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HHS implemented a pause on research of deadly infectious diseases at one of the nation's most highly secure research labs, following repeated safety incidents.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have formed a False Claims Act Working Group to strengthen their coordination and better advance priority enforcem ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached a settlement with California-based PIH Health, Inc. for potential violations ...
Baycare Health System in Clearwater, Florida, will pay $800,000 to the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights to settle allegations of potential HIPAA violations. OCR ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the recent mass layoffs at the U.S. Health and Human Services were ...
Since January, “impact” inspections targeting mines with immediate dangers or the most troubling records of health and safety violations have dropped by 75 percent from the same period a year ...
The Justice Department and HHS have launched a joint False Claims Act Working Group to intensify efforts at combatting fraud and abuse in the federal healthcare system. The group builds on a ...
HHS firings, questioning safety of vaccines: How the Trump administration may be 'attacking' science. Officials have been questioning what is believed to be established science.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is investigating whether an employee at a Michigan hospital system was fired for refusing to use a patient’s preferred pronouns and assisting in ...
The Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services today announced the creation of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group to combat health care fraud.
In a Tuesday news release, HHS stated that its Civil Rights Office is investigating a midwestern university for alleged civil rights violations, following a complaint from “a multi-stakeholder ...
Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has agreed to pay $800,000 to HHS’ Office for Civil Rights and implement a corrective action plan as part of a settlement concerning alleged HIPAA ...