The ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification program tests and certifies that EHR technology is capable of meeting the 2011/2012 criteria approved by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Eliminates language that prohibits the
Secretary of Health and Human Services from negotiating prices for prescription drugs furnished under the Medicare program.
The Task Force includes
Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, other members of the Cabinet with health care responsibilities, and Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore.
Summary: Directs the
Secretary of Health and Human Services to expand and intensify programs with respect to research and related activities concerning elder falls.
By 1990, leaders in health care were asking Congress to charge the
Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) with choosing administrative transaction standards to streamline, simplify, and economize the payment process and mandating their implementation by providers, plans, and clearinghouses.
Heckler, then
Secretary of Health and Human Services and later Ambassador to Ireland, who prophesied at a 1984 press conference that a vaccine would be available within two years.
Summary: Requires the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, to make grants for evidence-based demonstration projects to integrate mental health services for older patients into primary care settings.
It formed the basis of the
Secretary of Health and Human Services' recommendations.
In 1992, ambiguity in enforcing the private payment rules resulted in a case against the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, Steward v.
Summary: Directs the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants or cooperative agreements to develop statewide lifespan respite care programs, including Alzheimer-related.
Violators also are subject to exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs, regardless of whether a criminal conviction has been obtained, upon a determination by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) that a violation has occurred.
