Tag Archives: Health and Human Services Department

The Department of Health and Human Services has expanded its entrepreneurs-in-residence program with new partners who will work with agency employees on various projects over a 12-month period. The partners and HHS leads will form team to solve problems and help the HHS IDEA Lab change the department’s culture using agile development, lean startup and design thinking methods, …

The Department of Health and Human Services has added new members to the agency’s management team prior to the scheduled health insurance marketplace enrollment in 2015. Kevin Counihan will join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as CEO of the federal insurance marketplace and Lori Lodes will serve as CMS’ new director of …

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has commenced a challenge for communities worldwide to collaborate to address issues such as air quality, traffic management and emergency services. Participants in the Global City Teams Challenge, set to begin on Sep. 29 through 30, will work to form teams to develop technologies for managing resources, the NIST …

The Department of Health and Human Services has kicked off a challenge in search of health information technology tools from healthcare professionals as HHS seeks to address heart disease through electronic health records. HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT launched the EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension contest as part of the …

The Senate is set to vote on the nomination of Shaun Donovan as the next director of the Office of Management and Budget, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Andy Medici writes that Donovan, incumbent secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, garnered the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Reform Committee’s approval …

The U.S. and United Kingdom have agreed to share health information technology data and tools, aiming to help build up healthcare delivery systems in both countries. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.K. Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt signed the agreement on Thursday with the goal …

The U.S. government has moved to defer online health insurance exchanges for small businesses by one year, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Molly Ball writes businesses with less than 50 workers can buy insurance coverage for employees through a broker or offline. A notice from the Department of Health and Human Services says …

Many federal agency budgets are being put on the chopping block in what Federal Times calls the “first round of congressional jockeying” over fiscal year 2012 budgets. The House Appropriations Committee has been wielding the budget axe most prolifically; it’s spending blueprint would cut discretionary spending by $30 billion, or …

As skirmishes over the upcoming 2012 budget are expected to switch into high gear over the next few weeks, health IT coordinator David Blumenthal laid out the guidelines agencies must follow for health IT investments. Blumenthal, along with federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra developed the guidelines, consisting of five …

The Health and Human Services Department will conduct surveys to learn more about patient perceptions and preferences for the use of health IT when it comes to healthcare. While health IT experts agree HITECH stimulus funds are likely to enhance how healthcare providers practice medicine for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, …