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HHS Finalizes Policies to Make Coverage More Accessible and Expand Access to Behavioral Health Care for Millions of Americans in 2024

Apr 17, 2023adminHealthaccess, Accessible, Americans, behavioral, Care, coverage, expand, Finalizes, health, HHS, millions, Policies

Today, the Biden-Harris administration, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced measures that will make coverage more accessible, expand access to behavioral health care, simplify choice and will make it easier for millions of Americans to choose health. forecast in 2024. “The Biden-Harris administration has worked tirelessly to expand access to health…

HHS releases new guidance to encourage states to apply for new Medicaid Reentry Section 1115 demonstration opportunity to increase health care for people leaving correctional facilities

Apr 17, 2023adminHealthapply, Care, correctional, demonstration, encourage, facilities, guidance, health, HHS, increase, leaving, Medicaid, opportunity, people, Reentry, releases, Section, states

New guidelines can help people at high risk for substance use disorders and other health conditions get the care they need, especially as they transition from incarceration to the community. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announces a new opportunity for states to…

HHS Cybersecurity Task Force Provides New Resources to Help Address Growing Threat of Cyberattacks in Healthcare and Public Health

Apr 17, 2023adminHealthaddress, Cyberattacks, Cybersecurity, Force, Growing, health, healthcare, HHS, public, Resources, Task, threat

The effort is led by the HHS 405(d) program and the Health Sector Coordinating Council Cybersecurity Working Group (HSCC CWG), part of a collaborative effort between the federal government and the industry, to address cybersecurity in the healthcare sector. Resources include a new platform, Knowledge on Demand, to provide free cybersecurity training to healthcare personnel,…

HHS Proposes Measures to Strengthen Patient-Provider Confidentiality Around Reproductive Health Care

Apr 12, 2023adminHealthCare, Confidentiality, health, HHS, Measures, PatientProvider, Proposes, Reproductive, Strengthen

Department’s Civil Rights Office Seeks to Strengthen HIPAA Privacy Rule Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office of Civil Rights, issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to strengthen the privacy rule protections of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by prohibiting the use or disclosure of protected…