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#  News Releases 

**Collected by:** U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 

**Archived since:**Sep, 2013

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This collection includes HHS news and announcements from 1991+.

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**Creator:**    	    OS/ASPA

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### 	  Title:       HHS selects eight states for new demonstration program to improve access to high quality behavioral health services    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/21/hhs-selects-eight-states-new-demonstration-program-improve-access-high-quality-behavioral-health

**Description:**	  	HHS today announced the selection of eight states for participation in a two-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic demonstration program designed to improve behavioral health services in their communities.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

**HHS Official:**    	    Kana Enomoto

### 	  Title:       HHS Finalizes New Medicare Alternative Payment Models to Reward Better Care at Lower Cost    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/20/hhs-finalizes-new-medicare-alternative-payment-models-to-reward-better-care-at-lower-cost.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the Department of Health & Human Services finalized new Medicare alternative payment models that continue the Administration's progress in reforming how the health care system pays for care. These new approaches will shift Medicare payments from rewarding quantity to rewarding quality by creating incentives for hospitals and clinicians to work together to avoid complications, avoid preventable hospital readmissions, and speed patient recovery.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Medicare and Medicaid

### 	  Title:       2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory Released    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/20/2017-interoperability-standards-advisory-released.html

**Description:**	  	The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released the 2017 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA). The ISA catalogues key information about standards and implementation specifications â€“ such as whether they are required by any federal programs or how widely used they are â€“ to help enhance information sharing for key clinical data, including medication lists, immunization records, and test results	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/15/department-health-and-human-services-awards-over-50-million-new-health-center-sites.html

**Description:**	  	Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced over $50 million in funding for 75 health centers in 23 states, Puerto Rico and the Federated State of Micronesia.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Mary K. Wakefield, Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/14/hhs-issues-final-regulation-increase-access-affordable-family-planning-and-preventive-services.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule to clarify the regulations for family planning services under Title X of the Public Health Service Act and protect access to family planning services.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Prevention and Wellness

### 	  Title:       New Report Details Impact of the Affordable Care Act    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/13/new-report-details-impact-affordable-care-act.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released an extensive compilation of national and state-level data illustrating the substantial improvements in health care for all Americans in the last six years. The uninsured rate has fallen to the lowest level on record, and 20 million Americans have gained coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

### 	  Title:       HHS showcases industry progress in bringing interoperable medication lists to consumers    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/13/hhs-showcases-industry-progress-bringing-interoperable-medication-lists-consumers.html

**Description:**	  	The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today, in partnership with leaders in the private sector, as well as patient and consumer advocates, coordinated a live demonstration of consumer-friendly applications (apps) that import data from some of the largest health information technology (IT) vendors in the country to allow individuals to access a consolidated list of their medications from a variety of sources in one place.Â	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

**HHS Official:**    	    Dr. Vindell Washington

### 	  Title:       National Patient Safety Efforts Save 125,000 Lives and Nearly $28 Billion in Costs    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/12/national-patient-safety-efforts-save-125000-lives-and-nearly-28-billion-costs.html

**Description:**	  	A report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today shows that nationwide efforts to make health care safer are paying off.Â	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Data

### 	  Title:       Surgeon General Reports Youth and Young Adult E-Cigarette Use Poses a Public Health Threat    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/08/surgeon-general-reports-youth-and-young-adult-e-cigarette-use-poses-public-health-threat.html

**Description:**	  	A new report from the U.S. Surgeon General raises public health concerns about e-cigarette use among U.S. youth and young adults.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Prevention and Wellness

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/12/08/hhs-awards-40-million-in-puerto-rico-american-samoa-and-the-us-virgin-islands-to-fight-zika.html

**Description:**	  	Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced nearly $39 million in funding to 23 health centers in Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands and $1 million to two Primary Care Associations (PCAs) to help combat the Zika virus.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Prevention and Wellness

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       UMass settles potential HIPAA violations following malware infection    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/22/umass-settles-potential-hipaa-violations-following-malware-infection.html

**Description:**	  	The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    HIPAA

**HHS Official:**    	    Jocelyn Samuels

### 	  Title:       Surgeon General Issues Landmark Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/17/surgeon-general-issues-landmark-report-alcohol-drugs-and-health.html

**Description:**	  	A new Surgeon General's report finds alcohol and drug misuse and severe substance use disorders, commonly called addiction, to be one of America's most pressing public health concerns.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Prevention and Wellness

### 	  Title:       HHS takes additional steps to expand access to opioid treatment    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/16/additional-steps-expand-opioid-treatment.html

**Description:**	  	HHS is taking additional steps to address the U.S. opioid epidemic by further expanding access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Mental Health and Substance Abuse

**HHS Official:**    	    Kana Enomoto

### 	  Title:       CMS approves Michigan plan to abate lead hazards from Flint and other impacted areas in the state with federal support    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/14/cms-approves-michigan-plan-to-abate-lead-hazards-from-flint-and-other-impacted-areas.html

**Description:**	  	The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a Michigan State Plan Amendment (SPA) today that uses federal and state funding to expand lead abatement activities in the impacted areas of Flint and other areas in Michigan.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       HHS announces Phase 1 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/02/hhs-announces-phase-1-winners-move-health-data-forward-challenge.html

**Description:**	  	The Department of Health and Humans Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced the Phase 1 winners of the Move Health Data Forward Challenge. Winners were selected based on their proposals for using application programming interfaces (API) to enable consumers to share their personal health information safely and securely with their health care providers, family members or other caregivers.Â	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

### 	  Title:       HHS launches 2017 Open Enrollment, encourages Americans to shop for affordable coverage on HealthCare.gov    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/01/hhs-launches-2017-open-enrollment-encourages-americans-shop-affordable-coverage-healthcare-gov.html

**Description:**	  	Today, HHS announced that the Health Insurance Marketplaces are open for business, and Americans can again shop for high-quality, affordable coverage on an open, transparent market. This year, most Marketplace consumers will again have plan options for less than $75 per month, thanks to financial assistance.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       El HHS inicia la InscripciÃ3n Abierta de 2017, alienta a los estadounidenses a comprar una cobertura a su alcance en CuidadodeSalud.gov o HealthCare.gov    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/11/01/el-hhs-inicia-la-inscripcion-abierta-de-2017-alienta-los-estadounidenses.html

**Description:**	  	Hoy, el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS por sus siglas en inglÃ©s) anunciÃ3 que los Mercados de Seguros MÃ©dicos ya estÃ¡n abiertos para el pÃoblico, y los estadounidenses pueden volver a buscar y comparar cobertura de salud a su alance econÃ3mico y de alta calidad en un mercado abierto y transparente. Este aÃ±o, gracias a la asistencia financiera, la mayorÃ­a de los consumidores del Mercado de seguros volverÃ¡n a tener opciones de segurosÂ por menos de $75 por mes.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

### 	  Title:       HRSA Announces the Availability of $39 Million to Expand Fight Against Zika Virus    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/28/hrsa-announces-availability-of-39-million-to-expand-fight-against-zika-virus.html

**Description:**	  	The Health Resources and Services Administration announced today the availability of $39 million for health centers in Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands to expand the availability of preventive and primary health care services to meet immediate and anticipated Zika-related health care needs and enable health centers to expand services in response to other urgent and emergent primary health care needs.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Prevention and Wellness

### 	  Title:       HHS FACT Sheet: Delivery System Reform: Progress and the Future    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/25/hhs-fact-sheet-delivery-system-reform-progress-and-future.html

**Description:**	  	As the largest health care purchaser in this country, the Department of Health and Human Services is directly responsible for ensuring access to high quality health care services for more than 100 million Americans.Â  This Administration is dedicated to using that role to ensure that all Americans receive better care; that we spend our health care dollars more wisely; and that we have healthier communities, a healthier economy, and ultimately, a healthier country.Â  To accomplish these goals, we are working with State and private partners to drive change throughout the system by find better ways of paying providers, delivering care, and sharing information.Â Â  We call these efforts delivery system reform, and we are making tremendous strides in advancing high-quality patient care.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

### 	  Title:       HHS collaborates with innovative companies to encourage Marketplace enrollment    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/25/hhs-collaborates-with-innovative-companies-to-encourage-marketplace-enrollment.html

**Description:**	  	WASHINGTON - Ahead of the fourth Open Enrollment period, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced a commitment from seventeen companies to support enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace. These companies will connect freelance professionals, entrepreneurs, and customers with information and resources to encourage enrollment in affordable coverage throughout the Open Enrollment period beginning November 1 and ending on January 31.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       More Than 70 Percent of Consumers Can Find Marketplace Plans for Less than $75 Per Month    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/24/more-70-percent-consumers-can-find-marketplace-plans-less-75-month.html

**Description:**	  	With window shopping beginning today, Health Insurance Marketplace consumers can now visit HealthCare.gov to check out their options for 2017 coverage in advance of the start of Open Enrollment on November 1.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS awards $2.3 billion in grants to help Americans access HIV/AIDS care and medications    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/20/hhs-awards-billions-in-grants-help-americans-access-hivaids-care-and-medications.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced nearly $2.3 billion in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grants awarded to cities, states, and local community-based organizations in fiscal year (FY) 2016. This funding supports a coordinated and comprehensive system of care that provides lifesaving HIV health care, support services, and essential medications to over half a million people living with HIV in the United States.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS and DOJ issue joint guidance for child welfare systems    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/19/hhs-and-doj-issue-joint-guidance-child-welfare-systems.html

**Description:**	  	The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a joint guidance letter today to state and local child welfare systems on the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its implementing regulations.Â	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    HHS Administrative

### 	  Title:       13.8 million Americans expected to select Marketplace plans during the upcoming Open Enrollment    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/19/13-8-million-americans-expected-to-select-marketplace-plans-during-the-upcoming-open-enrollment.html

**Description:**	  	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced that she expects 13.8 million individuals to sign up for coverage through the Marketplaces during the upcoming Open Enrollment, showing continued robust growth. The projection was announced as part of her remarks highlighting the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) success in dramatically expanding access to coverage, and describing the Marketplace's role in the Administration's work to create a smarter health care system that puts Americans at the center of their care.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       $294 Million in Primary Care Workforce Awards Help Expand Access to Primary Care    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/18/primary-care-workforce-awards-help-expand-primary-care.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced more than $294 million in awards to primary care clinicians and students through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and NURSE Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs. This funding helps to increase access to primary health care services in the communities that need it most.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Jim Macrae

### 	  Title:       $2.14 million HIPAA settlement underscores importance of managing security risk    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/18/214-million-hipaa-settlement-underscores-importance-managing-security-risk.html

**Description:**	  	St. Joseph Health (SJH) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules following the report that files containing electronic protected health information (ePHI) were publicly accessible through internet search engines from 2011 until 2012.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

### 	  Title:       HHS Fact Sheet: Working to Solve the Health Care Challenges in Puerto Rico    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/17/hhs-fact-sheet-working-solve-health-care-challenges-puerto-rico.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken a number of steps to help ensure that residents of Puerto Rico continue to have access to quality and affordable health care. While the bipartisan passage of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA, P.L. 114-187) was another important step forward, there is still critical work needed to be done to solve Puerto Rico's health challenges.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS issues final rule to enhance the reliability, transparency, accountability, and safety of certified health information technology    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/14/hhs-issues-final-rule-enhance-reliability-transparency-accountability-and-safety-certified-health.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued a final rule that emphasizes the importance of protecting public health and safety while also strengthening transparency and accountability in the ONC Health IT Certification Program ("Program").	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health IT

### 	  Title:       HHS finalizes streamlined Medicare payment system that rewards clinicians for quality patient care    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/14/hhs-finalizes-streamlined-medicare-payment-system-rewards-clinicians-quality-patient-care.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) finalized a landmark new payment system for Medicare clinicians that will continue the Administration's progress in reforming how the health care system pays for care.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

### 	  Title:       HHS enhances nation's health preparedness for radiological threats    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/06/hhs-enhances-nation-s-health-preparedness-radiological-threats.html

**Description:**	  	As a part of its mission to help protect Americans' health following even the most unthinkable of disasters, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is purchasing two medical products to treat injuries to bone marrow in victims of radiological or nuclear incidents. Bone marrow is essential to producing blood.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       HHS pursues tests for radiation absorbed in nuclear emergency    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/05/hhs-pursues-tests-radiation-absorbed-nuclear-emergency.html

**Description:**	  	In a large-scale nuclear or radiological emergency, such as a nuclear detonation, hundreds of thousands of people may need medical care for injuries or illness caused by high doses of radiation.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       New analysis shows 2.5 million Americans currently buying individual health coverage off-Marketplace may be eligible for Affordable Care Act premium tax credits    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/04/new-analysis-shows-americans-currently-buying-individual-health-coverage-off-marketplace.html

**Description:**	  	Since the Affordable Care Act became law, millions of Americans gained coverage or found more affordable options thanks to premium tax credits available through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released data showing that 2.5 million Americans who currently purchase off-Marketplace individual market coverage may qualify for tax credits if they shop for 2017 coverage through the Marketplace. Â Six states (California, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Illinois, and Pennsylvania) each have more than 100,000 individuals enrolled in off-Marketplace individual market coverage whose incomes may qualify them for Marketplace tax credits.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS sponsors commercial manufacturing tests for Ebola vaccine    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/04/hhs-sponsors-commercial-manufacturing-tests-for-ebola-vaccine.html

**Description:**	  	An Ebola vaccine will take the next critical steps in development under a $24.75 million contract through May 2020 between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and BioProtection Systems Corp. (BPS) of Ames, Iowa.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       HHS awards funding to help protect health sector against cyber threats    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/10/04/hhs-awards-funding-help-protect-health-sector-against-cyber-threats.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded cooperative agreements totaling $350,000 to strengthen the ability of health care and public health sector partners to respond to cybersecurity threats.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Global Health

### 	  Title:       HHS supports next-generation anthrax vaccine into advanced development    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/30/hhs-supports-next-generation-anthrax-vaccine-advanced-development.html

**Description:**	  	An anthrax vaccine that may be effective in as few as two doses is moving forward in development with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       HHS sponsors next-generation genetic sequencing platform    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/30/hhs-sponsors-next-generation-genetic-sequencing-platform.html

**Description:**	  	To help curb the spread of pandemic influenza and antibiotic-resistant infections, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) announced today it is advancing the development of a next-generation genetic sequencing platform.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       Every Income Group Experienced Significant and Similar Drops in Uninsured Rates Under the Affordable Care Act    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/29/every-income-group-experienced-significant-and-similar-drops-uninsured-rates-under-aca.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released new research analyzing gains in health insurance coverage from 2010-2015 across key demographic categories of Americans: income, age, geography, race and ethnicity. The report finds that ACA coverage gains have been widely shared across groups. For example, the uninsured rate fell Â by around 40 percent for Americans in all income groups for 2010 through 2015, including individuals with incomes above 400 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       For bioterrorism preparedness, HHS sponsors inhaled chlorine antidote    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/29/bioterrorism-preparedness-hhs-sponsors-inhaled-chlorine-antidote.html

**Description:**	  	The first potential antidote to treat the life-threatening effects of chlorine inhalation, a potential terrorism threat, will advance in development under a contract between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and Radikal Therapeutics, Inc. of Beverly, Massachusetts.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       HHS Awards $1.5 million to Improve Information Flow for Patients and Providers    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/28/hhs-awards-1-5-million-improve-information-flow-patients-and-providers.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced seven recipients of two Cooperative Agreement programs to improve the flow of health information.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Data

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/28/hhs-announces-winners-challenge-improve-medical-bill-patients.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the winners of the HHS "A Bill You Can Understand" challenge, a design and innovation challenge to solicit new approaches and draw national attention to a common complaint with the health care system: that medical billing is a source of confusion for patients and families. HHS received submissions from health care organizations, technology companies, and design agencies, and today we are unveiling the two winning designs, which will be further evaluated for testing or implementation in six health care organizations across the country that are working to improve the patient billing experience.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       EHR contract guide and Health IT Playbook help clinicians and hospitals get the most out of health information technology    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/26/ehr-contract-guide-and-health-it-playbook-help-clinicians-and-hospitals-get-most-out-health.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today released two practical, easy-to-understand tools to help health care providers get the most out of their health information technology (health IT), such as electronic health records (EHRs): an EHR contract guide and a newly expanded Health IT Playbook.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Data

### 	  Title:       BARDA awards funding to speed development of Zika vaccine    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/26/barda-awards-funding-speed-development-zika-vaccine.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced a contract to develop an inactivated vaccine candidate to prevent the Zika virus infection and thereby the associated devastating birth defects.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Global Health

### 	  Title:       New standards improve quality and safety for millions of children in child care    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/23/new-standards-improve-quality-safety-for-millions-of-children.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (ACF) today announced new quality and safety standards aimed at providing for higher quality care and safer environments for millions of children, including our youngest learners.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Programs for Families and Children

### 	  Title:       HIPAA settlement illustrates the importance of reviewing and updating, as necessary, business associate agreements    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/23/hipaa-settlement-illustrates-importance-of-reviewing-updating-business-associate-agreements.html

**Description:**	  	Care New England Health System (CNE), on behalf of each of the covered entities under its common ownership or control, has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. The settlement includes a monetary payment of $400,000 and a comprehensive corrective action plan. CNE provides centralized corporate support for its subsidiary affiliated covered entities, which include a number of hospitals and health care providers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. These functions include, but are not limited to, finance, human resources, information services and technical support, insurance, compliance and administrative functions.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    HIPAA

**HHS Official:**    	    Jocelyn Samuels

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/22/hhs-awards-more-44.5-million-expand-nation-s-behavioral-health-workforce.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced more than $44.5 million in awards to training programs to increase the number of mental health providers and substance abuse counselors across the country.Â	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS forges strategic partnerships with two global companies to develop new antibiotics    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/21/hhs-forges-strategic-partnerships-companies-develop-antibiotics.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced two strategic partnerships with The Medicines Company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, and Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. (Roche), part of the Roche Group headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, to develop innovative products to combat the growing threat of multi-drug resistant bacterial infections.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

### 	  Title:       HHS awards over $87 million for health centers' IT enhancements    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/15/hhs-awards-over-87-million-health-centers-it-enhancements.html

**Description:**	  	Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced more than $36Â million in funding for 50 Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs) in 41 states and Puerto Rico. This increase in health information technology support will impact over 1,020 participating health center organizations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       New data show major improvements in health care access, affordability, and quality under the Affordable Care Act    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/14/new-data-show-major-improvements-health-care-access-affordability-and-quality-under-affordable-care

**Description:**	  	New studies released this week show Americans are experiencing slower growth in health care premiums, increased access to coverage, and higher quality of care under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS awards $350,000 to American Academy of Pediatrics to help children affected by the Zika Virus    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/08/hhs-awards-350000-to-american-academy-of-pediatrics.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a $350,000 supplement to a one year cooperative agreement with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to help expand capacity for caring for children who are or may be impacted by the Zika virus.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       Statement by Secretary Burwell on the Uninsured Rate    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/07/statement-by-secretary-burwell-on-the-uninsured-rate.html

**Description:**	  	"Under the Affordable Care Act, our nation's uninsured rate dropped in the first quarter of the year to 8.6 percent â€“ the lowest level on record. Because of the law, 20 million more Americans had quality, affordable coverage as of early 2016. And it is helping to bend the cost curve, contributing to the slowest growth in the price of health care in 50 years and reducing health expenditures by billions."	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

### 	  Title:       HHS accelerates development of mRNA-based Zika vaccine    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/07/hhs-accelerates-development-mrna-based-zika-vaccine.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced an $8.2 million contract award to Moderna Therapeutics of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to help speed the development of a novel vaccine to prevent the spread of the Zika virus.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Prevention and Wellness

### 	  Title:       HHS awards $ 19.8 million to Japanese company to accelerate development of a Zika vaccine    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/01/hhs-awards-19-8-million-japanese-company-accelerate-development-zika-vaccine.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will provide an initial $19.8 million over the next 18 months to Takeda Vaccines, Inc. of Deerfield, Illinois, a subsidiary of the Takeda Group headquartered in Japan, to develop a Zika vaccine for use in the United States.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Prevention and Wellness

### 	  Title:       HHS announces new standards to further strengthen the quality of Head Start programs    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/09/01/hhs-announces-new-standards-further-strengthen-quality-head-start-programs.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new standards today to further improve and strengthen the Head Start program.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Programs for Families and Children

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS awards $53 million to help address opioid epidemic    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/31/hhs-awards-53-million-to-help-address-opioid-epidemic.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced $53 million in funding to 44 States, four tribes and the District of Columbia to improve access to treatment for opioid use disorders, reduce opioid related deaths, and strengthen drug misuse prevention efforts.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Thomas Frieden

### 	  Title:       ONC announces Blockchain challenge winners    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/29/onc-announces-blockchain-challenge-winners.html

**Description:**	  	The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced the winners of the Use of Blockchain in Health IT and Health-related Research Challenge.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Data

### 	  Title:       United States Surgeon General appeals to America's clinicians to "Turn the Tide" on the prescription drug epidemic    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/25/united-states-surgeon-general-appeals-to-americas-clinicians-turn-the-tide-prescription-drug-epidemic.html

**Description:**	  	In a historic first, the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy has sent a letter to 2.3 million American health professionals, asking them to lead a national movement to turn the tide on the nation's prescription opioid epidemic.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Mental Health and Substance Abuse

### 	  Title:       Medicaid expansion lowers Marketplace premiums by 7 percent    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/25/medicaid-expansion-lowers-marketplace-premiums-7-percent.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report showing that expanding Medicaid lowers Marketplace premiums by about 7 percent in those states.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS funds development of Zika diagnostic test for use in doctors' offices    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/25/hhs-funds-development-zika-diagnostic-test-use-doctors-offices.html

**Description:**	  	A test that could provide a Zika diagnosis for patients less than 30 minutes in doctors' and other healthcare providers' offices is moving forward with funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/24/new-analysis-shows-consumers-will-still-have-affordable-health-coverage-options-next-year.html

**Description:**	  	Since the Affordable Care Act became law, health care prices have risen at the lowest rate in 50 years, and premiums for the 150 million Americans with employer-sponsored insurance have grown at some of the slowest rates on record.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

**HHS Official:**    	    Kathryn E. Martin

### 	  Title:       Investigation: Pre-October 2015 Flint Water, Sourced from Flint River, Might Have Caused Rashes, Other Irritant Conditions    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/23/investigation-pre-october-2015-flint-water-sourced-flint-river-might-have-caused-rashes.html

**Description:**	  	The federal government and the State of Michigan today released the results of a months-long investigation launched to better understand the rashes and hair loss experienced by Flint residents.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Prevention and Wellness

### 	  Title:       HHS awards $7 million to OraSure to speed development of Zika diagnostic test    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/23/hhs-awards-7-million-orasure-speed-development-zika-diagnostic-test.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced a $7 million contract with Orasure Technologies, Inc. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to further the development of a Zika virus test that potentially can provide results in about 30 minutes at a doctor's office.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Prevention and Wellness

### 	  Title:       HHS awards $2.6 million to DiaSorin Group to develop rapid, high-capacity Zika diagnostic laboratory test    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/22/hhs-awards-2.6-million-to-diasorin-group-to-develop-rapid-high-capacity-zika-diagnostic-laboratory-test.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today announced a $2.6 million agreement with DiaSorin Group, an Italy-based company with U.S. offices in Stillwater, Minnesota, to further develop a Zika virus test that may help physicians determine more quickly whether a patient was infected recently with Zika virus.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Global Health

### 	  Title:       HHS activates aid for uninsured Louisiana residents needing medicine    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/20/hhs-aid-uninsured-louisiana-residents.html

**Description:**	  	Providing critical access for Louisiana residents to medicines they need following the disastrous flooding, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) activated its Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP) for the affected area.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/18/hhs-awards-more-100-million-improve-health-center-quality.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced more than $100 million to 1,304 health centers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the 5 U.S. territories and the 3 Freely Associated States to invest in health center quality improvement, building upon their achievements in providing high quality comprehensive care.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Jim Macrae, Mary K. Wakefield

### 	  Title:       HHS declares a public health emergency in Puerto Rico in response to Zika outbreak    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/12/hhs-declares-public-health-emergency-in-puerto-rico-in-response-to-zika-outbreak.html

**Description:**	  	At the request of Governor Alejandro GarcÃ­a Padilla, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today declared a public health emergency for Puerto Rico, signaling that the current spread of Zika virus poses a significant threat to public health in the Commonwealth relating to pregnant women and children born to pregnant women with Zika.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       Report: Unchanged Medical Costs Show Strength of Affordable Care Act's Marketplace    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/11/report-unchanged-medical-costs-show-strength-affordable-care-act-s-marketplace.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the first data on how the Affordable Care Act's individual market risk pool evolved between 2014 and 2015.The report shows that per-enrollee medical costs in the ACA individual market were essentially unchanged in 2015, even as costs in the broader insurance market continued to rise. Moreover, the states with the highest enrollment growth saw significant reductions in per-enrollee medical costs. These findings suggest a year-over-year improvement in the ACA individual risk pool, with the Marketplace gaining healthier, lower-cost consumers as it grew	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       $10 million in grants targets community-based efforts to combat chronic diseases in the Delta Region    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/11/grants-targets-community-based-efforts-combat-chronic-diseases-delta-region.html

**Description:**	  	Eight states in the Delta region are receiving a total of $10 million in grant funding in FY 2016 to reduce chronic diseases that disproportionately affect the region. The funds will support collaborative efforts among health care providers to use an evidence-based model to address diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, stroke and behavioral health.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Jim Macrae

### 	  Title:       $16 million in funding to improve health care in rural America    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/11/16-million-funding-improve-health-care-rural-america.html

**Description:**	  	More than $16 million has been awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to improve access to quality health care in rural communities, including funds that will expand use of telehealth technology for veterans and other patients, assist providers with quality improvement activities, and support policy-oriented research to better understand the challenges faced by rural communities.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Jim Macrae

### 	  Title:       HHS awards $4.1 million to Hologic, Inc. to develop better Zika blood screening test    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/09/hhs-awards-4-million-hologic-inc-develop-better-zika-blood-screening-test.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response announced a $4.1 million agreement with Hologic, Inc. of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to advance the development of a blood screening test that will help detect the presence of Zika in the blood supply.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       HHS awards more than $8.6 million for Health Centers to Improve Care Coordination and Become Patient-Centered Medical Homes    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/04/hhs-awards-more-than-8.6-million-for-health-centers-to-improve-care-coordination-and-become-patient-centered-medical-homes.html

**Description:**	  	HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced more than $8.6 million in funding for 246 health centers in 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Federation of Micronesia and the Northern Mariana Islands.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

**HHS Official:**    	    Jim Macrae, Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       Advocate Health Care Settles Potential HIPAA Penalties for $5.55 Million    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/04/advocate-health-care-settles-potential-hipaa-penalties-555-million.html

**Description:**	  	Advocate Health Care Network (Advocate) has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), for multiple potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) involving electronic protected health information (ePHI).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    HIPAA

**HHS Official:**    	    Jocelyn Samuels

### 	  Title:       HHS awards $5.1 million to InBios to advance Zika diagnostic    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/08/01/hhs-awards-5_1-million-inbios-advance-zika-diagnostic.html

**Description:**	  	A blood test that may reduce from days to hours the time needed to diagnose patients with recent Zika virus infections will receive advanced development support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       HHS forges unprecedented partnership to combat antimicrobial resistance    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/28/hhs-forges-unprecedented-partnership-combat-antimicrobial-resistance.html

**Description:**	  	To address one of the greatest modern threats to public health â€” antibiotic resistance â€” the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Wellcome Trust of London, the AMR Centre of Alderley Park (Cheshire, United Kingdom), and Boston University School of Law will create one of the world's largest public-private partnerships focused on preclinical discovery and development of new antimicrobial products.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Global Health

### 	  Title:       Secretary Burwell Highlights Bundled Payments, Future of Delivery System Reform in Florida    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/26/secretary-burwell-highlighs-bundled-payments-future-delivery-system-reform-florida.html

**Description:**	  	JACKSONVILLEâ€”Today, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell hosted an event in Florida to discuss the Obama Administration's ongoing work to improve the health care system to deliver better care at a lower cost.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       Important Next Step towards a Better, Smarter, Healthier Medicare: New Payment Models and Rewards for Better Care at Lower Cost    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/25/important-next-step-towards-better-smarter-healthier-medicare-new-payment-models-and-rewards-better

**Description:**	  	Today, the Department of Health & Human Services proposed new models that continue the Administration's progress to shift Medicare payments from quantity to quality by creating strong incentives for hospitals to deliver better care to patients at a lower cost. These models would reward hospitals that work together with physicians and other providers to avoid complications, prevent hospital readmissions, and speed recovery.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS issues funding opportunities for Information Sharing and Analysis Organization for health and public health sector    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/25/hhs-issues-funding-opportunities-information-sharing-and-analysis-organization-health-and-public

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) today announced two cooperative agreement funding opportunities for an Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO) for the Healthcare and Public Health sector.Â	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, Nicole Lurie

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/21/ocr-announces-275-million-settlement-multiple-alleged-hipaa-violations.html

**Description:**	  	The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) has agreed to settle multiple alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    HIPAA

### 	  Title:       HHS awards more than $36 million for health center adoption of health information technology    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/21/hhs-awards-more-than-36-million-for-health-center-adoption-of-health-information-technology.html

**Description:**	  	Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced more than $36 million in funding for 50 Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs) in 41 states and Puerto Rico. This increase in health information technology support will impact over 1,020 participating health center organizations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HRSA Awards More Than $149 million to Grow the Nation's Primary Care Workforce and Expand Health Professions Training    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/20/hrsa-awards-more-149-million-grow-nation-s-primary-care-workforce-and-expand-health-professions.html

**Description:**	  	The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced more than $149 million in new awards through 12 workforce programs to prepare the next generation of skilled, diverse primary care providers to serve communities in need across the country.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Jim Macrae

### 	  Title:       Widespread HIPAA vulnerabilities result in $2.7 million settlement with Oregon Health & Science University    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/18/widespread-hipaa-vulnerabilities-result-in-settlement-with-oregon-health-science-university.html

**Description:**	  	Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that found widespread and diverse problems at OHSU, which will be addressed through a comprehensive three-year corrective action plan.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    HIPAA

### 	  Title:       ONC announces Phase 1 winners of Consumer Health Data Aggregator and Provider User Experience Challenges    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/18/onc-announces-phase-1-winners-consumer-health-data-aggregator-and-provider-user-experience.html

**Description:**	  	Today the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the Phase 1 winners of two application (app) challenges to make electronic health information easier to access and use for both consumers and providers. Applicants were challenged to use the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIRÂ®) standard and open application programming interfaces (APIs), which are modern resources that make it easier to retrieve and share information superseding what currently exist in most EHRs.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Data

### 	  Title:       Using evidence and evaluation to improve Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/15/using-evidence-and-evaluation-to-improve-teen-pregnancy-prevention-programs.html

**Description:**	  	The HHS Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program today released findings from implementing and evaluating teen pregnancy prevention programs.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

### 	  Title:       HHS announces new actions to combat opioid epidemic    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/06/hhs-announces-new-actions-combat-opioid-epidemic.html

**Description:**	  	U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced several new actions the department is taking to combat the nation's opioid epidemic.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Mental Health and Substance Abuse

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS Announces Physician Groups Selected for an Initiative Promoting Better Cancer Care    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/29/hhs-announces-physician-groups-selected-initiative-promoting-better-cancer-care.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it has selected nearly 200 physician group practices and 17 health insurance companies to participate in a care delivery model that supports and encourages higher quality and more coordinated cancer care.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS calls on center for innovation to accelerate Zika vaccine development    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/27/hhs-calls-center-innovation-accelerate-zika-vaccine-development.html

**Description:**	  	To accelerate development of a Zika vaccine, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will begin developing a vaccine using its Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) in Baltimore, Maryland.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       HHS moves to boost Zika vaccine capacity in Brazil    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/24/hhs-moves-boost-zika-vaccine-capacity-brazil.html

**Description:**	  	To aid Brazil in developing a vaccine to protect people from Zika virus infection, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will join the World Health Organization (WHO) and international public health groups in providing funding and technical assistance to Brazil's Butantan Institute, a biomedical research center and Brazilian government partner.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       New members named to serve on federal Health Information Technology Policy and Standards Committees    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/23/new-members-named-to-serve-on-federal-health-information-technology-policy-and-standards-committees.html

**Description:**	  	Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell named eight new members of the Health Information Technology Standards Committee (HITSC) and one new member to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC). The HITSC is charged with recommending standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use of health information.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health IT

### 	  Title:       HHS Awards more than $742,000 to Health Centers in American Samoa and the Virgin Islands to Fight Zika    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/23/hhs-awards-more-742000-health-centers-american-samoa-and-virgin-islands-fight-zika.html

**Description:**	  	Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced more than $742,000 in funding to three health centers in American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands to help combat the Zika virus.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act leads to better care and improves financial well-being for new enrollees    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/21/medicaid-expansion-under-aca-leads-better-care-and-improves-financial-well-being-for-new-enrollees.html

**Description:**	  	According to a new report summarizing research to date, 78 percent of new Medicaid enrollees indicated that absent Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), they wouldn't otherwise have the resources necessary to access regular care. Additionally, the overwhelming majority of new Medicaid enrollees report being satisfied with their health plans (93 percent) and their doctors (92 percent).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Medicare and Medicaid

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS Announces Major Initiative to Help Small Practices Prepare for the Quality Payment Program    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/20/hhs-announces-major-initiative-help-small-practices-prepare-quality-payment-program.html

**Description:**	  	Over the last few weeks, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made several important announcements related to the Quality Payment Program, which has been proposed to implement the new, bipartisan law changing how Medicare pays clinicians, known as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, or MACRA.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Medicare and Medicaid

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS advances pathogen reduction technologies for blood products    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/20/hhs-advances-pathogen-reduction-technologies-blood-products.html

**Description:**	  	Two pathogen reduction device technologies that may help reduce the risk of transmitting disease through blood product transfusions, including those diseases related to Zika virus, will advance in development with the support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

### 	  Title:       HHS awards $156 million to health centers to expand oral health services    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/16/hhs-awards-156-million-to-health-centers.html

**Description:**	  	Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced nearly $156 million in funding to support 420 health centers in 47 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to increase access to integrated oral health care services and improve oral health outcomes for Health Center Program patients.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

**HHS Official:**    	    Jim Macrae, Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS selects regional Ebola treatment center for southwestern U.S.    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/14/hhs-selects-regional-ebola-treatment-center-southwestern-us.html

**Description:**	  	Putting in place the final piece of a regional network to treat patients infected with severe, highly infectious diseases, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has selected a health department and associated partner hospital to serve the region covering Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and the Pacific island territories and freely associated states.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Public Health and Safety

**HHS Official:**    	    Nicole Lurie

### 	  Title:       HHS Engages in Historic Health Collaboration with Cuba    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/13/hhs-engages-historic-health-collaboration-cuba.html

**Description:**	  	Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cuba's Ministry of Public Health, an important milestone between the two countries since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations in 2015.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Global Health

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       CMS Announces $32 Million to Increase Number of Children with Quality, Affordable Health Coverage    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/13/cms-announces-32-million-increase-number-children-with-quality-affordable-health-coverage.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will provide $32 million in awards to help 38 community organizations in 27 states enroll eligible children in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as part of the Connecting Kids to Coverage campaign.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       Affordable Care Act dramatically improved health insurance coverage for people living in rural areas    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/10/affordable-care-act-dramatically-improved-health-insurance-coverage-people-living-rural-areas.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released an analysis of how the Affordable Care Act has benefited rural America.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       ONC Unveils New Videos Empowering Patients to Learn Their Rights Under HIPAA    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/02/onc-unveils-new-videos-empowering-patients-learn-their-rights-under-hipaa.html

**Description:**	  	As part of the final day of the 2016 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Annual Meeting taking place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., ONC today unveiled a series of consumer-oriented videos about the rights patients have to access their health information, as well as a Patient Engagement Playbook for Providers designed to help clinicians and office staff better engage patients through the use of health IT.	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health IT

### 	  Title:       HHS begins listing new transparency information for certified health information technology    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/06/01/hhs-begins-listing-new-transparency-information-certified-health-information-technology.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) began listing more detailed and easier-to-understand information about certified health information technology (health IT).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Fraud

**HHS Official:**    	    Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc

### 	  Title:       New Survey Shows Nearly All U.S. Hospitals Using Certified Health IT to Manage Patient Care    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/31/new-survey-shows-nearly-all-us-hospitals-using-certified-health-it-manage-patient-care.html

**Description:**	  	According to data from a new survey released today at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONC) 2016 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., nearly all of the nation's hospitals have adopted certified electronic health records (EHRs).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health IT

**HHS Official:**    	    Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/31/hhs-secretary-sylvia-m-burwell-applauds-louisiana-medicaid-expansion-under-affordable-care-act.html

**Description:**	  	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell applauded tomorrow's launch of Louisiana's Medicaid expansion program under the Affordable Care Act.).	  

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**Creator:**        	HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)        

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Fraud

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

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