The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced two key steps in the process of partnering with states and other stakeholders to begin establishing health insurance Exchanges. View full article

Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case

Rite Aid Corporation and its 40 affiliated entities (RAC) have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today. View full article

CMS Announces $2.25 Billion in Grants to Extend Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration

Americans with disabilities will have more help to live independently and remain in their homes and communities instead of in institutional long-term care facilities, such as nursing homes, through the availability of $2.25 billion in grants to states. View full article

HHS Awards $9 Million to Train Preventive Medicine Physicians

HHS Awards $9 Million to Train Preventive Medicine Physicians View full article

Administration Announces New Affordable Care Act Measures to Protect Consumers and Put Patients Back in Charge of Their Care

WASHINGTON – Today, the Obama Administration is announcing both new regulations to empower consumers to appeal decisions made by their health plans or insurance companies and the availability of resources that will be used to help give consumers more control of their health care decisions. These provisions of the Affordable Care Act will help support and protect consumers and help end some of the worst insurance company abuses. View full article