Agencies to give $36 million to states for home-and community-based care
Sep 30, 2008
Twenty-eight states will receive $36 million in grant programs to help older Americans, veterans and people with Alzheimer’s receive home- and community-based care, the Department of Health and Human...
Obama stresses benefits of healthcare IT
Feb 11, 2009
In his first official national press conference, President Barack Obama touched on the importance of an electronic medical health record infrastructure as a way to both help patients and get the economy...
House approves spending bill with discretionary funding for HHS
Feb 27, 2009
The House this week approved a 2009 omnibus spending package that includes $66.3 billion in discretionary funding for programs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Skyrocketing budget deficit may affect next president’s healthcare plans
Jul 30, 2008
A soaring budget deficit could ultimately hurt future proposals for healthcare, a new report suggests.
Congress works to craft economic stimulus package by presidential inauguration
Jan 05, 2009
Members of Congress could vote on an economic stimulus package as early as this week. Lawmakers have been laboring to prepare a package by Jan. 20, when President-Elect Barack Obama takes office.
Big names on Obama’s short list for HHS secretary
Nov 07, 2008
Tom Daschle and Howard Dean are rumored to be possible choices for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in president-elect Barack Obama’s administration.
Stimulus package reportedly still weeks from completion
Jan 06, 2009
A recently proposed economic stimulus package containing billions of dollars in healthcare funding could still take several weeks to craft, according to recent news articles.
Daschle gets official nod for HHS appointment
Dec 12, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama at a press conference Thursday formally announced former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as his pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Senate committee passes nursing home arbitration bill
Sep 15, 2008
The Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2008, a bill that would eliminate arbitration agreements as a requirement for admission into a nursing home, is one step closer to becoming a law.
AHCA urges inclusion of FMAP increase in possible stimulus package
Sep 23, 2008
The American Health Care Association Monday called upon members of Congress to include a temporary increase to states’ Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) in any stimulus package that may...