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Apps help underserved and minority women take control of their health (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE announced the winners of the Reducing Cancer Among Women of Color Challenge. A first-of-its-kind effort to address health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, the winning apps will help women of color prevent and fight cancer. The winning apps, Big Yellow Star, Broadstone Technologies,...
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter sent last week, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius was urged to expedite release of a draft updated Federal fish consumer advisory for public comment. Forty members of the research and environmental health advocacy community signed the letter, including prominent scientists, a former head of FDA and organizations including Consumers Union, NRDC, Environmental Defense, Sierra Club, Environmental...
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett met last night with U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, seeking answers to questions around the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Pennsylvania. "We had a meaningful discussion around increasing access to affordable, quality health care in a way that would lessen the burden on the state's taxpayers in the long-term," Corbett said. "I want to thank the...
Campaign to expose tragic health impact of smoking ATLANTA, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Continuing with the success of last year's national education ad campaign, "Tips from Former Smokers," a second series of ads was launched today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ads, funded by the Affordable Care Act's Prevention and Public Health Fund, feature compelling stories of former smokers living with smoking-related diseases and disabilities....
HHS Secretary Says It's Time to Bring Mental Illness Out of the Shadows WASHINGTON, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will keynote the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare's conference in Las Vegas, April 8-10. "Secretary Sebelius has shown outstanding leadership during challenging times, and has found tremendous opportunities in those challenges," said Linda Rosenberg, president and...
Government Teams Recovered $4.2 Billion in FY 2012 Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report showing that for every dollar spent on health care-related fraud and abuse investigations in the last three years, the government recovered $7.90. This is the highest three-year average return on investment in the 16-year history of the Health Care Fraud and Abuse (HCFAC) Program. The government’s health care...
Physicians to practice in communities that need them most WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Health Service Corps awarded more than $10 million in funding for loan repayment to 87 medical students in 29 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, who will serve as primary care doctors and help strengthen the health care workforce, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today. Made possible by the Affordable...
Health in Mind Features Solutions to Public Education and Health Challenges WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health in Mind, a new report from Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) and Trust for America's Health (TFAH), details immediate solutions that can help close the achievement gap and create a healthy future for all children. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100204/TFAHLOGO) American children are struggling academically and the nation faces a growing...
DALLAS, Dec. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Many Americans just above the poverty level would get better access to higher quality health care by obtaining insurance in the health insurance exchange than through Medicaid, according to a new study from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA). "These people, usually referred to as the 'working poor,' will be able to qualify for free, subsidized private insurance that pays doctors and hospitals at higher rates than Medicaid,"...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today released the following statement, along with a letter to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, regarding the state's decision on the establishment of a state-based health insurance exchange: "For two years my administration has been engaged in careful planning around the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, continually seeking guidance from the...
