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#  News Releases 

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

**Archived since:**Sep, 2013

**Description:**
This collection includes HHS news and announcements from 1991+.

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**Creator:**    	    OS/ASPA

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### 	  Title:       First-ever CMS Innovation Center pilot project to test improving patients' health by addressing their social needs    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/05/first-ever-cms-innovation-center-pilot-project-test-improving-patients-health.html

**Description:**	  	The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a new funding opportunity of up to $157 million to test whether screening beneficiaries for health-related social needs and associated referrals to and navigation of community-based services will improve quality and affordability in Medicare and Medicaid.	  

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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:       Statement by HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell on H.R. 3762    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/06/statement-hhs-secretary-sylvia-m-burwell-hr-3762.html

**Description:**	  	"We are in the final weeks of Open Enrollment for 2016 under the Affordable Care Act and saw unprecedented demand for January 2016 coverage. Yet at the same time, we continue to see efforts to repeal the ACA and turn back the clock."	  

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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:       11.3 million individuals nationwide are signed up through the Health Insurance Marketplaces    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/07/11-million-individuals-nationwide-are-signed-up-through-the-health-insurance-marketplaces.html

**Description:**	  	According to a new report released today, more than 11.3 million people are signed up for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.	  

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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 and USDA Release New Dietary Guidelines to Encourage Healthy Eating Patterns to Prevent Chronic Diseases    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/07/hhs-and-usda-release-new-dietary-guidelines-encourage-healthy-eating-patterns-prevent-chronic.html

**Description:**	  	Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today released updated nutritional guidelines that encourage Americans to adopt a series of science-based recommendations to improve how they eat to reduce obesity and prevent chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.	  

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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:       New hospitals and health care providers join successful, cutting-edge federal initiative that cuts costs and puts patients at the center of their care    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/11/new-hospitals-and-health-care-providers-join-successful-cutting-edge-federal-initiative.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced 121 new participants â€“ representing 49 states and the District of Columbia â€“ in Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiatives designed to improve the care patients receive in the health care system and lower costs.	  

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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:       New Guidance Highlights High Impact Opportunities to Support Healthy Students    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/15/new-guidance-highlights-high-impact-opportunities-support-healthy-students.html

**Description:**	  	In a new letter sent today to governors, chief state school officers, state health officials and state Medicaid directors, the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) recognize the critical role that healthcare coverage and health services play in ensuring all students are ready and able to learn, and recommend action steps to better coordinate health and education services for all students and their families.	  

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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:**    	    Mary K. Wakefield

### 	  Title:       Fact Sheet from the Departments of the Treasury and Health and Human Services on Preparing for Tax Season    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/20/fact-sheet-from-the-departments-of-the-treasury-and-health-and-human-services.html

**Description:**	  	As tax filing season begins, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Treasury Department are once again putting in place resources to help tax filers understand how health care intersects with their taxes.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Affordable Care Act

### 	  Title:       Eight in 10 Marketplace customers in HealthCare.gov states qualify for a tax credit with an average value of nearly $300 per month    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/21/eight-in-10-marketplace-customers-in-healthcaregov-states-qualify-for-tax-credit.html

**Description:**	  	According to a new report released today, more than 8 in 10 people (83 percent) who selected or were automatically enrolled in a 2016 plan through the Marketplace qualify for a tax credit with an average value of $294 per month, or about 72 percent of the pre-tax credit premium.	  

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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 announces partnership with Lyft ahead of final Open Enrollment deadline    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/01/28/hhs-announces-partnership-lyft-ahead-final-open-enrollment-deadline.html

**Description:**	  	With the final deadline to sign up for health insurance less than a week away, Sylvia M. Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Logan Green, CEO of Lyft, announced a partnership to promote Open Enrollment.	  

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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:       Administrative Law Judge rules in favor of OCR enforcement, requiring Lincare, Inc. to pay $239,800    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/03/administrative-law-judge-rules-favor-ocr-enforcement-requiring-lincare-inc-pay-penalties.html

**Description:**	  	A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) has ruled that Lincare, Inc. (Lincare) violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule and granted summary judgment to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on all issues, requiring Lincare to pay $239,800 in civil money penalties (CMPs) imposed by OCR.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Data

### 	  Title:       FACT SHEET: About 12.7 million people nationwide are signed up for coverage during Open Enrollment    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/04/fact-sheet-about-127-million-people-nationwide-are-signed-coverage-during-open-enrollment.html

**Description:**	  	On January 31, Open Enrollment for 2016 coverage ended, with about 12.7 million consumers selecting plans or being automatically re-enrolled across all states, either through the HealthCare.gov platform or a State-based Marketplace, HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today.	  

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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 proposes changes to the rules governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder records    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/05/hhs-proposes-changes-to-rules-governing-confidentiality-substance-use-disorder-records.html

**Description:**	  	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced proposed revisions to the Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records regulations, 42 CFR Part 2.	  

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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 awards $500,000 in funding to Flint health centers    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/18/hhs-awards-500000-funding-flint-health-centers.html

**Description:**	  	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced $500,000 in funding to help two area health centers increase and expand activities in response to the lead contamination of Flint's water.	  

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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/2016/02/18/hhs-fact-sheet-working-solve-health-care-challenges-puerto-rico.html

**Description:**	  	Secretary Burwell and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are a core part of the Administration's team working closely with Puerto Rico and other key stakeholders to address the fiscal crisis in the Commonwealth.	  

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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:       Statement by HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell on Senate confirmation of Dr. Robert Califf as FDA Commissioner    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/24/statement-by-hhs-secretary-on-senate-confirmation-of-dr-robert-califf-as-fda-commissioner.html

**Description:**	  	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today congratulated new U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf after his nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    HHS Administrative

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       Fact Sheet: Commitments from health care industry to make electronic health records work better for patients and providers    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/29/fact-sheet-health-care-industry-make-electronic-health-records-work-better-patients-and-providers.html

**Description:**	  	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today that companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by hospitals nationwide as well as the top five largest private healthcare systems in the country have agreed to implement three core commitments:	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health IT

### 	  Title:       HHS announces major commitments from healthcare industry to make electronic health records work better for patients and providers    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/02/29/hhs-announces-major-commitments-healthcare-industry-make-electronic-health-records-work-better.html

**Description:**	  	Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced that companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by U.S. hospitals, the nation's five largest private healthcare systems, and more than a dozen leading professional associations and stakeholder groups have pledged to implement three core commitments that will improve the flow of health information to consumers and healthcare providers.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health IT

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS Announces Proposed Rule to Support the Reliability, Transparency, Accountability, and Safety of Certified Health IT    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/01/hhs-announces-proposed-rule-support-reliability-transparency-accountability-and-safety-certified

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today proposed a new rule that would further enhance the safety, reliability, transparency, and accountability of certified health IT for users.	  

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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

### 	  Title:       ONC Launches New Challenges to Spur Innovation for Market-Ready, User-Friendly Health Technology Apps for Consumers and Providers    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/01/onc-launches-new-challenges-spur-innovation-market-ready-user-friendly-health-technology-apps.html

**Description:**	  	The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced today a three-part strategy to spur the development of market-ready, user-friendly software applications (apps) for consumers and health care providers.	  

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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

### 	  Title:       HHS Approves Major Medicaid Expansion for Flint    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/02/hhs-approves-major-medicaid-expansion-flint.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the State of Michigan's 1115 demonstration to extend Medicaid coverage and services to Flint residents impacted by the lead exposure.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS expands Head Start in Flint    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/02/hhs-expands-head-start-in-flint.html

**Description:**	  	HHS announced one-time emergency funds of $3.6 million to expand Head Start and Early Head Start services immediately in Flint, Michigan to help children and families exposed to lead in the city's water supply.	  

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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:       20 million people have gained health insurance coverage because of the Affordable Care Act, new estimates show    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/03/20-million-people-have-gained-health-insurance-coverage-because-affordable-care-act-new-estimates

**Description:**	  	A new report released today finds that the provisions of the Affordable Care Act have resulted inÂ  an estimated 20.0 million people gaining health insurance coverage between the passage of the law in 2010 and early 2016â€”an historic reduction in the uninsured.	  

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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 reaches goal of tying 30 percent of Medicare payments to quality ahead of schedule    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/03/hhs-reaches-goal-tying-30-percent-medicare-payments-quality-ahead-schedule.html

**Description:**	  	Thanks to tools provided by the Affordable Care Act, an estimated 30 percent of Medicare payments are now tied to alternative payment models that reward the quality of care over quantity of services provided to beneficiaries, HHS announced today.	  

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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 enviarÃ¡ hemoderivados a Puerto Rico debido al brote de zika    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/07/hhs-enviar-hemoderivados-puerto-rico-debido-al-brote-de-zika.html

**Description:**	  	El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos anunciÃ3 hoy que estÃ¡ preparando y encargÃ¡ndose de subvencionar envÃ­os de hemoderivado, los cuales saldrÃ¡n del territorio continental de Estados Unidos con destino a Puerto Rico con el objetivo de proporcionar un suministro de sangre no contaminada a los residentes de la isla, puesto que en la Mancomunidad de Puerto Rico se estÃ¡ produciendo una transmisiÃ3n activa del virus a travÃ©s de los mosquitos. El primer envÃ­o de hemoderivados llegÃ3 a Puerto Rico el sÃ¡bado 5 de marzo.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Global Health

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

### 	  Title:       HHS ships blood products to Puerto Rico in response to Zika outbreak    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/07/hhs-ships-blood-products-puerto-rico-response-zika-outbreak.html

**Description:**	  	The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced that it is arranging and funding shipments of blood products from the continental United States to Puerto Rico to ensure an adequate supply of safe blood for island residents as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico experiences active mosquito-borne Zika transmission.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Global Health

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

### 	  Title:       The Secretary's Ventures Program Announces Projects for 2016    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/09/secretary-ventures-program-announces-projects-2016.html

**Description:**	  	The Acting Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Mary Wakefield today announced the selection of five entrepreneurial projects for investment by the Secretary's Ventures program (HHS Ventures).	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Fraud

**HHS Official:**    	    Andrea Palm, Mary K. Wakefield, Susannah Fox

### 	  Title:       HHS awards $94 million to health centers to help treat the prescription opioid abuse and heroin epidemic in America    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/11/hhs-awards-94-million-to-health-centers.html

**Description:**	  	Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced $94 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 271 health centers in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to improve and expand the delivery of substance abuse services in health centers, with a specific focus on treatment of opioid use disorders in underserved populations.	  

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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:**    	    Jim Macrae, Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS deploys Assistant Surgeon General to serve as temporary Senior Advisor to Flint Mayor    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/11/hhs-deploys-assistant-surgeon-general-serve-temporary-senior-advisor-flint-mayor.html

**Description:**	  	During a news conference at city hall today, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Nicole Lurie and Mayor Karen Weaver announced that Rear Admiral (RADM) Michelle E. Dunwoody, an assistant U.S. surgeon general, will serve as a temporary senior advisor to Mayor Weaver.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    HHS Administrative

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

### 	  Title:       Nationwide the Health Insurance Marketplaces signed up 4.9 million new people during the third Open Enrollment period    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/11/nationwide-health-insurance-marketplaces-signed-49-million-new-people-during-third-open-enrollment.html

**Description:**	  	According to a final enrollment report released today, Health Insurance Marketplaces nationwide signed up 4.9 million new customers for 2016 coverage during the third Open Enrollment period.	  

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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 releases report showing poverty reduction impact of safety net has increased tenfold since war on poverty began in 1964    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/14/hhs-releases-report-showing-poverty-reduction-impact-safety-net-has-increased-tenfold-war-poverty

**Description:**	  	Just over 50 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an "unconditional war on poverty."	  

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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:**    	    Andrea Palm, Richard G. Frank

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/16/155-million-settlement-underscores-importance-executing-hipaa-business-associate-agreements.html

**Description:**	  	North Memorial Health Care of Minnesota has agreed to pay $1,550,000 to settle charges that it potentially violated HIPAA.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Data

**HHS Official:**    	    Jocelyn Samuels

### 	  Title:       Improper disclosure of research participants' protected health information results in $3.9 million HIPAA settlement    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/17/improper-disclosure-research-participants-protected-health-information-results-in-hipaa-settlement.html

**Description:**	  	Feinstein Institute for Medical Research agreed to pay $3.9 million to settle potential HIPAA violations and will undertake a substantial corrective action plan.Â	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Data

**HHS Official:**    	    Jocelyn Samuels

### 	  Title:       Medicare spent $473 billion less from 2009 through 2014 compared to previous spending trends    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/22/medicare-spent-473-billion-less-2009-through-2014-compared-previous-spending-trends.html

**Description:**	  	TheÂ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that Medicare spent $473.1 billion less on personal health care expenditures between 2009 and 2014 than would have been spent if the 2000-2008 average growth rate had continued through 2014.	  

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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:       Independent experts confirm that diabetes prevention model supported by the Affordable Care Act saves money and improves health    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/23/independent-experts-confirm-diabetes-prevention-model-supported-affordable-care-act-saves-money.html

**Description:**	  	HHS announced that the independent Office of the Actuary in CMS certified that expansion of the Diabetes Prevention Program, a model funded by the ACA, would reduce net Medicare spending.	  

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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:       Statement from Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee on House passage of the Older Americans Act Reauthorization    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/23/statement-from-assistant-secretary-for-aging-kathy-greenlee.html

**Description:**	  	We are excited to see the Older Americans Act on the verge of reauthorization, and we applaud the House for this important step.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

**HHS Official:**    	    Kathy Greenlee

### 	  Title:       New report shows Medicaid expansion can improve behavioral health care access    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/28/new-report-shows-medicaid-expansion-can-improve-behavioral-health-care-access.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report showing that states can greatly improve access to behavioral health services for residents by expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.	  

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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

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/29/fact-sheet-mat-opioid-use-disorders-increasing-buprenorphine-patient-limit.html

**Description:**	  	HHS published a proposed rule to expand access to buprenorphine, one of three medications currently approved by the FDA for treatment of opioid dependence through medication-assisted treatment.	  

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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 takes steps to increase access to the opioid use disorder treatment medication buprenorphine    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/29/hhs-takes-steps-increase-access-opioid-use-disorder-treatment-medication-buprenorphine.html

**Description:**	  	In conjunction with the President's visit to the National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit, HHS today announced a proposal to allow qualified physicians to prescribe the opioid use disorder treatment medication buprenorphine to an increased number of patients.	  

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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, Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       Final rule extends new religious liberty protections to beneficiaries of federally-funded social service programs    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/03/31/final-rule-extends-new-religious-liberty-protections-beneficiaries-federally-funded-social-service.html

**Description:**	  	Today, HHS, along with other federal agencies, published a final rule that will provide new religious liberty protections for beneficiaries of federally funded social service programs, while also adding new protections for the ability of religious providers to compete for government funds on the same basis as any other private organization.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Grants and Contracts

### 	  Title:       Statement from Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee on Older Americans Act Reauthorization Signed Into Law    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/19/statement-assistant-secretary-aging-kathy-greenlee-older-americans-act-reauthorization.html

**Description:**	  	President Obama signed the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2016 into law today, reaffirming our nation's commitment to the health and well-being of older adults.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Prevention and Wellness

**HHS Official:**    	    Kathy Greenlee

### 	  Title:       HHS sponsors new broad spectrum antibiotic development    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/20/hhs-sponsors-new-broad-spectrum-antibiotic-development.html

**Description:**	  	A broad spectrum antibiotic that could become the first of its kind to treat specific Gram negative and Gram positive infections as well as tularemia, a bioterrorism threat, will undergo the last steps in development with support from 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:**    	    Global Health

### 	  Title:       Unauthorized Filming for "NY Med" Results in $2.2 Million Settlement with New York Presbyterian Hospital    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/21/unauthorized-filming-ny-med-results-22-million-settlement-new-york-presbyterian-hospital.html

**Description:**	  	The Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights announced that it has reached a $2.2 million settlement with New York Presbyterian Hospital for the egregious disclosure of two patients' protected health information to film crews and staff during the filming of "NY Med," an ABC television series, without first obtaining authorization from the patients.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    HIPAA

### 	  Title:       HHS supporting study of Zika virus blood screening test    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/22/hhs-supporting-study-zika-virus-blood-screening-test.html

**Description:**	  	The development of a test to identify whether donated blood is infected with the Zika virus is moving forward with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH).	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Public Health and Safety

### 	  Title:       HHS issues major rule modernizing Medicaid managed care    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/25/hhs-issues-major-rule-modernizing-medicaid-managed-care.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule on managed care in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

**HHS Official:**    	    Andy Slavitt, Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       HHS awards $5 million to Puerto Rico health centers to fight the spread of Zika virus    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/26/hhs-awards-5-million-to-puerto-rico-health-centers.html

**Description:**	  	Today, HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced $5 million in funding to 20 health centers in Puerto Rico to further combat the Zika virus disease.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Emergency Preparedness and Response

**HHS Official:**    	    Sylvia Mathews Burwell

### 	  Title:       Administration takes first step to implement legislation modernizing how Medicare pays physicians for quality    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/27/administration-takes-first-step-implement-legislation-modernizing-how-medicare-pays-physicians.html

**Description:**	  	The Department of Health and Human Services today issued a proposal to align and modernize how Medicare payments are tied to the cost and quality of patient care for hundreds of thousands of doctors and other clinicians.	  

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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 helping lift key hurdle in the efforts to develop better Zika diagnostics    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/27/hhs-helping-lift-key-hurdle-efforts-develop-better-zika-diagnostics.html

**Description:**	  	To speed the development of diagnostic tests for Zika virus infection, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will support the collection of blood samples from people in the continental United States and Puerto Rico who have been infected with 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:       New Medicaid guidance improves access to health care for justice-involved Americans reentering their communities    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/04/28/new-medicaid-guidance-improves-access-health-care-justice-involved-americans-reentering-their.html

**Description:**	  	Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) strengthened access to health care for individuals transitioning from incarceration back to their communities.	  

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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 $260 Million to Health Centers Nationwide to Build and Renovate Facilities to Serve More Patients    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/04/hhs-awards-over-260-million-health-centers-nationwide-build-and-renovate-facilities-serve-more.html

**Description:**	  	Today, HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced over $260 million in funding to 290 health centers in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for facility renovation, expansion, or construction.	  

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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

### 	  Title:       HHS announces challenge to redesign the medical bill for patients    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/09/hhs-announces-challenge-redesign-medical-bill-patients.html

**Description:**	  	Speaking at the annual Health Datapalooza conference today, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a challenge to encourage health care organizations, designers, developers, digital tech companies and other innovators to design a medical bill that's simpler, cleaner, and easier for patients to understand, and to improve patients' experience of the overall medical billing process.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Care

### 	  Title:       HHS Announces $1.5 Million in Funding Opportunities to Advance Common Health Data Standards    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/09/hhs-announces-millions-in-funding-opportunities-to-advance-common-health-data-standards.html

**Description:**	  	HHS today released two funding opportunities, offered by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), worth $1.5 million designed to build on the efforts of the federal government and private industry around the use of common standards that support the sharing of health information to improve the delivery of care.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Health Data

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

### 	  Title:       HHS sponsors point-of-care anthrax diagnostic test    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/09/hhs-sponsors-point-care-anthrax-diagnostic-test.html

**Description:**	  	The first blood test for anthrax that could show results within minutes at a doctor's office or emergency room will take the final steps in development with support from 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 pursues development of single dose nasal spray anthrax vaccine    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/10/hhs-pursues-development-of-single-dose-nasal-spray-anthrax-vaccine.html

**Description:**	  	For the first time, one of the nation's Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) will support development of a second-generation anthrax vaccine under a task order issued by 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:**    	    Global Health

### 	  Title:       HHS-sponsored study shows disrobing is vital decontamination method    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/10/hhs-sponsored-study-shows-disrobing-vital-decontamination-method.html

**Description:**	  	Ninety-nine percent of chemical contamination can be removed by carefully removing clothes and wiping skin with a paper towel or dry wipe, according to new scientific studies of decontamination methods sponsored by 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 finalizes rule to improve health equity under the Affordable Care Act    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/13/hhs-finalizes-rule-to-improve-health-equity-under-affordable-care-act.html

**Description:**	  	The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued a final rule to advance health equity and reduce health care disparities.	  

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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:       Statement by Secretary Burwell on the National Health Interview Survey    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/17/statement-by-secretary-burwell-on-national-health-interview-survey.html

**Description:**	  	Today's report is further proof that our country has made undeniable and historic strides thanks to the Affordable Care Act.	  

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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:       Statement by Acting Assistant Secretary for Health DeSalvo on World Health Organization Guidance and Resolution on Ending Inappropriate Promotion of Foods for Infants and Young Children    	  

### URL:     https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/05/28/statement-acting-assistant-secretary-health-desalvo-world-health-organization-guidance-and.html

**Description:**	  	This week the World Health Organization introduced Guidance on Ending the Inappropriate Promotion of Foods for Infants and Young Children.	  

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

**Date:**        	2016        

**Group:**    	    HHS News Releases

**Categories:**    	    Global Health

**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

### 	  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

### 	  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:       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:       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:       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:       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:       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 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 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 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:       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 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:       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 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:       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 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 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:       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:       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:       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:       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:       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

### 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 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

### 	  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:       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:       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:       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:       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 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:       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:       $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:       $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:       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:       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

### 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 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

### 	  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 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:       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

### 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:       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

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