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2014 HHS News Releases

Description: 2014 news releases of the US Department of Health and Human Services
Group: HHS News Releases
Creator: HHS/ASPA
Date: 2014

Obama administration takes additional steps to strengthen the federal background check system

Description: Today, as part of President Obama's continuing efforts to reduce gun violence, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to remove unnecessary legal barriers under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule that may prevent states from reporting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
Categories: HIPAA
Date: 2014

HHS strengthens community living options for older Americans and people with disabilities

Description: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule today to ensure that Medicaid's home and community-based services programs provide full access to the benefits of community living and offer services in the most integrated settings.
Categories: Medicare and Medicaid
Date: 2014

50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health

Description: Today we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General's Report on smoking and health.
Date: 2014

50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health

Description: Fifty years ago today was a tipping point in recognizing and reversing the deadly epidemic caused by smoking.
Date: 2014

50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health

Description: Fifty years ago today, Dr. Luther Terry released the landmark Surgeon General's Report – the first of its kind on smoking and health – concluding that smoking causes lung cancer.
Date: 2014

Nearly 2.2 million Americans selected plans in the Health Insurance Marketplace from October through December

Description: Nearly 2.2 million people have selected plans from the state and federal marketplaces by Dec. 28, 2013 (the end of third reporting period for open enrollment), Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today.
Categories: Affordable Care Act
Date: 2014
HHS Official: Marilyn B. Tavenner

HHS makes progress on Health IT Safety Plan with release of the SAFER Guides

Description: A new set of guides and interactive tools to help health care providers more safely use electronic health information technology products, such as electronic health records (EHRs), are now available at www.HealthIT.gov.
Categories: Health Care
Date: 2014

El director general de Servicios de Salud informa que 5.6 millones de niños en los EE. UU. morirán en forma prematura a menos que las tasas de tabaquismo actuales disminuyan

Description: Aproximadamente 5.6 millones de niños vivos en la actualidad en los Estados Unidos —es decir 1 de cada 13 niños menores de 18 años— morirán en forma prematura por enfermedades relacionadas con el tabaquismo, a menos que las tasas actuales de tabaquismo disminuyan, según un nuevo informe del director general de Servicios de Salud.
Date: 2014

Observing Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Description: Today, we honor the remarkable life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy of fighting for racial equality, human rights and economic justice.
Date: 2014