secretary Becerra and Representative Aguilar Visit to Highlight Biden-Harris Administration Efforts to Advance Health Equity in Inland Empire | From Left: Rep. Pete Aguilar, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, SAC Health CEO, Jason Lohr discuss health care equity
SAC Health, a teaching health center in San Bernardino, hosted Rep. Pete Aguilar and U.S. Department of Health and Human Servi... |
| 07.04.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Jaime Kucinskas and James L. Perry: Politicians may rail against the ‘deep state,’ but federal workers are effective | By Jaime Kucinskas and James L. Perry
It’s common for political candidates to disparage “the government” even as they run for an office in which they would be part of, yes, running the government.
Often, what they’re referring to is what we... |
| 04.04.2024 | Visit to Tulsa’s Historic Black Wall Street Inspires | Content From: HIV.gov•Published: April 04, 2024•3 min read
Topics EHEEnding the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative
OIDP’s LT. Erica Bussey Jones and CAPT John Oguntomilade at a mural commemorating Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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| 03.04.2024 |
Pennsylvania doctor, lawmaker explain why aging in place ‘makes sense’ | A physician and a lawmaker, both based in the state of Pennsylvania, have come together to explain to area seniors why aging in place “makes sense,” explaining potential benefits from a regional healthcare system’s senior wellness program a... |
| 03.04.2024 | Health | More women are drinking themselves sick. The Biden administration is concerned | Lauren Sausser | KFF Health News (TNS)
When Karla Adkins looked in the rearview mirror of her car one morning nearly 10 years ago, she noticed the whites of her eyes had turned yellow.
She was 36 at the time and working as a physician liais... |
| 03.04.2024 | Fundamentals of Data Classification | The process of data classification can be broadly described as the organization of data into relevant categories, allowing it to be accessed and protected more efficiently. In the simplest terms, the data classification process ranks data b... |
| 25.03.2024 | Nearly Half of RN Vacancies in 2023 Were Agency Staffing Positions: Three Takeaways for Employers | If you feel like nursing is in crisis right now, you’re not alone.
In fact, a biannual survey of US nurses by AMN Healthcare released last year highlights just how dire things are, especially in hospitals: among nurses who work in hospitals... |
| 24.03.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Naomi Cahn, Alan Morrison and Sonia Suter: Biden could make it easier to get abortion | By Naomi Cahn, Alan Morrison and Sonia Suter
President Joe Biden promised during his State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, that he would make the right to get an abortion a federal law.
“If you, the American people, send me a Congres... |
| 23.03.2024 | Health | Minority donors more likely to use ‘blood money,’ CU study finds | Younger, minority donors are more likely to use plasma donations as emergency sources of money than others are, according to a study by an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.
“Plasma is this source of income. It’s a w... |
| 22.03.2024 | House approves $1.2T spending package before shutdown deadline | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday. The House approved a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills today just a few hours before funding for some key federal agencies i... |
| 22.03.2024 | Gen Alpha won't know a world without social media and AI. Here are 3 tips for parents raising kids in a digital world. | Parenting Gen Alpha won't know a world without social media and AI. Here are 3 tips for parents raising kids in a digital world.
Kristina Puga
2024-03-22T15:45:05Z
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| 21.03.2024 | Health | Concerns grow over quality of care as investor groups buy not-for-profit nursing homes | Harris Meyer | (TNS) KFF Health News
Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the f... |
| 21.03.2024 | More women are drinking themselves sick. The Biden administration is concerned. | When Karla Adkins looked in the rearview mirror of her car one morning nearly 10 years ago, she noticed the whites of her eyes had turned yellow.
She was 36 at the time and working as a physician liaison for a hospital system on the South C... |
| 21.03.2024 | HHS gets slight funding bump in minibus | House and Senate leaders early this morning released text of the second minibus, which includes a Labor-HHS bill that would fund the federal health department at $116.8 billion for FY24.
As we noted last week, that's a small bump over the $... |
| 19.03.2024 | OCR Updates Guidance on HIPAA and Online Tracking, But New Examples Lead to New Questions | On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) revised its controversial guidance on how HIPAA applies to the use of online tracking on regulated entities' public webpages. OCR first issued... |
| 19.03.2024 | President Biden signs executive order to fund women's health research | The order includes $200 million for research at the National Institutes of Health
Even as funding to women's health startups increases, despite overall investments fall, there's still a big gap when it comes to research in the space: accord... |
| 18.03.2024 | Three Glomars A Day: Officials Refuse To ‘Confirm Nor Deny’ Stuff At Least 1,000 Times A Year | The Freedom of Information Act does its best to free information, but it can only do so much when the same government that’s supposed to follow it figures it shouldn’t abide by a law another branch crafted.
Simple refusals are never welcome... |
| 17.03.2024 | Should the DOJ Break Up UnitedHealth Group? | Consider this: Aside from being the largest health insurance player in the country, UnitedHealth Group also
Employs or contracts with thousands of physicians
Owns OptumRx, one of the top three largest pharmacy benefit managers
Has spent mor... |
| 16.03.2024 | HHS Secretary Becerra and U.S. Trade Representative Tai Commemorate Third Anniversary of Atlanta Spa Murders | Co-Chairs of the White House Initiative and President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders issue joint statement to underscore the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to combat anti-Asian ha... |
| 14.03.2024 | Health | New AI tools can record your medical appointment or draft a message from your doctor | By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press
Don’t be surprised if your doctors start writing you overly friendly messages. They could be getting some help from artificial intelligence.
New AI tools are helping doctors communicate with their patie... |
| 14.03.2024 | EPA finalizes curbs on medical device sterilizer | The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized a rule aimed at sharply reducing emissions of ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical that's essential for sterilizing medical devices.
Why it matters: The FDA has expressed concer... |
| 13.03.2024 | Feds Launches Investigation of Change Healthcare Cybersecurity Attack | What You Should Know:
– The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced an investigation into the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG).
– The cybersecurit... |
| 13.03.2024 | Fact Sheet: In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Use Across the United States | KEY POINTS
Infertility affects millions of Americans in the United States at some point in their life.
Difficulty conceiving can be caused by a variety of factors such as age, health conditions, and for couples who are same sex or individua... |
| 13.03.2024 | Latest Report Reveals Ransomware Attack Drains $100 Million Daily from Healthcare Providers | John Lopez, Tech Times 13 March 2024, 08:03 am
A recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a technology company based in Tennessee owned by the massive conglomerate UnitedHealth Group, has sent shockwaves through the healthcare system, resul... |
| 12.03.2024 | Readout of Biden-Harris Administration Convening with Health Care Community Concerning Cyberattack on Change Healthcare | Leaders from HHS, White House, DOL, and the health care community convened to discuss ways to mitigate harms to patient and providers caused by the cyberattack.
On Tuesday, March 12, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Se... |
| 12.03.2024 | White House meets with UnitedHealth CEO over hack | :White House officials met with UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty and others in the industry on Tuesday to discuss a hack at the healthcare conglomerate's tech unit that has disrupted operations across the United States.
The meeting was t... |
| 11.03.2024 | Health care providers losing up to $1B a day from cyberattack | Disruptions from the Change Healthcare cyberattack are costing health providers as much as $1 billion a day and creating enough of a drag to depress first-quarter earnings, analysts and industry officials say.
Why it matters: Even though Ch... |
| 11.03.2024 | Statement by Secretary Becerra on the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget | HHS-specific budget investments will expand access care, lower health care costs, strengthen supports for children and families, and more.
The Biden-Harris Administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. Following... |
| 11.03.2024 | US officials urge UnitedHealth to expedite payments to providers | Officials from the US government asked UnitedHealth Group to expedite payments to healthcare providers in an open letter on Sunday, after a hack of the insurer's Change Healthcare tech unit crippled medical claims and payments.
Officials fr... |
| 10.03.2024 | HHS DOL Open Letter to Health Care Leaders | Dear Health Care Leaders,
As you know, last month Change Healthcare was the target of a cyberattack that has had significant impacts on much of the nation’s health care system. The effects of this attack are far-reaching; Change Healthcare,... |
| 08.03.2024 | Biden-Harris Administration Announces Utah’s Medicaid and CHIP Postpartum Coverage Expansion; 45 States Now Offer Full Year of Coverage After Pregnancy | Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration's efforts to strengthen maternal health, an estimated 691,000 Americans annually are now eligible for essential care for a full year after pregnancy.
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human S... |
| 08.03.2024 | Biden team, UnitedHealth struggle to restore paralyzed billing systems after cyberattack | Margaret Parsons, one of three dermatologists at a 20-person practice in Sacramento, California, is in a bind.
Since a Feb. 21 cyberattack on a previously obscure medical payment processing company, Change Healthcare, Parsons said, she and ... |
| 08.03.2024 | HHS Announces New Smoking Cessation Framework to Support Quitting | All people in America should have access to comprehensive, evidence-based cessation treatment
Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a new Framework to accelerate smoking cessation and reduce smo... |
| 08.03.2024 | Friday is last day to order free COVID tests from government | March 8 is the last day to order free at-home COVID tests from the government before the program is suspended.
Why it matters: Cases have been falling as the respiratory virus season winds down. But hundreds of people are still dying from C... |
| 07.03.2024 | Answering 7 Key Questions About Change Healthcare’s Cyberattack | It’s been more than two weeks since Change Healthcare discovered it was hit by a cyberattack.
The aftermath remains messy — patients across the country continue to struggle to obtain their prescriptions, as many of the systems that provider... |
| 06.03.2024 | United Healthcare’s ransomware attack shows why supply chains are under siege | Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here.
Healthcare supply chains are facing a digital pandemic, with the latest UnitedHealth Group breach showing the power... |
| 04.03.2024 | A young worker sparked a debate about loneliness and boredom after complaining about spending a night alone in a hotel for a work trip | Careers A young worker sparked a debate about loneliness and boredom after complaining about spending a night alone in a hotel for a work trip
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2024-03-04T13:11:14Z
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| 04.03.2024 | Biden-Harris Administration Receives Counteroffers from Drug Companies as Part of Ongoing Negotiations to Lower Drug Prices | HHS also releases new research detailing how the Inflation Reduction Act will improve the health and financial well-being of people with Medicare who live in rural areas.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the C... |
| 02.03.2024 | "Department of Life": Trump allies plot abortion crackdown for second term | Allies of former President Trump are looking to crack down on abortion should the GOP frontrunner secure another White House term later this year.
Why it matters: Though the plans come from the Heritage Foundation — not the Trump campaign —... |
| 01.03.2024 | Readout of HHS Black Health Forum | In honor of Black History Month, HHS hosted a forum to highlight the progress made to advance Black health equity under the Biden-Harris Administration
In honor of Black History Month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ... |
| 01.03.2024 | U.S. measles cases rise to 41, as CDC tallies infections now in 16 states | At least 41 cases of measles have been reported in the U.S. across 16 states so far this year, according to new weekly figures published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This is up from 35 cases in 15 states reporte... |
| 29.02.2024 | Healthcare Docket: A Near Doubling of Hospital System Cyberattacks Triggers Bipartisan Bill | While the world frets over legal and clinical perils of the growing use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, cybersecurity may have become the IT genie already out of the bottle.
Attacks on healthcare information systems are accelerati... |
| 27.02.2024 | CVE-2024-1709 и массовая атака на медицинские учреждения США | В данной статье рассказывается о 0-day уязвимости CVE-2024-1709, позволяющей обойти аутентификацию и получить неограниченный доступ к серверам и машинам, которые управляются с помощью ПО удаленного рабочего стола ConnectWise ScreenConnect. ... |
| 26.02.2024 | DOJ and HHS Send Letter to Medicaid Programs on Hepatitis C and Substance Use Disorders | Content From: HIV.gov•Published: February 26, 2024•2 min read
Topics ADAAmericans with Disabilities ActCMSCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDOJDepartment of JusticeHepatitis CSyndemicsyndemic of HIV, viral hepatitis, STIs
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| 26.02.2024 | Washingtonians are facing a loneliness crisis | Many Washingtonians are craving connection amid a national loneliness epidemic.
Why it matters: Loneliness isn't just a feeling, it can lead to serious mental and physical health impacts that can shorten your life.
The big picture: Some adu... |
| 24.02.2024 | Refugees and Asylees Make Positive Fiscal Impact on US Economy | A recent study by the US Department of Health and Human Services reveals that refugees and asylees have made a significant positive fiscal impact on the American economy over a 15-year period. The study highlights the contributions made by ... |
| 23.02.2024 | HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Tours New England, Announces $100 Million Investment in Women’s Healthcare Alongside the First Lady | Secretary Visits New Hampshire to Highlight Biden-Harris Administration’s Efforts to Lower Prescription Drug Costs
This week, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra toured New England to highlighted how ... |
| 21.02.2024 | Black History Month Messages from OIDP | Content From: HIV.gov•Published: February 21, 2024•2 min read
Topics African AmericansOIDPOffice of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy
In honor of Black History Month, Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) leadership, ... |
| 21.02.2024 | HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles Second Ever Ransomware Cyber-Attack | OCR settles a ransomware investigation that affected over 14,000 individuals
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a settlement under the Health Insurance Portability and Acc... |
| 19.02.2024 | Politics | TikTok time limit? Pop-up warnings proposed for Colorado youth on social media late at night. | Annie Valentina Castanon knows the endless scroll of social media well — one short video on an app like Instagram or TikTok turns into another, she said, and soon a minute turns into hours.
The quick rush from flashy entertainment gives way... |
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Last year alone, David Mitchell paid $16,525 for 12 little bottles of Pomalyst, one of the pricey medications that treat his multiple myeloma, a blood cancer he was diagnosed with in 2010.
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| 15.02.2024 | HHS Intends to Propose Rulemaking on HIV-positive Organ Transplantation | Years of HOPE Act Research Informs Potential Organ Transplant Policy Change for People with HIV
As people with HIV live longer, end-stage diseases of the kidney, liver, heart and lung continue to rise. As a result, the need for organs avail... |
