Congressman takes swipe at program to reduce Medicare fraud

By Naseem Miller and Joe Eaton

As health reform bills consume Congress, a battle over a program designed to help cut soaring rates of Medicare overpayment and fraud is pla

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"… e weeks ago.The squabble is occurring just as the Department of Health and Human Services is reporting — according to the Associated Press — that the federal go …"

"… erry Roy, the assistant inspector general for investigations at Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General. Roy said organized criminal groups set up …"

"… r the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a branch of Health and Human Services, said he is not aware of any counties that were left without bids for supp …"

"… g delay back then was President George W. Bush’s Secretary of Health and Human Services at the time, Michael Leavitt. “If Congress fails to uphold even this mod …"

Privacy advocates want stricter rules for online, patient-controlled health records

By Kimberly Leonard

Privacy groups say clearer rules are needed for online, patient-controlled health records, but an HHS study of the issue is 18 months late

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"… ersonal health records while mandating that the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issue privacy standards. Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., introduced si …"

Methodology

By The Center for Public Integrity

The reporting process, and the reporters, behind Our Private Legislators
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Unsustainable Medicare spending

By The Center for Public Integrity

According to projections by the Congressional Budget Office, Medicare spending is expected to jump from 4 percent of GDP

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"… he Gross Domestic Product in 2007 to 12 percent in 2050. Warned Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt in February 2008: “Left unchanged, withi …"

Medicare fraud out of control

By The Center for Public Integrity

Medicare fraud runs rampant but no government crackdown yet, despite bipartisan support

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"… we need to come down on this with both feet," U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt told the press in December 2007. But no serious crac …"

Lobbying, old-time politics block legislation on human cloning

By M. Asif Ismail

Bush administration articulates no position

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"… Dolly that it had the authority to prevent human cloning. Then-Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala told BIO President Carl Feldbaum in an April 9, 19 …"

"… ry as chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The top contributor to Specter's campaigns over the past f …"

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Panel recommends new agency to investigate safety of health information technology

By Kimberly Leonard

Institute of Medicine panel recommends new regulatory body, not FDA

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"… from the report were presented October 28 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its agencies.The question of who should regulate these devices c …"

"… gency would not respond to the report because the Department of Health and Human Services was taking the lead on the issue. The Institute of Medicine also declined …"

Privatization fails: Nebraska tries again to reform child welfare

By Kevin O’Hanlon

In 2009, Nebraska privatized its child welfare. Now critics say it hasn't worked.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Human Services":

"… during a series of hearings before the Nebraska Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee — the beginning of the end of Nebraska’s largely failed expe …"

"… Sen. Kathy Campbell of Lincoln, who chairs the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee, condemned the privatization effort as lawmakers stepped in. “ …"

"… ures prompted by the privatization mess, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report saying, among other things, that Nebraska failed to achi …"

"… €™ successor, current Gov. Dave Heineman, announced a series of Health and Human Services (HHS) System directives targeting the state’s management of foster child …"

A move to cut dependence on bomb grade uranium in medical isotopes

By Global Security Newswire

A new incentive reinburses hospitals and medical facilities at a higher rate if they use isotopes from non-bomb grade uranium.

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"… nts using isotopes not derived from highly enriched uranium.The Health and Human Services Department proposed the change in July, and it has been viewed favorably b …"

"… entirely from a non-HEU source might stifle efforts to convert.Health and Human Services officials rejected the idea of adjusted payments in the notice. “Because …"

After years of effort, Illinois finds traction in meeting needs of mentally ill youth

After years of effort, Illinois finds traction in meeting needs of mentally ill youth

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"… s a severe lack of counseling and treatment — the Illinois Department of Human Services launched an ambitious new Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Initiative. …"