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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

The head of the Department of Health and Human Services. The secretary is responsible for protecting the public health. He/she has jurisdiction over drug inspections, implementation of Medicare and Medicaid, health service for Native Americans, and many similar operations. Until 1995, the secretary was also charged with the administration of the Social Security Administration. He/she is appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.

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In 1981, Schweiker was sworn in as the 14th Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Pennsylvania Governor Wolf Orders Flags At Half-Staff To Honor Life of Richard Schweiker

Essentially, HIPAA requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to adopt and mandate the use of standards for common electronic administrative transactions and to establish a privacy standard for personal health information.

Cutting to the chase: what physician executives need to know about HIPAA. (Implementing HIPAA and Other Compliance Programs)

Sullivan was appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services in 1989 and left office on Jan.

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF SULLIVAN TO BOARD

And Donna Shalala, secretary of health and human services, says there is a further revolutionary about-face in the guidelines.

U.S. DIETARY GUIDELINES OK ALCOHOL, LIST TABOOS

Secretary of Health and Human Services, with its most prestigious award, the Medal of Honor, at a special ceremony in Washington, D.

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY TO PRESENT AWARD TO SECRETARY SULLIVAN

Thompson, the former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), has been elected to the company's board of directors.

Tommy Thompson Joins Picis' Board of Directors; Former HHS Secretary Brings National Health Perspective to Leading Healthcare IT Company

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.

View From the Hill

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.

Physician financial relationships in the new regulatory environment

The Center is led by Independent Chairman Tommy Thompson, former Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Governor of Wisconsin.

The Honorable Tommy Thompson to Address Healthcare IT at World Congress on Information Technology 2006; Health Care Expert Joins World Congress

The Patient Self-Determination Act has significant provisions pertaining to obligations of certain health care providers, state agencies, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Rationing and ethical considerations

Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt to heed a recent recommendation to declare a public health emergency.

Patients Urge Implementation of FDA Advisory Committee Recommendation for Public Health Emergency; HHS Blood Safety and Availability Advisory Committee Stresses Need for Immediate Action to Protect Patients' Lives

Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt will address the nation's top health-care concerns at a Stanford University School of Medicine forum on Monday, May 23 at 9:30 a.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to Speak at Stanford; First Visit to Bay Area